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Seeing not just with the eyes: degree of arousal affects perception
The brain modulates visual signals according to internal states, as a new study by LMU neuroscientist Laura Busse reveals.
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Towards a molecular supermarket
Professor Alena Khmelinskaia, a biophysicist who recently joined LMU, is creating novel proteins that can be configured to suit different practical applications.
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European elections: “A lot is at stake!”
The EU faces enormous challenges: An interview with political scientist Berthold Rittberger.
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"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.
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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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