Scientifically grounded recommendations for stretching published for the first time

For the first time, an international research team has developed concrete, evidence based stretching recommendations for practical use. The team was led by Jan Wilke (University of Bayreuth and University of Klagenfurt). Their recommendations, published in the Journal of Sport and Health Science, aim to settle long-standing controversies and dispel common myths surrounding stretching.

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New skin for gripping arms aims to enable robots to sort used textiles

It is estimated that around 100 billion items of clothing are currently produced worldwide, most of which will end up in recycling processes. Sorting these old textiles by hand requires an enormous amount of human labour. A research team is now developing new technologies that will enable robotic grippers to sort textiles more effectively.

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‘We do what we can anyway.’

What we do in this country has an impact on the lives of people in other parts of the world. This is the central idea behind the concept of global citizenship. Hans Karl Peterlini has held the UNESCO Chair in Global Citizenship Education since 2020 and is committed to bringing about change, both on the individual and the collective level, to achieve a ‘good life for all’. This chair has just been awarded to him and the University of Klagenfurt for another four years. In this interview, held prior to the public UNESCO Chair Meeting, hosted in the Stiftungssaal by the working group on the 10th of June 2025 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, he talks about his experiences to date.

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Public lecture: “Exploring Saturn: Lord of the Rings and Icy Moons” by Roland Brockers

Saturn, with its distinctive ring system, is one of the most impressive planets in our solar system. Roland Brockers will take the audience attending his public lecture on Thursday, 5 June (5 p.m., Lecture Hall 1, University of Klagenfurt) on an exciting journey to the ringed planet with the largest number of known moons in the solar system. Roland Brockers is Professor of Modular Robotic Systems in the Control of Networked Systems group and a researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology in California. This public lecture continues his series of Space Exploration Lectures delivered during his teaching visit to Klagenfurt.

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