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Physicist from the University of Konstanz prove correlation between behaviour of collective animal systems and a so-called “critical point”. Read the article in our online magazine campus.kn.

Living close to human settlements disturbs the social networks of giraffes. They have weaker bonds with other giraffes and fewer interactions with other members of the species, an international study led by the University of Zurich, the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the University of Konstanz, on the social structure of over 500 female giraffes in Tanzania has shown.

Heisenberg-Stelle für Globale Musik- und Ideengeschichte

Neue Online-Vortragsreihe unter Beteiligung des Zukunftskollegs der Universität Konstanz präsentiert europäische Forschungsbeiträge zur Bewältigung gegenwärtiger Krisen und Herausforderungen

Neues Online-Tool zur Erforschung des frühkindlichen Spracherwerbs an der Universität Konstanz: Mit der neuen Babylab-App, die bequem von zu Hause aus genutzt werden kann, untersucht das Babysprachlabor (BSL) den Spracherwerb bei Kindern im Alter von 12 bis 24 Monaten.

Researchers from the University of Konstanz and Johns Hopkins University draw attention to the fact that novel animal-free testing methods could help accelerate the discovery and development of COVID-19 drugs and vaccines and advise European Parliament on NAM-based drug development and safety assessment.

The rector of the University of Konstanz, Professor Kerstin Krieglstein, has been elected rector of the University of Freiburg on 27 May 2020. The transfer within the state of Baden-Württemberg will take place on 1 October 2020.

A research cooperation at the University of Konstanz led by Professor Christof Hauck (Department of Biology) with participation of the Hospital of Konstanz, a Konstanz diagnostics laboratory and the Konstanz-based company myPOLS Biotec, a spin-off of the working group Organic Chemistry / Cellular Chemistry at the University of Konstanz, has developed a novel rapid test method for Covid-19. This test makes it possible to obtain results in half the time compared to the conventional polymerase…

A new look into the genomes of natural populations of the common house mice by a team of researchers from the University of Konstanz, Harvard University and La Sapienza University of Rome suggests that large-scale chromosomal rearrangements play an important role in speciation.