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In mid-March 2022, the large-scale international HALO-(AC)3 research campaign will begin investigating transformations of air masses in the Arctic. Three German aircraft will be deployed, scientists from the UK and France will also be…

Injuries are always inconvenient, especially in elite sport. And soccer is no exception. Around 30 percent of soccer injuries are muscle injuries, which can lead to long lay-offs. One treatment method that is increasingly attracting the…

Ribosomes are vitally important for all living organisms. They translate the information stored in the messenger molecule mRNA into proteins. To do this, they bind to the mRNA strand and travel along it in order to read the genetic code…

Helicobacter pylori, one of the most widespread bacterial pathogens, is responsible for hundreds of thousands of cases of stomach ulcers and stomach cancer worldwide every year. Due to increasing resistance of the bacterium to currently…

Benzodiazepines are effective and widely used drugs for treating states of anxiety and sleep disorders. While short-term treatments are considered safe, their long-term intake can lead to physical dependence and, particularly in the case…

Brown dwarfs are strange celestial bodies, occupying a kind of intermediate position between stars and planets. Astrophysicists sometimes call them "failed stars" because they have insufficient mass to burn hydrogen in their cores and…

Judges at sports competitions base their decisions less on performance when spectators are not there. This is the finding of a study by a research group led by business administration professor Christian Hofmann.At ski jumping…

Professor Ferenc Krausz has been awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize in Physics. The Hungarian-Austrian physicist receives the prize for his pioneering contributions to ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics.In 2001 Ferenc Krausz,…

Scientists from LMU, Helmholtz Munich, and TUM have shown that the immune system is capable of neutralizing even Omicron after a total of three exposures to the viral spike protein.Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2…

Olivia Merkel, Professor of Drug Delivery in the Department of Pharmacy at LMU, has been funded by a prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) since 2014. Now the pharmacist has been awarded a Proof of Concept…