Falko Schoklitsch
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🚘🛞 “With this driving simulator, we now have a research infrastructure that is unique in Europe and will sustainably enhance Austria as an automotive and mobility centre,” says TU Graz Rector Horst Bischof.
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TU Graz and Magna Open the Advanced Driving Simulation Center
At Campus Inffeldgasse, one of the most powerful driving simulators in the world now enables cutting-edge research in the fields of driving dynamics and comfort as well as electromobility and automate...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM
🚘🛞 “With this driving simulator, we now have a research infrastructure that is unique in Europe and will sustainably enhance Austria as an automotive and mobility centre,” says TU Graz Rector Horst Bischof.
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Forestry is Becoming Digital and Automated! 🤖🌳
Facing a shortage of skilled labour, Austria’s forestry sector is turning to automation. In the COMET project AutoForst, TU Graz and its partners are developing systems that make forest work safer and more efficient.
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Facing a shortage of skilled labour, Austria’s forestry sector is turning to automation. In the COMET project AutoForst, TU Graz and its partners are developing systems that make forest work safer and more efficient.
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Forestry is Becoming Digital and Automated
TU Graz is launching the COMET project AutoForst for digitalisation and automation of the forestry value chain. The research project has a budget of 6 million euros and is being implemented in collabo...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Forestry is Becoming Digital and Automated! 🤖🌳
Facing a shortage of skilled labour, Austria’s forestry sector is turning to automation. In the COMET project AutoForst, TU Graz and its partners are developing systems that make forest work safer and more efficient.
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Facing a shortage of skilled labour, Austria’s forestry sector is turning to automation. In the COMET project AutoForst, TU Graz and its partners are developing systems that make forest work safer and more efficient.
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>>Our idea of reality is only a small part of what is actually possible.<<
Martin Schultze from the Institute of Experimental Physics and Visiting Professor Kazuhiro Yabana from the University of Tsukuba explain how Schrödinger’s cat makes the quantum world tangible.
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Martin Schultze from the Institute of Experimental Physics and Visiting Professor Kazuhiro Yabana from the University of Tsukuba explain how Schrödinger’s cat makes the quantum world tangible.
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Schrödinger’s Cat: When Reality Is Ambiguous
Martin Schultze from the Institute of Experimental Physics at TU Graz and Visiting Professor Kazuhiro Yabana from the University of Tsukuba explain how Schrödinger’s cat makes the quantum world tangib...
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January 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
>>Our idea of reality is only a small part of what is actually possible.<<
Martin Schultze from the Institute of Experimental Physics and Visiting Professor Kazuhiro Yabana from the University of Tsukuba explain how Schrödinger’s cat makes the quantum world tangible.
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Martin Schultze from the Institute of Experimental Physics and Visiting Professor Kazuhiro Yabana from the University of Tsukuba explain how Schrödinger’s cat makes the quantum world tangible.
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☢️🔬 To make tissue structures of biological samples visible under the electron microscope, they are treated with a straining agent: uranyl acetate, which is highly toxic and radioactive. A research team from TU Graz has now found an alternative: ordinary espresso. 😀
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Coffee as a Staining Agent Substitute in Electron Microscopy
Researchers at TU Graz have proven that espresso is a favourable alternative to the highly toxic and radioactive uranyl acetate in the analysis of biological samples.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:39 AM
☢️🔬 To make tissue structures of biological samples visible under the electron microscope, they are treated with a straining agent: uranyl acetate, which is highly toxic and radioactive. A research team from TU Graz has now found an alternative: ordinary espresso. 😀
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Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) presented six Mind_the Gap diversity awards for outstanding university work in the areas of diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities in 2025. 🏆 🏅
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Mind the Gap Diversity Awards: Prizes for Diversity in Practice
Six projects at TU Graz were awarded diversity prizes. These ranged from fairness in AI and a learning app for sign language to the critical analysis of stereotypical Balkan memes.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) presented six Mind_the Gap diversity awards for outstanding university work in the areas of diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities in 2025. 🏆 🏅
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🍅🛩️ Waste from tomato processing will serve to power aircraft. Under the leadership of TU Graz, the EU project ToFuel is developing a new biorefinery concept that will convert tomato residues into sustainable aviation fuel.
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Aviation Fuel Production from Tomato Residues: TU Graz Coordinates Visionary EU project
Residual biomass from tomato production is turned into climate-friendly aviation fuel. The aim of the EU ToFuel project is to develop a waste-free and CO₂-neutral biorefinery concept that produces sus...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🍅🛩️ Waste from tomato processing will serve to power aircraft. Under the leadership of TU Graz, the EU project ToFuel is developing a new biorefinery concept that will convert tomato residues into sustainable aviation fuel.
