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On today's #InternationalDay for the Elimination of Violence against #Women, our Thiersch Tower shines in bright orange in support of the UNvWomen #OrangeTheWorld initiative: t1p.de/8k8nw 🧡

#OrangeDay #EndViolenceAgainstWomen

📷 A. Eckert
The Thiersch Tower glowing orange on an overcast day, illuminated for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, surrounded by the rooftops of nearby buildings.
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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At MINTopolis, the new Youth #ResearchCenter in Miesbach, #schoolstudents can conduct research like professionals and explore the fascinating world of science and technology. They can also carry out surprising experiments themselves: go.tum.de/637981 🤩🔬

#STEM

📷REO
MINTopolis Youth Research Center opened in Miesbach
The MINTopolis Youth Research Center has been launched in Miesbach. It offers children and young people many opportunities to conduct research like professional
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November 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Get to know the #startup Blackwave, founded at our university, that builds #carbon parts for #aerospace, specifically high-pressure tanks for #spaceapplications: go.tum.de/477394

#entrepreneurship #innovation #engineering

📷C.Krenn
From racing car to rocket tank
The start-up Blackwave, founded at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), specializes in carbon composites.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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During the project week “A Different Kind of Game Jam,” two #students created a game that simulates marginalized experiences in a supervised #drugconsumptionroom. At GamesFestival25, they received a special award: go.tum.de/256886 👏

#gamedesign

📷A.Vitzthum/ M.Trouvain
This Place Saves Lives: An award for a serious game that looks closer
Two TUM students develop a game about marginalized realities in supervised drug consumption rooms during a project week – awarded at GamesFestival25.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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A study shows that #AI can make CT findings easier to understand. #Patients rated the automatically simplified texts as more comprehensible and more helpful. However, a review by #healthprofessionals remains necessary: go.tum.de/382543

#LLMs #CTImaging

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AI helps cancer patients better understand CT reports
A current study shows that patients can quickly read simplified findings generated by AI and find them helpful.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Our university is placed 13th worldwide in the new
@timeshighered.bsky.social #InterdisciplinaryScience Ranking, reflecting its broad #researchcollaborations across fields. Interdisciplinary work shapes projects in #AI, #medicine and beyond: go.tum.de/810916 🎉

#THEISR

📷A. Eckert
TUM ranked 13th worldwide for interdisciplinary research
TUM ranks 13th worldwide as the best German and second-best European university accoring to the Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Ranking.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Rüdiger Westermann and his team created a benchmark that allows direct comparison of various lightweight #constructionmethods. This enables, for example, different #hipimplant designs to be tailored to specific requirements: go.tum.de/339584

📷A. Heddergott
Uniform reference system for lightweight construction methods
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a reference system that permits comparisons of lightweight construction methods.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Join the TUM 1.000+ Project Week from April 20–24 to connect with small and medium-sized enterprises and prepare your professional career.
#Students and companies can register until November 30: go.tum.de/385055

#SMEs #entrepreneurship

📷1000+/ TUM CIT
1.000+
1.000+ of the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology
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November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Researchers studied #Arabidopsis to understand how plants adapt to fluctuating #boron levels, identifying genes linked to efficient nutrient uptake. Findings may support breeding resilient #rapeseed: go.tum.de/797069

#PlantGenetics

📷A. Heddergott
How plants search for nutrients
TUM research shows: Plants adapt their roots to cope with boron deficiency. Findings should enable climate-resilient, high-yield rapeseed varieties.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Yesterday, during the visit of Science Minister Markus Blume, we showcased new #AI-powered #learningtools from Bavarian #universities and shared first insights from the “AIffectiveness in #Education” project using the OneTutor software: go.tum.de/844284

#EdTech

📷K.D.Wolf
Using AI tools to shape the future of higher education teaching
Various AI tools for teaching are being developed at Bavarian universities. In addition, a project is planned to analyze the impact on learning success.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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The new Shanghai #SubjectRankings list our university in the top 10 in #AgriculturalSciences and #RemoteSensing, and in the top 25 in #MedicalTechnology and #ecology. Four additional subjects are placed among the top 50 worldwide: go.tum.de/589178

#GRAS
📷A. Heddergott
TUM in the top 25 for four subjects in the Shanghai Rankings
The renowned Shanghai Rankings recognize TUM's research achievements in several subjects as being among the best worldwide.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Around 150 #graduates returned to our #university after 25, 50, and 60 years! They received their silver, gold, and diamond anniversary certificates from President Thomas F. Hofmann and members of our executive board: go.tum.de/651439 👏

#alumni

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TUM honors its alumni on the anniversary of their graduation
Up to 65 years after graduating from TUM, around 150 alumni have been honored by their alma mater.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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At the Summit on European #DigitalSovereignty, representatives will discuss how Europe can strengthen digital capacities. The TUM #ThinkTank joins the new Network for #TechnologicalResilience, presented in a livestream today at 3 pm: go.tum.de/648163

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New network for digital sovereignty
The new European Network for Technological Resilience and Sovereignty aims to promote European innovation and independence in key technologies.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Congratulations to TUM #AutonomousMotorsport on defending their title at the Abu Dhabi #AutonomousRacing League! 🎉 Their #AIdriven #racecar secured pole position and won the 20-lap final, reaching speeds up to 250 km/h: go.tum.de/265326

