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Pathogens on the move
MERS, Covid-19, monkeypox: infectious diseases are increasingly passing from animals to humans. LMU virologist Gerd Sutter explains what we can do about it – from the magazine EINSICHTEN.
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Colon cancer: curcumin activates tumor suppressive signaling pathway
LMU researchers have identified a signaling pathway via which curcumin can suppress the metastasis of colorectal cancer cells.
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Beyond the limits of light
The research team led by physicist Ralf Jungmann is using a new technique to enhance fluorescence microscopy to the Ångstrom scale – far below the resolution limit of conventional light microscopy.
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5.-7. June 2023 | „Responsibility: It's a Matter of Time“
Lecture series by the Center for Ethics and Philosophy with Professor Susan Wolf
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15 June 2023 | Motivation, not procrastination!
The workshop deals with learning techniques and time management to combat procrastination
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Until 24 July 2023 | Exhibition: The White Rose – then and now
Drawing on documents, the exhibition portraits the members at the heart of the White Rose movement.
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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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The strange world of the ocean deep
Life exists even miles under the sea, where microorganisms create peculiar ecosystems. Geobiologist William Orsi explores this fascinating wilderness in the remote depths, a place where time has another meaning.
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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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