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Where and how did life begin on Early Earth more than 3.5 billion years ago from non-living chemicals? Discovering the answer to this question has long been debated and is a challenge for scientists. One thing that scientists can look for…

They have names like “Grey Wind” and “Ghost”, and for fans of Game of Thrones they are “majestic, loyal and obedient”. The tale of the huge and heraldic “shadow wolves” is, in essence, the story of a domestication process. However, Canis…

For a team headed by the Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, following the trail of a pathogen involves a deep dive through a manhole. In the depths of Munich’s sewer system, the team is tracking down the Covid-19…

Astrophysicist Daniel Gruen is using artificial intelligence to explore the cosmos. He accepted a professorship at LMU’s Faculty of Physics in summer 2021.Daniel Gruen wants to make the invisible visible. To do so, he depends as much on…

Hopes are high that quantum theory could yield revolutionary applications. Physicist Jasmin Meinecke is working on the physical foundations of particle systems and studying the central phenomenon of entanglement, which is still a mystery…

Coral reefs are among the most species-rich ecosystems on the planet. Octocorals, which include soft corals, gorgonians, and sea pens, are important members of these marine communities. They could even outcompete reef-building stony…

Paper is a helpful invention – it has been used to transmit written language for some 2,000 years. But how do you read ancient Babylonian texts that were imprinted into clay tablets in Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform in the three…

The latest analysis of publications places 14 LMU scientists and academics among the most successful in their chosen field.Fourteen LMU scientists and academics feature in the latest Highly Cited Researchers 2021 analysis of publications,…

How are people doing after almost two years of pandemic life? And what help do they need? These were the starting points of the qualitative longitudinal study “Lebensgefühl Corona” (“Coronavirus Moods and Attitudes”) launched by the…

Nature knows several ways how to capture carbon dioxide (CO2). The most prominent one is photosynthesis, where sun light is used to fix CO2 into biomass. Nowadays, research groups around the world try hard to mimic this process and to…