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🤖🫴🤔 How can a fair and transparent recommendation be achieved by AI? Researchers have investigated this using a cycling app from the Graz startup Cyclebee. In doing so, they explored how AI can take into account the diversity of human needs.
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Fairness in KI: Studie zeigt zentrale Rolle menschlicher Entscheidungen
Neben praktischer Hilfe sollen Empfehlungen auf Basis von KI vor allem auch fair sein. Eine neue Untersuchung von Forschenden der TU Graz, der Uni Graz und des Know Centers zeigt, wie das gelingen kan...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🤖🫴🤔 How can a fair and transparent recommendation be achieved by AI? Researchers have investigated this using a cycling app from the Graz startup Cyclebee. In doing so, they explored how AI can take into account the diversity of human needs.
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🚗💨 Exhaust gases are no longer the most important emission factor from motor vehicles by far when it comes to particulate matter. This is shown by a large-scale study carried out by TU Graz for the FVV eV. in Germany.
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Tyre and Road Abrasion as the Biggest Source of Particulate Emissions in Road Traffic
TU Graz study shows: Exhaust particles account for less than ten per cent of fine dust emissions from road traffic. Compliance with new air quality limits in 2030 will still be difficult to achieve.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🚗💨 Exhaust gases are no longer the most important emission factor from motor vehicles by far when it comes to particulate matter. This is shown by a large-scale study carried out by TU Graz for the FVV eV. in Germany.
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💧🦵A team from TU Graz and the Uni of Surrey has discovered that water doesn’t “jump” on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) – it actually “flows” or “runs”, moving far more smoothly than it does on graphene. The reason lies in tiny differences within the material itself.
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Water molecules in motion: Surprising dynamics on 2D materials
Instead of jumping, water molecules walk: Graz University of Technology and the University of Surrey show how water moves in surprisingly different ways on ultra-thin materials.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
💧🦵A team from TU Graz and the Uni of Surrey has discovered that water doesn’t “jump” on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) – it actually “flows” or “runs”, moving far more smoothly than it does on graphene. The reason lies in tiny differences within the material itself.
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An interdisciplinary team at TU Graz has developed an AI-supported model that makes it much faster to identify efficiency improvements in aircraft engines.
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More Efficient Aircraft Engines: TU Graz Reveals Optimisation Potential
Using an AI-supported model developed in-house, an interdisciplinary team at TU Graz has sought new methods to enhance the efficiency of aircraft engines.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
An interdisciplinary team at TU Graz has developed an AI-supported model that makes it much faster to identify efficiency improvements in aircraft engines.
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Cereal plants absorb nanoplastics!
It was not easy to prove, because very small plastic particles are difficult to distinguish from plant components and mineral particles.
For their experiments, the researchers mark nanoplastic particles with tiny traces of gold:
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It was not easy to prove, because very small plastic particles are difficult to distinguish from plant components and mineral particles.
For their experiments, the researchers mark nanoplastic particles with tiny traces of gold:
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Proven: Cereal Plants Absorb Nanoplastics
Using an advanced method, researchers at TU Graz and the Centre for Electron Microscopy have detected plastic in the roots of wheat plants. Whether the particles reach the ears of grain will be shown ...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Cereal plants absorb nanoplastics!
It was not easy to prove, because very small plastic particles are difficult to distinguish from plant components and mineral particles.
For their experiments, the researchers mark nanoplastic particles with tiny traces of gold:
www.tugraz.at/en/news/arti...
It was not easy to prove, because very small plastic particles are difficult to distinguish from plant components and mineral particles.
For their experiments, the researchers mark nanoplastic particles with tiny traces of gold:
www.tugraz.at/en/news/arti...
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By combining physics-based methods with machine learning, a team at the Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems at TU Graz is developing models that deliver better results despite less training data.
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CD Lab at TU Graz Incorporates Physics in Machine Learning
By combining physics-based methods with machine learning, a team at the Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems at TU Graz is developing models that deliver better results despi...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
By combining physics-based methods with machine learning, a team at the Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems at TU Graz is developing models that deliver better results despite less training data.
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🧫💻 A TU Graz team has developed a digital twin of a lung cancer cell that simulates bioelectrical processes and the dynamics of calcium in the cell interior. This allows the computer to test active ingredients that could influence tumour growth or trigger cell death.
