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Scorching asphalt

Heat islands, heatwaves, record temperatures: How climate change is heating up Europe’s cities – and where it is hitting hardest. From the digital research magazine with a focus on heat.

Two LMU research projects awarded ERC grants

The European Research Council awards Proof of Concept Grants to Silke Robatzek (Biology) and Tobias Staudigl (Psychology).

DFG funding: At the interface between machine learning and control theory

In the new Research Training Group METEOR, researchers at LMU and TUM want to combine two disciplines from computer science and engineering.

App for the police: Simple communication in tricky situations

LMU linguist Jörg Roche and his team have developed an app for the police. Its aim? To help the police communicate clearly, with legal accuracy and in a way that de-escalates situations – even in foreign languages.

Munich Climate School: Interdisciplinary for the climate

The Munich Climate School has been bringing together students and doctoral candidates from a wide range of disciplines for five years in order to develop scientifically sound perspectives on the climate crisis.

“This collective being that bears the name Goethe”

Goethe’s letters are an important part of his work. Interview with literary scholar Frieder von Ammon about Goethe’s correspondence with the world at large and his most intimate billets-doux.

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LMU Research and Innovation - The digital magazine

The focus: Heat

The city as a hothouse, overheated societies, cosmic forges of planets, and geothermal energy from magma chambers: this issue of the magazine is all about – heat. We explore its various aspects and show how to keep a cool head.

From lecture hall … to the desert
"Divine Comedy" – when hell freezes over
10 creatures that defy heat
Stars and planets – Born of fire and ice

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Top Story: Climate change in cities

AI analysis: how an enzyme associated with Alzheimer’s chooses its target proteins

Poultry health: second funding phase for DFG research group

Membrane or metabolism, which came first?

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.

A student smiles into the camera in front of a mountain range

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.

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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.