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“The implications of the positive result were alarming,” says Rothe, for up to that point it had been assumed that only symptomatic individuals could transmit the new coronavirus to others – as was true of the related SARS virus that…

Clubs are magical places, protected spaces in which young people can dance, flirt and forget about their worries. After a protracted closure, they have now reopened. The question is: Will they be as relaxed and carefree as they once…

The consequences of climate change are now becoming apparent around the globe. Climate projections indicate that extreme weather events will become more frequent and more prolonged for the rest of this century. In the past two decades,…

New computer simulations predict deep changes in growing conditions affecting the productivity of major crops already within the next 10 years if current global warming trends continue. Maize crop yields are projected to decline by almost…

Julia Pongratz coordinates the Global Carbon Project's assessment of emissions from land use change, which stands at around 2.9 billion tons of net CO2 in 2021. Compared to the previous year’s estimate of 3.2 billion tonnes of CO2, the…

Alexander Bartelt is Professor of Cardiovascular Metabolism at LMU’s Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention. He studies how fat cells grow, shrink and stay healthy in the process. During a research visit to the USA, he made an…

Artificial intelligence has become hugely more important in medicine. This is mainly due to the availability of ever increasing amounts of patient data. “Genetics and imaging are allowing us to gain more and more detailed insights into…

LMU physicist Professor Monika Aidelburger will receive not one, but two highly regarded prizes for her research achievements over the next three weeks. On 28 October, she will be presented with the Alfried-Krupp-Förderpreis, the award of…

Research with deep neural networks has given the development of AI a significant boost. At LMU’s first virtual AI Lecture, mathematician Prof. Gitta Kutyniok highlighted the success story of artificial intelligence. “Self-learning…

On the recommendation of a panel of experts, “AI as a major Minor” (AIM@LMU), a grant proposal submitted by LMU, will receive funding in the context of the research program on “Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education”. The scheme was…