LMU Newsroom
What is going on at LMU? Everything at a glance in the LMU Newsroom — news, events, interviews, backgrounds, stories.
News from LMU
Start-ups with an academic backbone
When researchers and students at LMU translate their innovative ideas into spin-offs, they receive comprehensive support from the university. Their spin-offs also have a positive effect on society.
Read more
ERC grants for three LMU researchers
Hospital art, artificial life, and the legacy of international organizations: the European Research Council awards three prestigious Advanced Grants to researchers at LMU.
Read more
Meteorological Institute at LMU celebrates 100 years
LMU began to pursue the science of weather observation in 1923. And since the 1960s, climate change has been an important topic at the Meteorological Institute.
Read more
Wolfgang Wilmanns Foundation: Initiatives for research and practice in tumor treatment
The foundation funds scientists who conduct research into tumors. It also sponsors projects with patients.
Read more
Nanophysics: the right twist
Stacked layers of ultrathin semiconductor materials feature phenomena that can be exploited for novel applications: new paper in Nature Nanotechnology.
Read more
“We’re running out of time”
A dramatic turnaround is needed if we are to reach our climate goals, says LMU geographer Matthias Garschagen, one of the lead authors of the IPCC Synthesis Report.
Read more
Events at LMU
27 Mar 2023 | "Classics without Classics"
Panel discussion at the Center for Advanced Studies on the occasion of the exhibition "New Light from Pompeii"
Read more
31 Mar 2023 | Cloudflight Coding Contest
One of Europe's biggest on-site coding competitions
Read more
Until 2 April 2023 | New Light from Pompeii
Special exhibition hosted by the Bavarian State Collection of Antiques, featuring 180 original bronzes from Naples and Pompeii
Read moreMultimedia
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read moreINSIGHTS. Magazine
The first dropout
Living in and with the wilderness: Literary scholar Klaus Benesch on the brilliant author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau and his influence on today’s world-weary generation
Read more
Childhood in the jungle
Do children who grow up surrounded by untamed wilds develop a different concept of nature to Western urban kids? Anthropologist Francesca Mezzenzana is exploring what the consequences are.
Read more
Strategies to counter the domino effect
If replenishment falters at a single point only, complex global supply chains are in danger of collapsing. Economist Lisandra Flach explores how these production chains can be made more resilient.
Read more
