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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…

Professor Beate Gsell rates all 23 mentees at LMU’s Faculty of Law as “high potentials”. “Accompanying these young women as they begin their academic career is just great fun,” she says. Accordingly, the holder of the Chair of Civil Law,…

The gateway into a new life: linguist Claudia Maria Riehl is studying how multilingualism becomes a door opener for children and young people who move to another country.Nine-year-old Alex switches effortlessly between English, Italian,…

The “impACTup!” program will foster the development of sustainable business ideas on how to solve issues of pressing concern for society. The State of Bavaria is providing 2 million euros in funding over four years.How to develop…

Powerful quantum computers, secure communication methods, new measurement techniques, and fundamental elements of quantum technology — these are just some of the goals of the broad-ranging research alliance operating under the name of…

While we sleep, the brain is not switched off, but is busy with “saving” the important memories of the day. To do this, brain regions are synchronized to coordinate the transmission of information between them. Yet, the mechanisms that…