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Robotics: New skin-like sensors fit almost everywhere
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH PRESS RELEASE Automated production for different objects Robotics: New skin-like sensors fit almost everywhere - New approach makes it possible to equip objects of arbitrary shapes with smart sensors. - Innovative soft sensors are intended for use in robotics and especially in prosthetics. - Researchers see major advantages in the seamless and customizable sensor technology versus existing ...
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4D printing for nerve stimulation: Self-folding electrodes stimulate fine nerves
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE Self-folding electrodes stimulate fine nerves 4D printing for nerve stimulation - Researchers have produced very fine, flexible electrodes - Upon contact with tissue moisture, the electrodes wrap themselves around thin nerves - Nerve stimulation and recording with the foldable electrodes has already been demonstrated in ...
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International retail alliance EMD starts partnership in joint sourcing of Private Label products with Colruyt Group, the leading Belgian retailer
Pfäffikon/Switzerland (ots) - European Marketing Distribution (EMD) is pleased to announce a new and prominent partnership: EMD and Belgian top retailer Colruyt Group have agreed to a new partnership in the international sourcing of private label products. Colruyt Group, a successful family business, is active with ...
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Robotics and AI at the automatica: practical insights into leading-edge research
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH PRESS RELEASE Bavarian Science Minister Markus Blume opens munich_i Robotics and AI: practical insights into leading-edge research - More than 30 new demonstrations on view at the AI.Society exhibition - Leading experts in robotics and AI to meet at the Hightech Summit. - Third Robothon prize for talented young robotics researchers to be ...
moreEmpowering the Future of Pain Relief Research: Recipients of the 2023 EFIC-Grünenthal Grant Announced
Brussels/Aachen (ots) - - Three promising early-career scientists have been awarded the prestigious EFIC-Grünenthal Grant (E-G-G) 2023. - The E-G-G funds innovative research projects to advance understanding of pain and improve the lives of people suffering from pain. The European Pain Federation EFIC® and the ...
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Strong Interest in Renewable Materials: Record Conference Attendance and Three Winners of the “Renewable Material of the Year 2023” Innovation Award
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The European Commission launches European Capital and Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism competitions for 2024
Brussels (ots) - Today, the European Commission launches the 2024 edition of the European Capital of Smart Tourism, as well as the European Green Pioneer of Smart Tourism competitions; calling for cities to submit their leading examples of smart and sustainable tourism practices in Europe. Tourism is the EU’s ...
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The Chemical and Plastics Industry Will Need to Replace 1 Gt of Fossil Carbon per Year with Renewable Carbon from Biomass, CO₂ and Recycling to Reach Net-Zero by 2050
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2EU-Commissioner Mariya Gabriel meets with leaders from industry and academia for the inaugural Innovation Roundtable
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Genetically encoded nano-barcodes
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE Electron microscopy: Nano-reporter proteins make invisible processes visible Genetically encoded nano-barcodes - New gene reporter system for electron microscopy - Uses barcodes to identify cellular states and structures that would otherwise remain unidentified - Important step to better elucidate cellular structural changes also in disease How do the nerve cells in our brain communicate with each other? What processes take place ...
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Livestream today - Survey on online hate faced by female EU parliamentarians
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE Presentation and discussion with EU Commissioner Helena Dalli – livestreamed today Survey on online hate faced by female EU parliamentarians Women who are politically active in social media are frequently targeted by online hate speech. The extent and causes of this form of misogyny as well as possible countermeasures will ...
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Health professionals should know the vaping facts
Brussels (ots) - 700,000 people in the EU die each year as a result of smoking and every second smoker dies 14 years prematurely. [1] Switching to vaping has helped millions of smokers worldwide to significantly reduce the harm to their health. The principle of harm reduction works, and millions more smokers could benefit from it. But for it to really change society, smokers need the facts: and that starts with healthcare ...
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Legal opinion criticizes Russia-related EU sanctions / Do EU sanctions go too far?
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Cheops pyramid: new chamber in world wonder confirmed
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE TUM researchers confirm assumed chamber Important find in the Cheops pyramid of Gizeh - New chamber discovered in largest of the Egyptian pyramids - Munich researchers verify long-held assumption - Function and purpose of the chamber now to be investigated An international research team has discovered a previously unknown chamber in the Cheops pyramid of Gizeh. As early as 2016 ...
