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Physics for early cancer detection

Detecting diseases before symptoms appear: that is the goal of Ferenc Krausz, who is combining his Nobel Prize-winning laser technology with medicine and AI. From the research magazine “LMU Research and Innovation“

Climate research at LMU for biodiversity and healthier urban planning

As part of the new Bavarian Climate Research Network bayklif2, LMU is participating in two research projects with great social significance.

Climate change: how oxygen deficiency changes metabolic processes in the ocean

A new study led by Gonzalo Gomez Saez reveals how sulfur compounds are metabolized under oxygen-deficient conditions – and which microorganisms are responsible.

Simon Theodor Fetscher and Victoria Lobato stand in front of the Salinengebäude of the University of Munich, a brick wall featuring a glass relief with the text WUNDEN DER ERINNERUNG (Wounds of Memory). The wall shows signs of peeling and damage.

Culture of remembrance: “It’s about human dignity”

By students, for students: The independent Students Remember association is strengthening the culture of remembrance at LMU Munich—and will soon be doing the same further afield.

Explainable AI: Emmy Noether funding for LMU scientist

Johannes Paetzold has been awarded funding through the German Research Foundation’s Emmy Noether Programme for his work on explainable artificial intelligence.

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Voluntary service: “Aware of your own mortality but reflecting on life”

Historian Denise Reitzenstein works for the volunteer initiative Das letzte Geleit (Last Respects). In the interview reproduced below, the LMU scholar talks about her voluntary activities.

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Tuberculosis Risk: Promising Approaches for Screening and Prediction

Neurophysiology: How the brain recovers from noise-induced damage

LMU researchers improve perovskite solar cells with molecular interface tweak

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.

Anna Schaffelhuber in a red top proudly holding multiple gold medals in front of a modern background.

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.

Businessman in navy suit with blue tie seated in bright, modern office.

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.

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

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.

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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