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The University of Konstanz is redesigning how students start their studies in mathematics and the natural sciences: Starting in the winter semester 2024/25, the new Go.MINt programme provides additional orientation for students in the subjects maths, computer science, biology, chemistry and physics.

In May 2024, Simon Diesch and his sailing partner Anna Markfort qualified in the 470 mixed for the Olympic Games. In addition to his career as a competitive athlete, he studies law at the University of Konstanz. Juggling studies and top-level sports is a challenge in and of itself. We interviewed him on campus shortly before the competitions. A conversation about the Olympic dream, the balancing act between sailing and studying, and his plans for the future.

Information about whether industrial chemicals impede brain development is only available for a very small number of chemicals. A new procedure aims to fix this problem without using animal testing. At a conference organized by CAAT-Europe at the University of Konstanz, researchers as well as representatives from industry and regulatory authorities met with a delegation of the OECD to initiate new legislation.

Konstanz physicists have brought electrons into a previously unknown chiral form – chiral coils comprised of mass and charge. Such constructed elementary particles could open up new research opportunities in fundamental physics and electron microscopy.

If you want to find innovative solutions to complex problems and quickly transfer them from academic research to practical applications, it is important to involve relevant stakeholders early on. The Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing in Europe (CAAT-Europe) at the University of Konstanz uses this approach in the field of chemical safety testing.

In public statements by researchers, it is sometimes difficult to separate private persons from their official roles. Political scientist Gabriele Spilker shares how this can work.

Once more, the University of Konstanz holds top position nationwide in the 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking for the categories "open access" and "international collaboration".

What exactly is swarm intelligence? How do politicians make decisions, and how do animal swarms? Can the use of AI in the workplace succeed? On July 18, 2024, scientists from the two Konstanz Clusters of Excellence will answer your questions.

How different species interact with each other, for example as predator and prey, is by no means fixed and can depend on the prevailing environmental conditions. Which factors play a role in this process is the focus topic of the new DFG research unit "DynaSym", with the participation of the University of Konstanz. The unit's spokesperson is Lutz Becks.