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Could implementing stronger sanctions targeting, for example, Russia, have prevented military aggression? Political scientists at the University of Konstanz publish a study on sanctions' potential.

Scientists have made extraordinary discoveries about how otherwise-solitary octopuses and various fish species coordinate their hunts: fish serve as guides, finding prey and flagging its location, and the octopus uses its flexible arms to capture the hidden prey.

Have Germany's left-wing parties drifted away from their traditional agenda? A team of researchers led by Konstanz political scientist Alexander Horn assessed this thesis on the basis of election platforms used since 1970.

Science Backstage – a series of articles focusing on behind-the-scenes aspects of research. For a moment, we leave behind the glitzy moments in the spotlight and peek into the more private moments of everyday science work when researchers try out, and may even discard, some ideas. This is where doubts, tireless perseverance and enlightenment are all very real options.

Computer scientist Mennatallah El-Assady, who recently earned her doctorate at the University of Konstanz, received the dissertation award from the German computer science association "Gesellschaft für Informatik".

Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "Collective Behaviour" at the University of Konstanz have discovered when pigeons sharply recognize a predator and at what moment they take flight.

Konstanz health psychologist Britta Renner co-chairs the platform on food and agriculture at the German government's digital summit.

What possibilities does a new research setup offer? This is often not foreseeable in advance and the full range of applications only becomes apparent while the system is being used. A new 3D recording studio has just been created in the GameLab at the University of Konstanz. Here, social interactions between people can be analyzed – from any perspective and even in virtual reality.