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Studying - an experience that affects all areas of life
To get the lecture period of the new semester off to a good start, the LMU Community provides tips for successful studies.
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Creating the smallest building blocks for life
Professor Erwin Frey, Chair of Statistical and Biological Physics at LMU Munich and member of the ORIGINS Excellence Cluster, researches the question, what is minimum for life.
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Making the world that much better
The contribution made by young people through volunteering is hugely important. Young people can plant a flag by working for a better civil society.
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ERC Advanced Grant for political scientist Christoph Knill
How does a permanent state of crisis affect policymaking? The European Research Council is funding an LMU project on this topic.
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Cockayne syndrome: new insights into cellular DNA repair mechanism
LMU researchers decode repair mechanism during transcription of genetic information.
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Hunting the bug
Computer scientist Marie-Christine Jakobs is an expert on the reliability of software.
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Polyglot machines
How artificial intelligence learns the rich variety of human languages: Hinrich Schütze, computational linguist at LMU, researches multilingual software that can do small languages. From the research magazine EINSICHTEN
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From the steppe to the city
A social transformation is underway in Mongolia, as many nomadic pastoralists move to urban areas. Geographer Lukas Lehnert investigates what this means for the environment and ecosystems. From the research magazine EINSICHTEN
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“When success dictates self-worth”
When does wanting to do well become unwell? Barbara Cludius researches the propensity for perfectionism. In our EINSICHTEN interview she explains how a harmful thought construct is related to various mental disorders.
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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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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.
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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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