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Physics and philosophy are Andreas Hauser's specialities. He has a doctorate in both, but professionally, physics comes first.

Love of technical gadgets is almost part of the job at TU Graz. Not surprising that I had to shout "ME!" when test persons were being sought for the in-house driving simulator.

Dry sand flows, so does water with some sand. However, if one uses a proper mixture of sand with some water, the sand becomes sticky, and a sandcastle can be built.

The removal of the larynx involves the loss of speech. The voice output of most artificial voice generators is usually modelled on male voices.

In the MueGen Driving project, researchers from the Institute of Automotive Engineering at TU Graz studied how gender and age influence our trust in driver assistance 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.

A robotic aid could soon support the treatment of movement disorders in infants earlier than so far possible, thus boosting therapeutic success.

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.

Researchers from the universities of Montpellier, Bordeaux and TU Graz demonstrate that it is possible to combine the high-energy density of batteries with the high-power output of super capacitors in a single system - thanks to liquid energy storage materials.

Wood is a trendy material - and not only in the music scene (thanks to the 257ers) but also in the construction sector.

Round about 65 years ago, the first electron microscope was set up at TU Graz, thus laying a foundation stone for many years of successful research work In 1951, the first electron microscope - the U

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.

How do hybrid vehicles become more powerful and at the same time cheaper? TU Graz's Martin Hofstetter is developing software which delivers practical answers.

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.

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

From fibre swelling in paper by way of computer vision to efficient electric auxiliary drives: three new Christian Doppler Laboratories were launched at TU Graz in 2016.

Anna Maria Coclite is the first woman to be awarded an ERC Starting Grant at TU Graz. Her research project deals with developing a hybrid material to produce an artificial skin with multi-responsive sensors.

The aim of the new CD Laboratory, a joint project between TU Graz and Mechatronics Systems - an SME from Styria, is to make use of electrical energy in auxiliary drives and household appliances as efficiently as possible.