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2/25/2025
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TUM researchers combine magnetic resonance spectroscopy with fluorescence microscopy

A completely new type of microscopy based on quantum sensors

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have invented an entirely new field of microscopy, nuclear spin microscopy. The team can visualize magnetic signals of nuclear magnetic resonance with a microscope. Quantum sensors convert the signals into light, enabling extremely high-resolution optical imaging.

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Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Volker Wissing takes a selfie with the finalists of the Digital Future Challenge 2025 in the room of the award ceremony in the ministry; in the foreground a standing desk with microphones, in the background on the right a screen with a projected slide of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
2/24/2025
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TUM teams take first and third place in the Digital Future Challenge 2025

Digitization serving society

“Shaping the digital future” was the motto of the fifth Digital Future Challenge organized by Initiative D21 and the Deloitte Foundation. The student competition focused on innovative approaches for use cases in the areas of “Europe,” “Climate & Environment,” and “Inclusion.” More than 70 groups took part – and with their AI-supported approach to using district heating networks as energy storage systems, the joint TUM and LMU team “Gridnaition” won the final.

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Studies Artificial Intelligence Community Public Engagement
Dr. Sarah Rachut, managing director of the TUM Center for Digital Public Services
2/21/2025
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TUM researcher receives award for interdisciplinary legal research

"Legal regulation as a factor in shaping the digital transformation"

Traditionally a subject of study in law departments, legal topics are becoming an increasingly focus of interdisciplinary activities at technical universities – especially in the context of shaping the digital transformation. This is the starting point for the research of Dr. Sarah Rachut, managing director of the TUM Center for Digital Public Services. She combines the legal aspects with technological and societal perspectives in pursuit of the goal of digitization processes that serve the common good. For her outstanding achievements, Sarah Rachut has now been honored as one of Germany’s best young scientists by the ZEIT Verlag publishing group and Academics, a careers portal for talented graduates and academics.

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Research Artificial Intelligence Community
2/20/2025
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NewIn: Carina Baer de Oliveira Mann

In search of molecular switches in the immune system

A decades-long search culminated in 2013 with the discovery of cGAS – a molecular switch that plays a key role in the human immune system. Carina Baer de Oliveira Mann was a doctoral student with the team that achieved this breakthrough. Now a professor at TUM, she is certain that there are more switches of this kind. She only has to prove it.

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Studies Research Community
Five students sit around a table and discuss. There is a laptop in front of two students. Source code can be seen both on the laptops and on the screen in the background.
2/19/2025
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1.000+ Project Week

Students bring fresh ideas to companies

The 1.000+ Project Week builds a bridge between science and business: for five days, students from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) work primarily in small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). It is not a trial internship or research project - students solve real business problems as an interdisciplinary team to understand SMEs’ business culture, challenges, and offerings as future employers.

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Studies Community
Group photo of the five founders of wahl.chat Sebastian Maier, Anton Wyrowski, Michel Schimpf, Robin Frasch and Roman Mayr, standing in a prestigious room in front of golden columns and paintings on the walls
2/18/2025
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wahl.chat: A student-created AI tool supports voting decisions

Technology for Democracy

With only a few days to go until the Bundestag elections, it’s high time to determine who to vote for. Which party shares my values? Who pursues which policy goals? But also: How realistic is their implementation, and what consequences would it have? With wahl.chat, five students from TUM, LMU, and the University of Cambridge have created an AI-based online tool that can provide well-founded answers to such complex questions – and thus strengthen democratic participation.

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2/14/2025
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TUM and Imperial establish a joint research center

Fight against harmful microplastics

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Imperial College London (ICL) are expanding their flagship partnership further. They are founding the “Centre for Health Resilience in a Changing Planet”, focusing on the harmful effects of microplastics and nanoparticles on health. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed in Munich.

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2/14/2025

Podcast "We Are TUM"

How we use and shape AI

In this episode of "We Are TUM", we talk to CIO Alexander Braun about our university's new AI strategy. We also take a look at the current state of using artificial intelligence in research and teaching with Prof. Alena Buyx and Ben Lenk-Ostendorf.

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Teaching Studies Research Artificial Intelligence Community
The image shows a microscopic photograph of the beta cells of an adult mouse.
2/13/2025
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Mouse study finds impaired cell development

Intermittent fasting could be unsafe for teenagers

A recent study reveals that age plays a significant role in the outcomes of intermittent fasting. Researchers from Technical University of Munich (TUM), LMU Hospital Munich, and Helmholtz Munich discovered that chronic intermittent fasting disrupted the development of insulin-producing beta cells in young mice. The findings raise concerns about potential risks for humans, especially teenagers.

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Research
An elderly person discusses health data on a smartphone with a doctor.
2/12/2025
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Extensive study on telemedicine for diabetes and coronary heart disease

"The hype around medical apps needs to be put into perspective"

Can telemedicine and exercise apps improve the health of people with type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease? A large study led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that the positive effects are minimal. Study leader Prof. Martin Halle views the results as clear evidence of misplaced priorities in medical care. Direct care from medical professionals remains crucial.

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