When extreme heat becomes more frequent and temperatures remain high for extended periods of time, as it is currently the case in Canada and the American Northwest, physiological stress…
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A year ago, the German Cabinet set up a Commission on the Future of Agriculture with the task of developing recommendations for productive and resource-conserving agriculture. Its report…
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Why are some animals more susceptible to diseases than others? Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) investigated this in more detail. They found genetic differences in…
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Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Finnish research institute Turku PET Centre have discovered a new mechanism controlling satiation. According to the recently…
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Professor Hans Hauner of the Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine (EKFZ) at the TUM has received this year’s Friedrich Wassermann Award for his lifelong achievements in…
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In the latest Global Rankings of Academic Subjects announced by the Shanghai Rankings, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) placed among the 50 best universities in the world in nine…
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The Egyptian researcher, Dr. Sara Fouad is awarded with a Georg Forster Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to work scientifically at the TUM in 2021/2022 on the…
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A 2020 study by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) used satellite data to assess forest cover and claimed an abrupt increase in the harvested forest in Europe from 2016.…
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Genetically engineered animals provide important insights into the molecular basis of health and disease. Research has focused mainly on genetically modified mice, although other species,…
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To illustrate the effects of climate change on nature at a glance, scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are now presenting Green Warming Stripes for the first time. Annette…
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