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When Feelings Mislead: Technology for a Better Golf Swing
When playing sports, our own perception can easily mislead us. We may be convinced that we have performed a movement perfectly, when in reality we have positioned our arms at a slightly different angle than intended. Researchers at the Laboratory of Information Technologies (LAIT) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, have addressed this challenge by developing a system that provides golfers with biomechanical feedback on their swing during practice.
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From Producer to Consumer: How Many Vitamins Remain in Fruit and Vegetables?
Are locally grown fruit and vegetables really richer in vitamins? Freshness, origin, production method, as well as the duration and conditions of storage all play a role, according to a study conducted by the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana and the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia.
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Engineering a Solution for Karst Grassland Restoration
Researchers at the LECAD Laboratory for Engineering Design at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, have developed the Semenko P200PSJ brush harvester, which will be used by Škocjan Caves Park to collect native seed mixtures and support the restoration of Karst grasslands. The machine has been designed specifically for the demanding conditions of the Karst, where overgrowth increasingly threatens species-rich grassland habitats.
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The Guild university network calls for stronger investment in sustainability research as a priority for the EU
On 24 September, the Guild, an international network of research-led universities, published a joint statement on the importance of further investments in sustainability and climate research amid an ever greater focus by the EU on competitiveness, resilience and security. The University of Ljubljana (UL), a member of The Guild, actively contributed to the preparation of this key publication.
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How Resilient Are Slovenian Households to Summer Overheating?
A nationwide study shows that overheating already affects almost two-thirds of Slovenian households. Older multi-apartment buildings with inefficient ventilation are the most vulnerable, while the main barriers to adapting buildings are costs and technical limitations.
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When Time Saved Turns into More Work
Artificial intelligence helps us complete tasks faster. Yet the time we save is often filled with new work. Research on digital overload, work intensity, sleep, recovery, and human sustainability raises an important question: are we recovering as quickly as we are using up our energy?
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Slovenian Researchers Contributed to Revealing Traces of Deep Cave Systems on Australia’s Nullarbor Karst Plain
Kilometres-long shallow, elongated depressions on Australia’s Nullarbor Plain resemble broad riverbeds. In reality, however, they were not formed by surface river flow, but by the collapse of caves deep below the surface. These findings were made by Slovenian and Australian researchers, including Prof. Dr. Andrej Šmuc, Prof. Dr. Matej Dolenec, Assist. Prof. Dr. Tomislav Popit and Primož Miklavc from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering UL, and Prof. Dr. Uroš Stepišnik from the Faculty of Arts UL.
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What Do Parents Think About Age Restrictions on Access to Social Media?
In Slovenia, 83% of parents support restricting access to social media for children and adolescents under the age of 15, according to a survey of parents’ views on children joining social media platforms and on parental controls.
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From Ljubljana to Chile: UL FMF Researchers in One of Today’s Largest Astronomical Projects
Only a few months after reaching its First Light milestone, the international astronomical project 4MOST successfully completed its Science Programme Verification phase. In just three months, it recorded more than one million spectra of stars and galaxies, confirming its readiness for the systematic survey of the southern sky. Dr Gregor Traven and Dr Janez Kos of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, also play an important role in the project.
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Ljubljana among the most successful European universities in the Horizon Europe programme
The University of Ljubljana (UL) is involved in 251 Horizon Europe projects, with funding in excess of EUR 93.6 million making it the leading research organisation in Slovenia. It is part of 99 Pillar II projects, and its application success rate has almost doubled compared with Horizon 2020.
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Ljubljana on the European map of medical radioisotope production
European hospitals regularly face shortages of radioisotopes (or radionuclides) that are essential for detecting and treating cancer. The IFIGENEIA project, in which the University of Ljubljana takes part, is building an ecosystem for producing radioisotopes with new technologies that would bring this supply closer to patients in the region.
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Development of Language Models in All EU Languages
The University of Ljubljana is participating in the European project LLMs4EU (Large Language Models for the European Union), which aims to develop large language models for all official languages of the European Union, including languages with fewer digital resources, such as Slovenian.
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University of Ljubljana develops new guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence
The University of Ljubljana (UL) has developed a new set of guidelines for the use of AI that set out common bases for ensuring its safe, responsible, considered and transparent use at the university. The guidelines apply to students, teaching staff, researchers and professional staff in teaching, learning, assessment, R&D, technical and administrative work.
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How will living labs help keep soils fertile and resilient?
How can soils remain fertile, resilient to climate change and capable of long-term food production? Answers to these questions are being sought in the European project TRAILS4SOIL in living labs, where farmers, researchers, advisors, industry representatives, policymakers and non-governmental organisations jointly develop, test and evaluate regenerative and conservation agricultural practices.
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Jan Gimpelj Takes Third Place at World Fuel Cell Conference 2026 in Japan
Jan Gimpelj, a PhD student at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, has won third place in the 3-Minute Thesis competition at the World Fuel Cell Conference 2026 (WFCC 2026) in Fukuoka, Japan. He competed against 15 other young researchers from around the world.
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The Sea Is More Than a Resource: Study Reveals How People Value It in the Northern Adriatic
Residents of the northern Adriatic do not see the sea merely as a space for tourism or economic activity. For them, it is also a space of identity, heritage and shared values. They therefore stress that protecting the sea is not only an environmental issue, but also a matter of preserving communities and their identity.
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Completion of the KRPAN project: 479 new European projects and permanent consolidation of research support
June saw the completion of the KRPAN project, which was financed by a combination of Recovery and Resilience Plan and national funds. The project, which brought together five Slovenian public research organisations – the universities of Ljubljana, Maribor and Primorska, the Jožef Stefan Institute and Koper Science and Research Centre – was coordinated by the University of Ljubljana, consolidated the institutions’ research support significantly, and went considerably beyond the objectives that had been set at the start.
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Filip Todorovski Receives the 2026 Oronzio and Niccolò De Nora Foundation Young Author Prize
University of Ljubljana Faculty of Mechanical Engineering researcher Filip Todorovski has received the 2026 Oronzio and Niccolò De Nora Foundation Young Author Prize, awarded by the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). He received the award for a scientific paper examining the effects of contact pressure on the performance and durability of high-temperature fuel cells, published in Electrochimica Acta.
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Dr. Snežana Popov awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for SEROTONIN
Dr. Snežana Popov has been awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA) for her project SEROTONIN – A Sight for Sore Eyes: Bridging People and Pollinators Through Pollinator Monitoring. She is hosted by the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, where she is conducting the research under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Gregor Torkar.
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Assistant Professor Svit Komel first Slovenian recipient of the Bader Prize
Assistant Professor Svit Komel of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana is the first Slovenian to receive the prestigious Bader Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences for the best work by early-career researchers in the field of the history of science. He received the award for his doctoral dissertation Rule and Measure: A History of Juridical Practices in the Age of Surveys.
