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The first universal language

“The history of Aramaic shows how literature emerges,” says Professor Holger Gzella. In an interview, Gzella talks about the role of Aramaic in antiquity.

LMU research instrumental in the successful digital transformation of education

LMU is playing a key role in the new government-funded lernen:digital (digital:learning) competence network.

Atherosclerosis: RNA fragment creates prospect for new therapies

LMU researchers have demonstrated for the first time what role a specific microRNA plays in atherosclerosis.

From the data machine room

Susanne Kuger holds the Chair of Empirical Social and Educational Research for Children and Adolescents.

New tool makes it easier to diagnose tuberculosis in children

An international research consortium led by LMU has tested a rapid new analytical tool.

AI language models: Who is the author?

How to distinguish human from AI-generated content: video featuring computational linguist Barbara Plank.

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Research Summary: new publications

Bowel cancer: aspirin activates protective genes

Eye movement: innovation in visual perception training

Biophysics: New AI for analyzing molecule data

2 to 4 November 2023 | New Normal of Work

The interdisciplinary convention addresses historical and present-day forms of work and questions the traditional analytical concepts (of Fordist versus post-Fordist work).

© Museum Fünf Kontinente, Marietta Weidner

07 November 2023 | The everyday life of Egyptian peasants

Lecture by Prof. Andreas Kaplony as part of the series "Basics of Islam: Personalities" organized by the Münchner Mittelost-Mittelmeer-Mittelasien-Zentrum of the LMU.

Teilnehmer eines Career Talks bei einer Pause durch das Fenster fotografiert.

6 November 2023 | "How do I present myself at a job interview?“

In this workshop of the Career Service the participants get a good understanding of how to prepare for a job interview.

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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.

© picture alliance / Sergi Reboredo | Sergi Reboredo

Viruses: the invisible danger from the wilds

Monkeypox, COVID-19, Ebola: viruses that jump from animals to humans can cause pandemics. LMU scientists are studying the tricks of the pathogens and developing suitable vaccines.

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.

“There is no 100% protection”

LMU computer scientist Dieter Kranzlmüller, Managing Director of the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, about cybersecurity in the era of the first quantum computers – a portrait

"Like a stage, platform by platform”

Railway stations symbolize the onset of modernity. They stand for connections and encounters. We join Margit Dirscherl, a Germanist who studies the fascination that railway stations have held for writers, on a whistle-stop tour through literary history.