Unlocking the Mystery of Unconventional Superconductivity: A Breakthrough Experiment
A team of scientists, including physicist Eugene Demler from ETH Zurich, for the first time, closely observed how magnetic correlations play a role in mediating…
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A Simple Way To Improve Cancer Treatment Effectiveness: Timing
According to researchers from the UNIGE and LMU, the effectiveness of the immune system’s anti-tumor activity and cancer immunotherapies is tied to the time of…
Could a Refuted 120-Year-Old Theory Actually Be True? Similarity Between Dementia and Schizophrenia Discovered
For the first time, researchers compared schizophrenia and frontotemporal dementia, two conditions that affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Rarely do researchers…
The Origin of Life on Earth: A Paradigm Shift
According to a new theory by LMU chemists led by Thomas Carell, it was a novel molecular species composed of RNA and peptides that set…
Long-Term Benzodiazepine (Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan) Use Destroys Neural Connections in the Brain
Long-Term Benzodiazepine Use Attacks Synapses Long-term use of benzodiazepines has been linked to cognitive deficits according to Ludwig Maximilian University Of Munich (LMU) researchers. Benzodiazepines…
Agricultural Research Shows Global Cropland Could Almost Be Cut in Half
In the context of trade-offs between land use and biodiversity, LMU geographers have simulated land saving potentials for agriculture. With rising global demand for agricultural…
Breakthrough in Sampling of Light Fields Advances High-Speed Opto-Electronics
LMU-physicists report in Nature Communications what happens during the sampling of a light field. It is an important step towards novel opto-electronic applications. Future electronics…
New Climate Change Assessment: “Previous Risk Assessments Were Too Optimistic”
Geographer Matthias Garschagen is a lead author of the new assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In our interview, he discusses the…
Obesity: Unhealthy Diet Leads to Fatal Activation of Immune Cells
Obesity: A Dangerous Immune Response An unhealthy diet leads to fatal activation of immune cells. A team of researchers from LMU, in collaboration with the…
Moons of Free-Floating Planets Can Possess Enough Water for Life to Evolve and Thrive
The moons of planets that have no parent star can possess an atmosphere and retain liquid water. Astrophysicists at LMU have calculated that such systems…
Physicists Use Ultrashort Laser Pulses to Probe the Dynamics of Photoemission
Physicists at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich (LMU) and the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) have used ultrashort laser pulses to probe the dynamics…
Solving the Chicken-and-the-Egg Problem – “A Step Closer to the Reconstruction of the Origin of Life”
A Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich team has shown that slight alterations in transfer-RNA molecules (tRNAs) allow them to self-assemble into a functional unit that can…
New Electrochromic Material Can Rapidly Change Color Through Electricity
Smart glass can change its color quickly through electricity. A new material developed by LMU-chemists has now set a speed record for such a change….
Emergence of Life From Chaos – Did Darwinian Evolution Begin Before Life Itself?
LMU physicists demonstrate that fundamental characteristics of polymeric molecules, such as their subunit composition, are sufficient to trigger selection processes in a plausible prebiotic setting….
Some Like It Hot: Global Warming Triggered the Evolution of Giant Dinosaurs
Global warming triggered the evolution of giant dinosaurs. An international team of paleontologists, including LMU Professor Oliver Rauhut, finds evidence of rapid climate change 180…
Giant 100 Million Year Old Sperm Cells Discovered – The Oldest Known Sperm Cells
In another fascinating snapshot from deep time, an international team of paleontologists has reported the discovery of specimens of a minuscule crustacean that dates back…
COVID-19 Can Lead to Obstruction of the Blood Vessels in the Lung, Heart and Kidneys
In severe cases of COVID-19, the infection can lead to obstruction of the blood vessels in the lung, heart and kidneys. LMU researchers have now…
Quantum Brakes to Learn About the Forces Within Molecules
Physicists have measured the flight times of electrons emitted from a specific atom in a molecule upon excitation with laser light. This has enabled them…