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TU Graz opens up new avenues in lung cancer research with digital cell twin
An enhanced computer model is now helping to provide fresh insights into cancer-cell growth and how it can be stopped. The digital cell model represents another step towards individualised cancer trea...
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September 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🧫💻 A TU Graz team has developed a digital twin of a lung cancer cell that simulates bioelectrical processes and the dynamics of calcium in the cell interior. This allows the computer to test active ingredients that could influence tumour growth or trigger cell death.
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💧 Heavy soil sealing ensures an increased risk of flooding in cities during heavy rain. Measures on public land alone already offer a lot of potential for a retention volume of around 190,000 cubic metres of water in Graz.
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Less Pollution During Heavy Rainfall: TU Graz Calculates Potential of Nature-Based Measures
Decentralised urban drainage systems on private and public lands could absorb half a million cubic metres of water in Graz alone.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
💧 Heavy soil sealing ensures an increased risk of flooding in cities during heavy rain. Measures on public land alone already offer a lot of potential for a retention volume of around 190,000 cubic metres of water in Graz.
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🫀Cardiovascular diseases remain the most common cause of death worldwide. However, known risk factors cannot fully explain the high mortality rate.
Scientists in Graz have now investigated a new factor that is closely linked to cardiovascular mortality: www.tugraz.at/en/news/arti...
Scientists in Graz have now investigated a new factor that is closely linked to cardiovascular mortality: www.tugraz.at/en/news/arti...
Graz Researchers Discover What Stiffens the Aorta
In addition to cholesterol, the amino acid homocysteine also plays a role in aortic stiffening. Researchers from Graz University of Technology, the University of Graz and the Medical University of Gra...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🫀Cardiovascular diseases remain the most common cause of death worldwide. However, known risk factors cannot fully explain the high mortality rate.
Scientists in Graz have now investigated a new factor that is closely linked to cardiovascular mortality: www.tugraz.at/en/news/arti...
Scientists in Graz have now investigated a new factor that is closely linked to cardiovascular mortality: www.tugraz.at/en/news/arti...
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👏 👏👍 Theresa Rienmüller and Robert Winkler have been awarded the prestigious European funding prize of around 1.5 million euros each for their projects on improved therapy for traumatic brain injury and 3D nanoprinting of micro-robots.
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September 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
👏 👏👍 Theresa Rienmüller and Robert Winkler have been awarded the prestigious European funding prize of around 1.5 million euros each for their projects on improved therapy for traumatic brain injury and 3D nanoprinting of micro-robots.
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Image source: Wolf - TU Graz
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🔋 Batteries are increasingly becoming a central element of our everyday lifes. ➡️ The more applications that batteries are used in, the greater the demands placed on them in terms of safety.
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August 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🔋 Batteries are increasingly becoming a central element of our everyday lifes. ➡️ The more applications that batteries are used in, the greater the demands placed on them in terms of safety.
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If EVs were really that much of a fire hazard – wouldn’t we all be walking around with fireproof trouser pockets by now? 🔥🙈 Lithium-ion batteries are the standard in both EVs and smartphones. But there are plenty of differences: www.tugraz.at/en/news/tu-g...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
If EVs were really that much of a fire hazard – wouldn’t we all be walking around with fireproof trouser pockets by now? 🔥🙈 Lithium-ion batteries are the standard in both EVs and smartphones. But there are plenty of differences: www.tugraz.at/en/news/tu-g...
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Cork as fire protection – does that sound like a good idea to you? 🤔 Let us know in the comments. ⌨️
💡 Find out more with our collection of articles on the topic of ‘Are Batteries safe?’ and join the discussion: www.tugraz.at/en/news/tu-g...
Image source: M. Wagner - TU Graz
💡 Find out more with our collection of articles on the topic of ‘Are Batteries safe?’ and join the discussion: www.tugraz.at/en/news/tu-g...
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August 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Cork as fire protection – does that sound like a good idea to you? 🤔 Let us know in the comments. ⌨️
💡 Find out more with our collection of articles on the topic of ‘Are Batteries safe?’ and join the discussion: www.tugraz.at/en/news/tu-g...
Image source: M. Wagner - TU Graz
💡 Find out more with our collection of articles on the topic of ‘Are Batteries safe?’ and join the discussion: www.tugraz.at/en/news/tu-g...
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🛰️🤏 “With our device, we now have a kind of compass for measuring the magnetic field, which shows us the strength and direction. This would have several advantages for missions in space: less required space, lower weight and less energy consumption."
