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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.
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Nanophysics: the right twist
Stacked layers of ultrathin semiconductor materials feature phenomena that can be exploited for novel applications: new paper in Nature Nanotechnology.
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“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.
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27 Mar 2023 | "Classics without Classics"
Panel discussion at the Center for Advanced Studies on the occasion of the exhibition "New Light from Pompeii"
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31 Mar 2023 | Cloudflight Coding Contest
One of Europe's biggest on-site coding competitions
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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