LMU Newsroom
What is going on at LMU? Everything at a glance in the LMU Newsroom — news, events, interviews, backgrounds, stories.
News from LMU
Warming in the cooler
The Antarctic is a key region for the global climate – and here, too, the greenhouse effect is leaving its mark. From the research magazine EINSICHTEN
Read more
Bună ziua from Cluj-Napoca! An Erasmus stay in Romania
Diving into a foreign culture – LMU student Roberta Cojocaru talks about her time in Romania.
Read more
Research for all: Why do you slam?
Students and researchers at LMU frequently compete in Science Slams. We explore the appeal of these events and what motivates the participants.
Read more
Frontotemporal dementia:therapeutic approach for gene therapy
Pre-clinical trials: A new therapeutic approach for the severe condition uses modified viruses to replace a missing protein in the brain.
Read more
"The bourgeois nuclear family - an invention of the 19th century"
Professor Susanne Lüdemann and her team are investigating how the portrayal of families in media and literature has evolved.
Read more
INSIGHTS. Magazine
"Really?" - the new issue of INSIGHTS
"Echt jetzt" - the new issue of EINSICHTEN The new edition of the research magazine EINSICHTEN is out, with the main topic: "Really? Is the boundary between natural and artificial increasingly fading?" Click here for the highlights.
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read moreMultimedia
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.
Read more
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.
Read more
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.
Read more