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“It’s about time,” reckons Martin. “Juicy!” exclaims Santiago. “This is the real uni,” smiles Tabea. For many LMU students, the first semester on campus after one-and-a-half years of online learning was very satisfying. Finally, they…

The novel coronavirus vaccines have highlighted the tremendous potential of vaccines and other drugs based on RNA. Now researchers in Munich are seeking to further advance the development of active ingredients with such nucleic acid…

Initially granted temporary funding as a project, the Munich Center for Machine Learning (MCML) has successfully established itself and will receive permanent funding jointly from the German government and the state of Bavaria. As a…

When a highly diluted gas is cooled to extremely low temperatures, bizarre properties are revealed. Thus, some gases form a so-called Bose-Einstein condensate - a type of matter in which all atoms move in unison. Another example is…

In the latest round of grants by the German Research Foundation (DFG), LMU has obtained funding for four large research alliances in conjunction with its partner universities.A new CRC/Transregio (TRR) called “Neutrophils: Origin, Fate…

Ultrashort infrared light pulses are the key to a wide range of technological applications. The oscillating infrared light field can excite molecules in a sample to vibrate at specific frequencies, or drive ultrafast electric currents in…

In the QS World University Rankings 2023, LMU has moved up five places year on year to 59th place. It remains one of only three German universities to make it into the 100 best universities in the world. This year’s ranking list is topped…

Until the end of the Iron Age in the first century before Christ, the peoples in Celtic settlements in the northern Alpine foothills exclusively bred horses. Highly prized by the Celts as “animals for the elite,” horses were chiefly used…

At a special exhibition by the National Museum of Lithuania / Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, the Old Polish Prayer Book of Albertas Goštautas will be on display until the end of August. The illuminated manuscript with 16…

Even after completing higher education, it is still difficult to go beyond the life opportunities ‘handed down’ by one’s parents. University graduates from families with low levels of education find it harder to launch a career than…