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Practically all drugs either affect, produce or eliminate proteins – or are, in fact, proteins. But what exactly happens when a high or low dose is taken? And what is going on at various points in time while the drug is working? Does the…

In all likelihood, life on Earth began in water, perhaps in a tide pool that was cut off from seawater at low tide but flooded by waves at high tide. Over billions of years, complex molecules like DNA, RNA and proteins formed in this…

Trees reduce heat stress on hot days, emit oxygen into their surroundings and bind climate-damaging CO2. This adds up to a decisive contribution towards maintaining the best possible quality of life in cities as the world heats up. A team…

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have succeeded in generating precise 3D reconstructions of objects using images from only two camera perspectives. Their method works even with images captured in their natural…

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS for short, is a mysterious neurodegenerative disease that is almost always fatal. A consortium of researchers led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has systematically investigated the underlying…

What JPEG, MP3 and MPEG are for images, audio and video, haptic codecs are for transmitting the sense of touch via the Internet. After eight years of standardization work under the consortium leadership of the Technical University of Munich…

The newly founded German Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ) will promote and network research on child and adolescent health throughout Germany. The Technical University of Munich (TUM) will be heavily involved at the DZKJ site…

For the development of its high-efficiency power plant, the start-up Reverion has received the TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award. In addition to generating electric power with biogas, the plant can also produce hydrogen from surplus…

The German Heart Center Munich – Clinic at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024. At a ceremony in the Bavarian State Parliament, Minister President Dr. Markus Söder and Science Minister Markus…

The DFG's Collaborative Research Centers are one of the most important research funding programs in Germany. They support ambitious, interdisciplinary and long-term research projects. These centers are initially approved for four years, but…