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Five people standing on a stage in front of a blue background at two bar tables, from left to right: Josef Fleischmann, Richard Emeder, Mareike Ufer, Ceyhun Aydin, and Robert Schmucker; Mr. Schmucker is speaking into a handheld microphone, facing the other four, and gesturing with his right hand.
12/8/2025
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Three generations of the TUM Student Club in conversation

“Anything that carries the WARR name has turned out well.”

Broadening horizons, advancing technology, and finding a community of like-minded people – that’s not rocket science. Yet, sometimes it is. At a ceremony honoring TUM alumni, former and current members of the Scientific Workgroup for Rocketry and Spaceflight (WARR) share how their work in the TUM Student Club has shaped and influenced them and their careers.

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Studies Research Entrepreneurship Community
Laboratory-grown brain cells from human stem cells
12/5/2025
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Altered proteins trigger certain forms of dementia

Defective enzyme causes nerve cells to die

Why do nerve cells die in dementia - and can this process be slowed down? Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the LMU Clinic and Helmholtz Munich have shown that the cell death program ferroptosis can trigger neurodegeneration in the human brain. At the same time, however, they also showed how nerve cells protect themselves against it. The results open up new approaches for future therapies - especially for severe early childhood dementia.

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Research
Praxisnahe Experimente und wissenschaftliche Analysen für nachhaltigen und ressourceneffizienten Brandschutz
12/5/2025
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Launch of the "Munich Fire Science Partnership"

TUM and Munich Fire Department join forces for sustainable fire protection

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Munich Fire Department are launching a long-term research collaboration at the interface of preventive and defensive fire protection. The focus is on practical topics such as firefighting for lithium-ion batteries, operational tactics, and resource-efficient fire safety.

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Research Sustainability
12/4/2025
Reading time: 6 Min.

TUM Annual Celebration 2025 – Dies Academicus

Maintaining Excellence and Relevance

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has had an extremely successful year. At the Dies Academicus, attended by hundreds of guests, President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann gave a positive assessment and thanked the dedicated university community and the state government for their contributions: “Together, we were able to secure seven clusters of excellence for TUM in the DFG Excellence Competition. And we are the only university in Germany to make it into the top 30 in the world in two rankings.”

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Prof. Bärbel Stecher
12/3/2025
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Media tip: Quarks

Are phages the future of medicine?

They often have a bad reputation – yet they are much more than just pathogens. In the documentary “Viruses: Friend and Foe!”, the science program Quarks explores the dual role of viruses. TUM professor Bärbel Stecher contributes her scientific perspective on a special type of virus – the bacteriophages.

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TUM in the media Research
A group of students in front of the Talente Spenden e.V. logo
12/2/2025
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Driving momentum for social change

Strengthening Social Entrepreneurship: An Interview with Melis Güler and Jonas Süß of Talente Spenden e.V.

What motivates students to volunteer their free time on top of their studies? Melis Güler and Jonas Süß are Deutschlandstipendium recipients who, through Talente Spenden e.V., create real social impact. Here, they share what drives them — and what they hope to achieve with the new Social Entrepreneurship Track.

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Studies Community
The data enables more accurate models for urbanization, infrastructure, and disaster management
12/2/2025
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Researchers create 3D catalog of 2.75 billion buildings

All the world's buildings available as 3D models for the first time

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide. The open data provides a crucial basis for climate research and the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They enable more precise models for urbanization, infrastructure and disaster management – and help to make cities around the world more inclusive and resilient.

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Research Sustainability
12/1/2025
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Central Car Server (CeCaS) for highly automated vehicles

Software architecture for future cars

To make autonomous vehicles as safe, affordable and competitive as possible, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have teamed up with partners from the automotive industry to develop a centralized architecture for the software-controlled vehicle of the future. The software is largely self-generating and allows the advance simulation of any scenario involving autonomous vehicles on a test bench.

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Mobility Artificial Intelligence
Amelie Skopp, Matea Marosevic, Katerina Zafirova, and Mathilda Broders from the winning team Verdira Biotech with TUM Vice President Prof. Helmut Schönenberger.
11/28/2025
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Start-up ideas from research

TUM IDEAward for biotechnology and nanotechnology teams

A filtration technology for volatile organic compounds, a stable source of terahertz radiation and an edible coating that extends the shelf life of fruit and vegetables – three research teams have been honored with the TUM IDEAward for these pioneering start-up ideas. They will now receive intensive support as they work toward founding their companies.

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Entrepreneurship Sustainability Community
11/28/2025
Reading time: 4 Min.

International award for assistive technology

First place for TUM team at iCANX in Hong Kong

With their interactive glasses for people who are deaf, the student team Sonovision won first prize at the international innovation competition iCANX in Hong Kong. The glasses transcribe conversations and provide visual alerts to potential danger — and could sustainably change the everyday lives of people with hearing impairments.

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Studies Research Entrepreneurship Community
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