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A team led by Julijana Gjorgjieva, Professor of Computational Neurosciences, has discovered that neural networks are better at spatial orientation when they are trained with biological data… [read more]

The DLG honors Hubert Spiekers with the Max Eyth Medal in Gold: The honorary professor at TUM School of Life Sciences in the Department of Feed Science and Feed Preservation is awarded for… [read more]

A research team accidentally has made an exciting discovery: a new class of materials can absorb, collect and release water from the air without using any external energy. Stefan Guldin,… [read more]

We are delighted to welcome Ann-Marie Waldvogel to the TUM School of Life Sciences this spring, who has come to us from Cologne. She was appointed Professor of Global Change Limnology on… [read more]

In order for trees to grow, they need to control their water balance meticulously. A study by the University of Basel shows how trees react to drought – and revises previous perceptions.… [read more]

The university's Board of Trustees re-elected Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann as President of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). This is Hofmans second term in office. [read more]

A research team headed by TUMCREATE has investigated vertical farming: crops, algae, mushrooms, insects, fish and cultivated meat were examined in a study to determine their yields and… [read more]

We are delighted to introduce Michaela Eder to the TUM School of Life Sciences in Weihenstephan. In 2024, she was appointed Professor of Wood Science and Functionalization at the TUM School… [read more]

Trees reduce heat pollution in cities, provide us with oxygen, and bind climate-damaging Carbon dioxide. However, it is currently unclear which and how many trees grow in urban areas and how… [read more]

A team led by Aphrodite Kapurniotu, Professor of Peptide Biochemistry at TUM, has now succeeded in inhibiting the formation of protein aggregates in Parkinson's disease with the help of… [read more]