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2023 European Capitals of Smart Tourism at ITB Berlin / Pafos (Cyprus) and Seville (Spain) will be in Hall 20, stand 303 at this year's event, 7-9 March
Brüssel (ots) - 2023 European Capitals of Smart Tourism Pafos (Cyprus) and Seville (Spain) are participating in ITB Berlin 2023. Representatives from the two cities will be at the European Capital of Smart Tourism stand (Hall 20, stand 303). The two cities are setting the standard in a form of tourism that is ...
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Position paper: “ChatGPT can lead to greater equity in education”
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE Position paper outlines opportunities for schools and universities “ChatGPT can lead to greater equity in education” • Interdisciplinary position paper on opportunities and risks of language models in education • Personalized use of applications could bring about individual improvement for learners • Artificial ...
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Autonomous driving: New algorithm distributes risk fairly
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE Software makes more ethically differentiated decisions Autonomous driving: New algorithm distributes risk fairly - Software doesn't just divide situations into either/or - Engineering and social sciences drive autonomous driving forward - Algorithm will also be tested on the road in the future Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed autonomous ...
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World Cancer Day - Decrease smoking rates with reduced-risk alternatives
Brussels (ots) - 19.7 percent of the EU population are daily smokers. [1] 700,000 people in the EU die each year as a result of smoking and every second smoker dies on average 14 years prematurely. [2] Smoking is the leading cause of preventable cancer, with 27 percent of all cancers attributed to tobacco. [3] The examples of Great Britain (smoking rate: 13.8 percent) ...
moreMore than 70,000 complaints to companies being mapped from May to December 2022 in Spain and Italy thanks to the European CICLE project
Rome (ots) - Presented today, with the attendance of European institutions, the results of the EU-funded project through which Altroconsumo has upgraded the Reclama Facile platform in which consumers can send complaints to companies. Here are the most monitored sectors and the 10 companies most reported by Italian ...
moreMore than 70,000 complaints to companies being mapped from May to December 2022 in Spain and Italy thanks to the European CICLE project
Rome (ots) - Presented today, with the attendance of European institutions, the results of the EU-funded project through which Altroconsumo has upgraded the Reclama Facile platform in which consumers can send complaints to companies. Here are the most monitored sectors and the 10 companies most reported by Italian ...
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Norman Mark becomes General Manager at Steigenberger Icon Wiltcher's, Brussels
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ECB demands over €20.000 in legal fees from Yanis Varoufakis, Fabio de Masi and DiEM25 for “Release #TheGreekFiles” campaign
For daring to demand information that should be available to anyone, the ECB wants to bring the pan-European movement DiEM25 to its knees financially. In ...
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Mathematically speaking, geothermal energy could meet 40 percent of Bavaria's heating needs
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE TUM researchers present assessment of Geothermal Energy Master Plan Mathematically speaking, geothermal energy could meet 40 percent of Bavaria's heating needs - Assessment of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs' Master Plan - Geothermal energy could be used many times more frequently than before - Long-distance heat ...
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New X-ray technology can improve Covid-19 diagnosis
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICHCorporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de Images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1692790 NEWS RELEASE New X-ray technology can improve Covid-19 diagnosis Patient study demonstrates benefits of dark-field X-ray technology A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has, for the first time, produced dark-field X-ray images of ...
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Why are overweight people more susceptible to illness?
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22778 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/warum-bekommen-uebergewichtige-menschen-haeufiger-erkrankungen Picture: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1612044 NEWS RELEASE Why are overweight people more susceptible to illness? Size of fat cells can cause ...
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Nanoswitches for tumor targeting
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICHCorporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xXV0mCke1g NEWS RELEASE Nanoswitches for tumor targeting TUM spin-off Plectonic develops antibody-based immunotherapies Plectonic Biotech, a spin-off of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has developed a nanoswitch that binds immune cells to tumor cells. The goal is to facilitate the development of ...
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Training centre and business park opened in Enugu (Nigeria)
Enugu/Vienna (ots) - Unique collaboration bringing together migration expertise, a local university and the private sector, opens up prospects for the local population, business location and companies On 25 November 2022, a vocational training facility, the Centre of Practical Skills, as well as the Godfrey Okoye University European Business Park, were opened in Enugu, Nigeria. This unique combination of private ...
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