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News from LMU
Update on the persona data breach
LMU has become the target of an attack on its IT systems. In accordance with Article 34 of the GDPR, the University Executive Board provides information on the details known to date.
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Quantum simulation pioneer Immanuel Bloch receives major award
LMU physicist Immanuel Bloch has been awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize for his pioneering research with ultracold atoms.
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Gitta Kutyniok is Vice President of BBAW
LMU mathematician Gitta Kutyniok is keen to use her new role to help shape the way science and scholarship are transformed by artificial intelligence and to strengthen engagement across disciplines.
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“Science Meets Media” for fact-based communication
Beatrice Lugger, LMU Vice President for Communication, has founded a new format for the exchanging of ideas with public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk.
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From the Earth to distant worlds
The Munich Center for Geoastronomy combines geosciences and astrophysics to investigate planetary development – from the Earth to distant exoplanets.
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Conductors of nature
Animals, plants, bacteria, and fungi have all developed strategies for adapting their lives to the rhythm of their environment. From the magazine “LMU Research and Innovation“
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- When AI behaves like us, we still don’t think it is conscious
- Funding for LMU research on progressive supranuclear palsy
- How gut bacteria can shape the brain’s response to stroke
- Fossils: Researchers develop a treasure map for the search for past life
- How the spleen regulates the proportion of activated platelets in the blood
- Funding to advance precision medicine for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in children
Portraits of LMU alumni
LMU alumna Carolin Matzko: “If your path supports you: Go for it”
Carolin Matzko talks about her time at university, championing women, and why she’s not interested in a constant sense of doom and gloom.
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“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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Multimedia
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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