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The renowned and generously funded grants from the European Research Council support projects on the social aspects of sleep in free-ranging baboons and on the experience of early automobility in American literature.

Konstanzer Physiker an den Quantencomputer-Projekten SPINNING und QSolid des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung beteiligt

Der Konstanzer Politikwissenschaftler und Ungleichheitsforscher wurde in die neu eingesetzte Enquetekommission „Krisenfeste Gesellschaft“ des baden-württembergischen Landtags berufen.

Konstanz-based research team elucidates how bacteria use the compound guanidine as a source of nitrogen

With the help of microrobots, Konstanz physicists decode how swarms of animals respond effectively to danger

Dr Fuhimiro Kano decodes the relevance of the human white of the eye for communication

Podiumsdiskussion an der Universität Konstanz zur Einordnung und den Perspektiven der Ereignisse in Osteuropa

The Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz is introducing a new research prize: the Zukunftskolleg Research Award commends excellent academic achievements by young researchers and helps them to further develop their academic profile. For the inaugural award in 2022, nominations for scientific work on “The Evolution of Behaviour” are invited.

Sleep study on a troop of wild baboons reveals that sacrificing sleep to meet pressing demands is common—and might even be part of our evolutionary history (Adapted version of the original press release from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior).