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Neutrons detect air pollution - Looking for clues with the Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis method

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36327/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1579295 NEWS RELEASE Neutrons detect air pollution Looking for clues with the Prompt Gamma ...

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An epigenetic ageing clock in trees - Research on environmental history

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36315/ Images for journalists: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1579177 NEWS RELEASE Research on environmental history: 330-year-old poplar tree tells of its life An epigenetic ageing clock in ...

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Metal-organic frameworks become flexible: Combined efforts of experiment and simulation pave the way to new applications

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36313/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1579159 NEWS RELEASE Metal-organic ...

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Climate-adapted plant breeding: Improvement of crops with seeds from gene banks

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36306/ Images for journalists: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1578802 NEWS RELEASE Improvement of crops with seeds from gene banks Climate-adapted plant breeding Securing plant production is a ...

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Immune response: memory T cells are formed earlier than previously thought

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22562 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36297/ NEWS RELEASE How the immune system remembers viruses Immune response: memory T cells are formed earlier than previously thought For a person to ...

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Smart bottle brushes: Neutrons make structural changes in molecular brushes visible

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36275/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1577653 NEWS RELEASE Smart bottle brushes Neutrons make structural changes in molecular brushes ...

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A molecular break for root growth - Length of plant roots is controlled by hormones

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36257/ Images for journalists: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1576953 NEWS RELEASE Length of plant roots is controlled by hormones A molecular break for root growth The dynamic change in root ...

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Strengthening of neutron research in Garching: New laboratories and workshops for the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36267/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1577101 NEWS RELEASE Strengthening of ...

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eGovernment MONITOR: Use of e-government in the German speaking region continues to increase

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36260/ NEWS RELEASE New edition of the eGovernment MONITOR Digital administration: Corona is not ...

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Coronavirus: door opener facilates cell entry

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22562 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36263/ NEWS RELEASE How the virus enters the cell Coronavirus: Neuropilin-1 could open the door to the inside of the cell The protein neuropilin-1 facilitates SARS CoV-2 cell entry. A research team including ...

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Fighting corona with machine learning

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36254/ NEWS RELEASE The Bavarian Research Foundation is funding five TUM-research projects on Covid-19 Fighting corona with machine learning The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is starting five new research projects that focus on the ...

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An alternative to animal experiments - New applications for organoids from human intestinal tissue

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36252/ Images for journalists: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1576619 NEWS RELEASE New applications for organoids from human intestinal ...

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TUM and Tsinghua University sign flagship partnership agreement

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36249/ NEWS RELEASE TUM and Tsinghua University sign flagship partnership agreement Top-level German-Chinese partnership in research, teaching and innovation The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is ...

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Are there hydroelectric power plants that are fish-friendly?

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36248/ Images for journalists: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1575389 NEWS RELEASE Complex investigation of new hydropower plants Are there hydroelectric power plants that are fish-friendly? Modern hydroelectric power plants do not always protect ...

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Exploring biodiversity and climate change in the Alps - A new cooperation between TUM and Berchtesgaden National Park

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 71 5402 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36243/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1575943 NEWS RELEASE Exploring biodiversity ...

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Stellar explosion in Earth's proximity - possible link to the Pleistocene epoch, the period of the Ice Ages?

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36198/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1554681 NEWS RELEASE Stellar explosion in ...

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Intelligent software for a better understanding of plant tissue development

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36238/ Images for journalists: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1575701 NEWS RELEASE Intelligent software for a better understanding of plant tissue development 3D images display plant organs down ...

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Multiple spin echoes create new opportunities for working with quantum information

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36234/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1575373 NEWS RELEASE The Return of the Spin Echo Multiple echoes as a result of a strong link ...

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Insects as food for farm animals

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36232/ Images for journalists: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1574665 NEWS RELEASE Start-up company FarmInsect offers alternative to conventional animal feed Insects as food for farm animals The start-up company FarmInsect has developed a technology to breed insect larvae as protein feed for farm ...

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P-ONE: a new, large-scale Neutrino Observatory in the Pacific Ocean

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36220/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1574295 NEWS RELEASE Revealing the secrets of high-energy cosmic particles P-ONE: Initiative for a new, large-scale Neutrino Observatory in the Pacific ...

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Finding cortisone alternatives with fewer side effects

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Professor Alena Buyx on the embedded ethics approach in AI development

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36211/ High resolution images:https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1555330 NEWS RELEASE "Ethics must be part of the development process" Professor Alena Buyx on the embedded ethics approach in ...

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Designed bacteria produce coral-antibiotic

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36204/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1554685 NEWS RELEASE Sustainable biotechnological production of a natural substance against tuberculosis Designed bacteria produce coral-antibiotic Corals growing on the reefs of ...

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New solar cells for space

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36193/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1554581 NEWS RELEASE Perovskite and organic solar cells prove successful on a rocket flight in space New solar cells for space Almost all satellites are powered by solar cells – but solar cells are heavy. While conventional ...

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Meta-study: Successful school instruction is digital - but not exclusively

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de NEWS RELEASE Successful instruction is digital – but not exclusively Major meta-study on the effectiveness of digital tools in schools Secondary school students perform better in natural sciences and mathematics and are more motivated when ...

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Grow faster, die sooner: How growth rates influence the fitness of bacteria

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36187/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1554425 NEWS RELEASE Grow faster, die sooner How growth rates influence the fitness of bacteria ...

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How stony-iron meteorites form - SAPHiR multi-anvil press solves mystery of the solar system

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36181/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1554164 NEWS RELEASE How stony-iron meteorites form SAPHiR multi-anvil press solves mystery of the ...

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TUM strengthens Campus Heilbronn with informatics

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36178/ NEWS RELEASE TUM strengthens Campus Heilbronn with informatics Dieter Schwarz Stiftung to fund 11 more professorships The Heilbronn campus of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is taking on a ...

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New AI platform makes debut at automatica

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 25439 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36171/ NEWS RELEASE New AI platform makes debut at automatica Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence presents munich_i The Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MSRM) of the Technical ...