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In essence, it’s an attempt to turn the clock back. In spite of all appeals and agreements to put a brake on climate change and restrict the rise in global temperature to 1.5°C, human activities continue to emit too much carbon dioxide…

Dire wolves, made famous in the TV show Game of Thrones, were common across North America until around 13,000 years ago, after which they went extinct. A new study shows that dire wolves were so different from other canine species like…

Volcanic eruptions are always spectacular events. But whether or not an eruption poses an acute threat to human societies largely depends on its ‘style’. In many cases, phases of volcanic activity proceed in a relatively undramatic manner…

As global competition among metropolitan regions intensifies, the two Universities of Excellence Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are consolidating their scientific strengths in…

In the latest edition of the NATURE Index, which assesses the strengths of international research institutions and universities worldwide on the basis of their contributions to 82 journals in the natural sciences, LMU is ranked 65th among…

This year‘s Alfried Krupp Prize goes to the young researcher Monika Aidelsburger, Professor of Experimental Physics at LMU, for her contributions to the field of quantum physics. The award, worth 1 million euros, is sponsored by the…

On January 27, 2020, a team led by Dr. Camilla Rothe, Senior Physician at LMU University Hospital’s Division of Tropical Medicine, identified the first case of the novel coronavirus in Germany. The patient had evidently been infected by a…

How are the parties and their leading candidates in the upcoming election mobilizing their supporters on social media? What are the central issues? Are negative campaigning and misinformation playing a role? How are the parties using…

Stingele‘s research group at the LMU Gene Center uses a combination of biochemical and genetic approaches to identify the endogenous sources of DNA and RNA damage. Moreover, he investigates the mechanistic principles that underlie the…

In this latest edition, LMU retains its previous position in the global listing, and occupies the 32nd slot. Among its European peers, LMU takes 8th place – and in continental Europe, it is rated second to the ETH Zürich.This year’s THE…