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LMU President receives one of the world’s most prestigious medical science awards
Matthias H. Tschöp, physician, metabolism researcher and President of LMU Munich, has been named a recipient of the 2026 Broermann Medical Innovation Award.
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The Other Side of AI Safety
Award-winning LMU position paper by LMU researchers Sarah Ball and Phil Hackemann highlights how AI safety methods can also be used for censorship and manipulation.
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Roasted and browned: how gut bacteria break down heated foods
Heating food generates new dietary compounds. A study shows that an enzyme in gut bacteria can expand its functional repertoire to process them.
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Library exhibition “UM-BENANNT” (“RE-NAMED”): Street names in Munich
What do street names reveal about the culture of remembrance in Munich after 1945? Students from LMU have created an exhibition to explore this question.
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LMU Innovation Incubator receives 2026 MöglichMacher award
LMU’s startup and technology transfer program, the Innovation Incubator, has received a 2026 MöglichMacher – the Bavarian University Award for Entrepreneurship.
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Detecting pneumonia with quantum AI
LMU researchers have developed an AI-assisted image analysis model that can increase the speed and accuracy of diagnosis – such as when detecting pneumonia on X-rays.
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- Medical AI – a look ten years into the future
- Multi-million euro award: Munich Science Communication Lab’s second funding phase granted
- Brain development: When cytoskeletal proteins act in the cell nucleus
- Protective Effects of a Metabolic Hormone
- Health data: international guideline sets new quality standards
- NeuroPain: personalized therapy for chronic back pain
Portraits of LMU alumni
“It’s hard not to do philosophy”
At Cambridge, LMU alumnus Neil Dewar explores how physical theories represent the world.
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Film composer David Reichelt: “I never had a Plan B!”
From studying at LMU to composing for major TV series and feature films: David Reichelt shares how he found his way into film music.
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Algorithms for the Big Screen
LMU alumna Pauline Leininger researches the use of AI tools in film production.
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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.
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Studying abroad – a boundless adventure
How studying and internships abroad can change and enrich your life: Multimedia story with experience reports and tips.
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Cultural Heritage: „We’re making time visible“
Drones over Heloros: Nicola Lercari investigates historical sites with state-of-the-art remote sensing methods.
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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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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.
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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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