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Do we all work too much? Too little?

Part-time, full-time, overtime: How employees achieve a work-life balance – and what research says on the subject.

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Anticipating the risks of new technologies

New applications can contain risks. Psychologist Sarah Diefenbach and media informatics specialist Daniel Ullrich, both from LMU, have developed a method for identifying these risks early – and thus improving new inventions.

Two LMU Researchers Awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

Benjamin Loy and Kami Alexander Pekayvaz, two researchers, are being honored for their outstanding work in literary studies and medicine.

© Parco Archeologico di Pompeii / Foto: Johannes Eber

The aromas of Pompeii’s household altars

An international team of researchers from LMU, the University of Zurich, and further partners investigated ash residues from incense burners. The substances they discovered show that Pompeii was part of a global trade network.

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Food: New approach combines safety and sustainability

A recent lead article by Sophia Johler challenges fundamental assumptions in food safety and advocates for a risk-based approach.

What influences prices, and how prediction markets anticipate crises

Are markets smarter than experts? LMU economist Martin Spann on swarm intelligence, political risks and new forecasting models

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Research Summary: new publications

Precision work prior to cell division: how enzymes optimize DNA structure

Complex Manifolds: Heisenberg Funding for LMU Mathematician

Cells under stress: chemotherapy drug damages RNA

The focus: Rethink

The world is changing—major disruptions are looming, and new ideas are needed. This issue of the magazine is about rethinking: How is AI changing literature? Which new realities do we face as the climate tips? And could the universe itself be working quite differently than we thought?

Vikings: In the fog of history
Real utopias: wishes that can come true
From lecture hall … to the rice paddy
Cancer therapy made to measure

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Cracks in the foundations of cosmology

Yasumasa Oguro: “Tonio Kröger is always a favorite in Japan”

German studies expert and LMU alumnus Yasumasa Oguro talks about why Thomas Mann is so well loved in Japan.

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Anna Schaffelhuber: From school to soother to ski slopes

Para-athlete and LMU alumna Anna Schaffelhuber on the teaching profession and time with the family.

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Stephan Kothrade: From chemistry student to CTO at BASF

The chemistry PhD describes his journey from the lecture halls of LMU to the boardroom of BASF.

LMU's University Library over the course of time

500 years of change: How the university library today is a place of learning, a cultural asset and a meeting place all in one.

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Studying abroad – a boundless adventure

How studying and internships abroad can change and enrich your life: Multimedia story with experience reports and tips.

Cultural Heritage: „We’re making time visible“

Drones over Heloros: Nicola Lercari investigates historical sites with state-of-the-art remote sensing methods.

Working the land to save the climate

Reforestation and a new approach to land management will play a crucial role in efforts to mitigate climate change.

The off-road vehicles used by the researchers to drive through the desert

From lecture hall … to the desert!

Field research in the driest desert in the world: doctoral candidate Julia Simonis recounts her journey to the Atacama.

Origin of life: Molecular gastronomy

What was the recipe for the "Ursuppe" from which life emerged? The early steps in the evolution of life some four billion years ago.

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