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Optical Magnetometer Measures Magnetic Field Direction for the First Time
The scalar magnetometer conceived by Roland Lammegger and Christoph Amtmann at the Institute of Experimental Physics at TU Graz opens up new possibilities in magnetic field measurement thanks to its f...
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August 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🛰️🤏 “With our device, we now have a kind of compass for measuring the magnetic field, which shows us the strength and direction. This would have several advantages for missions in space: less required space, lower weight and less energy consumption."
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Would you know what to do if your battery caught fire? 🤷🙈
Let us know in the comments!
💡 Find out more with our collection of articles on the topic of ‘Are Batteries safe?’ and join the discussion: www.tugraz.at/en/news/tu-g...
Let us know in the comments!
💡 Find out more with our collection of articles on the topic of ‘Are Batteries safe?’ and join the discussion: www.tugraz.at/en/news/tu-g...
August 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Would you know what to do if your battery caught fire? 🤷🙈
Let us know in the comments!
💡 Find out more with our collection of articles on the topic of ‘Are Batteries safe?’ and join the discussion: www.tugraz.at/en/news/tu-g...
Let us know in the comments!
💡 Find out more with our collection of articles on the topic of ‘Are Batteries safe?’ and join the discussion: www.tugraz.at/en/news/tu-g...
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🌡️🤔 Should fast charging stations be automatically limited on hot days – or is that just over-the-top nannying?
▶️ Lithium-ion batteries are safe under normal use
▶️ But extreme heat can be risky
Check out our collection of articles on “Are batteries safe?” and discuss: www.tugraz.at/en/news/arti...
▶️ Lithium-ion batteries are safe under normal use
▶️ But extreme heat can be risky
Check out our collection of articles on “Are batteries safe?” and discuss: www.tugraz.at/en/news/arti...
August 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🌡️🤔 Should fast charging stations be automatically limited on hot days – or is that just over-the-top nannying?
▶️ Lithium-ion batteries are safe under normal use
▶️ But extreme heat can be risky
Check out our collection of articles on “Are batteries safe?” and discuss: www.tugraz.at/en/news/arti...
▶️ Lithium-ion batteries are safe under normal use
▶️ But extreme heat can be risky
Check out our collection of articles on “Are batteries safe?” and discuss: www.tugraz.at/en/news/arti...
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The Austrian team "KuK Hofhackerei", one of the 12 best ethical hacking teams in the world, will compete in the final round of the DEFCON “Capture the Flag” contest in Las Vegas. This marks the first time since 2012 that an Austrian team has made it to the finals.
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Austrian Students Compete in the Final of the World's Most Prestigious Cybersecurity Competition
A team of students from TU Graz, TU Vienna, the University of Vienna, JKU Linz and St. Pölten UAS has qualified for the final round of the unofficial hacking world championship in Las Vegas.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The Austrian team "KuK Hofhackerei", one of the 12 best ethical hacking teams in the world, will compete in the final round of the DEFCON “Capture the Flag” contest in Las Vegas. This marks the first time since 2012 that an Austrian team has made it to the finals.
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🤖💡🛠️ TU Graz to launch Austria’s first extension programme in Artificial Intelligence in Autumn 2025: Artificial Intelligence Engineering.
It enables students to acquire the basics of computer science and AI and to apply modern AI methods to their specialist field.
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It enables students to acquire the basics of computer science and AI and to apply modern AI methods to their specialist field.
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TU Graz to Launch Austria’s First Extension Programme in Artificial Intelligence in Autumn 2025
The Artificial Intelligence Engineering extension programme offers master’s students and graduates the opportunity to learn the basics of computer science and apply AI methods to their specialist area...
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July 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🤖💡🛠️ TU Graz to launch Austria’s first extension programme in Artificial Intelligence in Autumn 2025: Artificial Intelligence Engineering.
It enables students to acquire the basics of computer science and AI and to apply modern AI methods to their specialist field.
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It enables students to acquire the basics of computer science and AI and to apply modern AI methods to their specialist field.
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An international team – with the involvement of TU Graz – has developed a versatile foam that is biodegradable and recyclable. It replaces conventional petroleum-based materials and offers environmentally friendly alternatives for a wide range of applications.
Cellulose instead of Crude Oil: Team with Participation of TU Graz Develops Sustainable Foams
An international research team has developed certified biodegradable and recyclable multi-purpose foams.
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July 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
An international team – with the involvement of TU Graz – has developed a versatile foam that is biodegradable and recyclable. It replaces conventional petroleum-based materials and offers environmentally friendly alternatives for a wide range of applications.