#AI #A2RL
@tumed.bsky.social

📷S. Chaouch-Şimşek
A large group of TUM Autonomous Motorsport team members celebrates around their blue race car on the Yas Marina Circuit at night. They are smiling, cheering, and posing with the winning trophy, with the illuminated grandstands in the background.
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Our university will coordinate a new DAAD center of excellence supporting a just #EnergyTransition with partners in #SouthAfrica. The project focuses on renewable integration, training programs, and practical living labs starting in 2026: go.tum.de/265836

@daadworldwide.bsky.social
📷A. Heddergott
TUM drives energy transition in South Africa
TUM heads new DAAD center for German-African cooperation in energy research.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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From the #BigBang to #prebioticmolecules — the ORIGINS #ClusterofExcellence explores how life began. Meet Stefan Schönert and learn more in the latest EXplained episode: go.tum.de/555248

#AstroparticlePhysics #ExperimentalPhysics
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social

📷 ProLehre
Understanding the origins of life
In the "EXplained" series, we provide insights into the seven Clusters of Excellence at our university. The final episode focuses on ORIGINS, represented at TUM by Prof. Stefan Schönert from the Chair...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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The TUM #IDEAward 2025 is coming up! 🚀 Ten #startup teams, chosen from countless entries, will pitch their innovative ideas live on stage. Who will win? 🏆 Join us on November 27 at the Audimax, and get your free ticket now: go.tum.de/600782

#innovation #entrepreneurship

📷TUM ForTe
Graphic for the TUM IDEAward 2025 featuring a rocket shaped like a lightbulb launching into space. Text reads: “TUM IDEAward 2025 – We empower your ideas.” Event date: 27.11.25, Foyer TUM Audimax, Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 Munich. “Register now for free! www.tum.de/ideaward.” Logos of Zeidler Forschungsstiftung, UnternehmerTUM, and TUM are displayed. The background transitions from blue to purple with stars scattered across.
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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With the term #FinalEnergy, we conclude our #scienceglossary on #energy.⚡ Final energy marks the stage where energy reaches consumers — a key concept for analyzing efficiency, energy flows, and system performance: go.tum.de/917142

@researchinbavaria.bsky.social

📷 TUM CCC/ T. Hamacher
Image with the TUM logo and text: “TUM science glossary – Final energy. Final energy, such as electricity from a socket, is the amount of energy available to consumers after losses from transport or conversion.” The background is light green, and the TUM website www.tum.de/energy is shown at the bottom.
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Congrats to 14 of our scientists, including Rupert Seidl, who have been recognized in the latest Highly Cited Researchers #rankings. This analysis reviews global #publications from 2014 to 2024: go.tum.de/537241 👏

#HighlyCited2025
📷A. Eckert
14 TUM scientists among the most cited worldwide
Fourteen TUM researchers belong to the world's most frequently cited scientists according to the latest Highly Cited Researchers rankings.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Can the development of #Type1Diabetes in children with increased genetic risk be prevented or delayed? The POInT trial found gene-dependent effects of #OralInsulin treatment, marking a step toward personalized prevention strategies: go.tum.de/316802

@helmholtzmunich.bsky.social

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New milestone towards personalized prevention of type 1 diabetes
The Primary Oral Insulin Trial (POInT) investigates whether type 1 diabetes in at-risk children can be prevented through oral insulin treatment.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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New findings show that #pancreatictumors form nerve-like “pseudosynapses” where #neurotransmitter #glutamate binds to receptors, triggering calcium waves. The findings reveal a link between neural communication processes and #tumor progression: go.tum.de/285549

📷E. Demir
Pancreatic cancer forms "synapses"
Researchers have discovered that pancreatic tumors exploit the body's nervous system by forming so-called pseudosynapses.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Researchers in @bernaozkale.bsky.social’s lab developed #nanorobots that can mechanically stimulate #stemcells to form #bonecells. The method enables precise control of cell transformation and could support future medical treatments: go.tum.de/438991

#MicroroboticBioengineering

📷 A. Eckert
How mechanical stimulation turns stem cells into bone cells
Prof. Berna Özkale Edelmann works in her laboratory at the Technical University of Munich on transforming stem cells into specialised body cells.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Injectable #GLP1 drugs such as #semaglutide and #tirzepatide may lower the risk of serious #cardiovascular events in people with type 2 #diabetes. Researchers from our university and
Harvard Medical School found risk reductions of up to 18%: go.tum.de/500639

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Obesity drugs improve heart health
Injectable weight-loss drugs can reduce the risk of serious cardiovascular events for people with type 2 diabetes.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Golden hour by the water. 🍂 🍁 Check out this gorgeous picture from our #Weihenstephan #campus! Thanks to Jenny Müller for the campus #photoofthemonth for October.

If you took a great campus photo as well, send us your #tumcampuspic to [email protected] 📧
A calm lake surrounded by autumn-colored trees in vibrant shades of yellow, orange, and red. The clear water reflects the colorful foliage and the blue sky.
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Thomas Misgeld talks about the SyNergy #ClusterofExcellence in the new EXplained episode. The cluster explores interactions between #nervecells, #immune- and #vascularsystems with the goal to develop new therapies: go.tum.de/499143

📷 ProLehre
Systematically towards new therapies
In our "EXplained" video series, we introduce the seven Clusters of Excellence at our university. One of these is the Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology – SyNergy, represented at TUM by Prof. Thomas...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM