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Numerous achievements, eleven new appointments, and top international rankings: The TUM School of Life Sciences looks back on a successful year. At the New Year’s Reception in Weihenstephan,… [read more]

Facing a growing word population, new technology is needed to ensure food security. Land and nutrients are limited and, therefore, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are… [read more]

The DAAD prize is awarded annually to international students with outstanding academic achievements and voluntary commitment. The Master's student in Ecological Engineering is passionate… [read more]

Artificial intelligence (AI) based on machine learning offers opportunities for the life sciences. However, problems often arise in practice. One cause is data leakage, the illicit spillover… [read more]

A source of ideas, a meeting place, a co-working space, a high-tech experimentation facility—the TUM Venture Lab Food / Agro / Biotech (FAB) does it all. Situated on the Weihenstephan… [read more]

Exporting agricultural products from tropical regions to China, the USA, the Middle East, and Europe is three times more harmful to biodiversity than previously assumed. Researchers from the… [read more]

The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) has elected Dr. Peter Schad, Chair of Soil Science at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), as an honorary member. This is in recognition… [read more]

Modern bioeconomy offers hope for a sustainable market economy in which, among other things, petroleum-based products are replaced by renewable raw materials. The biomass potential available… [read more]

Forest ecosystems of the future will have to cope with very different conditions to those of today. For this reason, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) indicate that a… [read more]

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has so far acquired a total of 236 ERC Grants, which the European Research Council awards annually in various categories. Consolidator Grants are… [read more]