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To save coral reefs from climate change, scientists are proposing an unusual idea: declaring coral protection a human right. Christian Voolstra, a biologist from Konstanz and president of the International Coral Reef Society (ICRS), explains why this could work.

How can you promote knowledge transfer and dialogue with people in the region? A project team from the University of Konstanz, the HTWG Konstanz and the PH Thurgau has developed a multifunctional box as a mobile exhibition space. The construction is mounted on a bike trailer and can be used for various purposes. This is why it aptly bears the name "Transferrad" (transfer on wheels). Now it has been presented to the public.

The website contains information on campus development at the university as well as updates on current construction work.

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.