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Kay Römer estimates that 50 billion smart things will be connected by 2020. Since 2015 the scientist and his team have been making sure that smart devices reliably do what they are supposed to do.

By Aglaée Degros Aglaée Degros, head of the Institute of Urbanism at TU Graz, describes how small and medium-sized towns are able to deal with the challenges of sustainable urban development.

By René Rieberer The Institute of Thermal Engineering has been researching heat pumps for over 30 years.

Vertical farms are greenhouses - only the cultivated areas are not laid out next, but rather stacked up on top of each other.

The dimension of hydrogen utilisation in future fuel-cell applications largely depends on the widespread availability of hydrogen produced from renewable resources.

Rudolf Mosler, Labor and Social Law expert at the University of Salzburg, talks about the topic "Schöne neue Arbeitswelt.

In a half-day expert conference on the topic of "Trends in ESG & CSR - 17 Sustainable Development Goals", specialists and strategists from various branches and sectors will come together to present the topic of sustainability inter-disciplinarily and practically.

A linkage between climate change and floods has been identified using a river flow dataset of unparalleled scale and diversity.

With 19 experiments, the analog mission of the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) in Oman will serve for preparation for a manned mission to Mars.

Global warming due to the anthropogenic greenhouse effect is an important driver for the development of renewable energy systems.

The situation in Kenya is serious - there has been too little rain for more than a year. With the aid of satellite data, TU Wien is measuring moisture content in the soil in order to better assess the risk of drought.

As regards pioneering vehicle technologies, the focus is on more energy-efficient air-conditioning systems.

On-the-fly switching between bicycle, car and tram is a mobility jackpot for someone living in the city: it's eco-friendly, versatile and cheap.

How does Nikola Tesla's spirit of research live on at TU Graz? We plug into today's high-powered research subjects at the Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Performance.

Niche theory is one of the most fundamental concepts in ecology and has long been conceptualized as n-dimensional hypervolumes (sensu Hutchinson 1957).

Within the scope of the "Berufspraktisches Tage", Philip Hölzl from the New Mittelschule Walserfeld gained insight into the lab activities and the research of the working group of Assoc.

The rapid enforcement of the Paris agreement, which limits the global temperature from 1. C to a maximum of 2 ° C (compared to pre-industrial temperature), shows that the international community has embarked on a new, collaborative way of dealing with climate change after many years of delay.

A building block in the energy revolution mosaic. The research centre HyCentA along with AVL List GmbH opened Europe's most modern test infrastructure for fuel-cell systems on 21 October.

Attention! The event on the topic "How a volcano crashed the world into the crisis" is fully booked and has been moved to the Max Gandolph Library, Kapitelgasse 5-7, 1st floor.

David Steyrl of the Mirage 91 student team from TU Graz describes his impressions of the Cybathlon in Zurich - the competition at the interface between man and machine.

On 20 October at 19:00, Climate Historian Wolfgang Behringer will be speaking in the Bibliotheksaula (Hofstallgasse 2-4) on the topic "Wie ein Vulkan die Welt in die Krise stürzte".

Pumped-storage hydro power plants store electrical power efficiently and feed it into the grid seconds later.

A broad mix of topics under the general theme of New Enlightenment is being offered this year by the European Forum Alpbach , which will take place from 17 August to 2 September.

Hans Höller, formerly a Professor at the Department of German Studies at the University of Salzburg, together with Irene Fussl are Editorial Directors of the new Salzburg Bachmann Edition in Suhrkampand Piper-Verlag.

The biodiversity of animals, plants, and protists, and their morphological and behavioral adaptations to life on the rocky shores, in pelage, in the sediment, in eelgrass meadows and salt marshes, es

A breath of fresh air: The Institute of Architecture Technology of TU Graz is working on architectural solutions for better room climate in subtropical and tropical regions.

The reduction of Europe's dependency on importing energy and the achievement of the two-degree target of the recent world climate conference in Paris need drastic measures.

Optimal interaction between building envelope and structure and building systems is a key aspect in realising sustainable buildings.

Temperature has a strong impact on the operations of electric and electronic components. For example, temperature variations may affect low-power radios and compromise wireless connectivity.

The Crew of the University of Vienna has been on board the "Sonne" for over two weeks now. Soon they will cross the equator, going from the South Pacific into the North Pacific, where Phd student Maria Pinto is searching for and studying plastic particles in the ocean.

Hundred-metre long platforms which remain steady and stable in rough sea weather: TU Wien's lightweight construction creates new space for solar energy out on the water.

In the FFG project SolaBat, TU Graz is entering almost new research territory. Photovoltaic cells are to be combined into one device with electrochemical energy storage systems.

Europe's rivers could be used to transport goods much more efficiently. In order to do this, however, the existing international regulations would have to be implemented consistently.