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Three students, sitting amidst tall grasses, look together at a laptop screen Andreas Heddergott / TUM
12/9/2025

Start-up Hula Earth is growing

Monitoring biodiversity in the long term

Using satellite data and bird calls to determine biodiversity: that was the idea behind the launch of start-up Hula Earth two years ago. Today more than 80 small high-tech boxes are installed in the outdoors, constantly collecting data and transmitting it to the company headquarters. Project developers for moorland restoration, solar parks and nature conservation associations are already using the service.

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Entrepreneurship Sustainability
Praxisnahe Experimente und wissenschaftliche Analysen für nachhaltigen und ressourceneffizienten Brandschutz
12/5/2025
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Launch of the "Munich Fire Science Partnership"

TUM and Munich Fire Department join forces for sustainable fire protection

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Munich Fire Department are launching a long-term research collaboration at the interface of preventive and defensive fire protection. The focus is on practical topics such as firefighting for lithium-ion batteries, operational tactics, and resource-efficient fire safety.

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Research Sustainability
The data enables more accurate models for urbanization, infrastructure, and disaster management
12/2/2025
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Researchers create 3D catalog of 2.75 billion buildings

All the world's buildings available as 3D models for the first time

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide. The open data provides a crucial basis for climate research and the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. They enable more precise models for urbanization, infrastructure and disaster management – and help to make cities around the world more inclusive and resilient.

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Research Sustainability
Amelie Skopp, Matea Marosevic, Katerina Zafirova, and Mathilda Broders from the winning team Verdira Biotech with TUM Vice President Prof. Helmut Schönenberger.
11/28/2025
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Start-up ideas from research

TUM IDEAward for biotechnology and nanotechnology teams

A filtration technology for volatile organic compounds, a stable source of terahertz radiation and an edible coating that extends the shelf life of fruit and vegetables – three research teams have been honored with the TUM IDEAward for these pioneering start-up ideas. They will now receive intensive support as they work toward founding their companies.

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Entrepreneurship Sustainability Community
11/27/2025
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CO2-neutral heat supply for the Garching research campus

TUM will save 30,000 tons of CO2 per year in the future

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is taking a major step toward sustainable energy. A new CO2-neutral heating system is being installed on the Garching research campus to supply the numerous buildings and facilities. This will save 30,000 tons of CO2 per year in the future – and at lower operating costs than before. A contract to this effect has been signed with the energy service provider GETEC.

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President Campus news Sustainability Community Energy
11/27/2025
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Measures for drought and flood protection

Entrepreneur Martin Herrenknecht promotes climate research at TUM

The successful manufacturer of tunnel boring machines, Dr.-Ing E.h. Martin Herrenknecht, will support climate research at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in the future. Through the TUM University Foundation, he is funding a five-year research project on measures for drought and flood protection in southern Germany. The donation of €675,000 will enable a dissertation to be written as part of a “Martin Herrenknecht Fellowship.”

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President Research Sustainability
Participants of the Global Technology Forum at the TUM Campus Heilbronn.
11/25/2025
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TUM Campus Heilbronn

Global Technology Forum Promotes International AI Research Collaboration

The Global Technology Forum of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) at the Heilbronn campus has established itself as a venue for international scientific exchange. Numerous scientists from several renowned international universities travelled to Heilbronn, a location for applied research and technological innovation.

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Sustainability Artificial Intelligence Public Engagement
In the foreground, small plants are visible that have grown long, lateral roots on a glass underground. In the background, there is a woman visible who examines the plants.
11/19/2025
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Lateral roots as an adaptation

How plants search for nutrients

What makes plants tolerant to nutrient fluctuations? An international research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and involving the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has investigated this question on the micronutrient boron. The researchers analyzed 185 gene data sets from the model plant Arabidopsis. Their goal is to then be able to transfer the findings to the important crop plant rapeseed.

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Research Sustainability
PhD candidate Yixiao Zhang
10/31/2025
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Career in science: Yixiao Zhang

New resources from waste products

Across the globe, researchers are striving to develop sustainable methods for cleaning contaminated wastewater. At the TUM School of Natural Sciences, doctoral researcher Yixiao Zhang is creating nanoparticles that act as highly efficient catalysts, transforming waste products into new and valuable resources like the fertilizer urea.

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Research Sustainability Community Energy
Oat plants in a field under a blue sky
10/29/2025
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Prospects for climate-resilient oats

Oat’s genetic diversity decoded

Oat is an important crop with many health benefits and diverse applications. An international research consortium involving the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and other institutions has decoded the pan-genome of 33 oat lines—mapping their full genetic diversity. This comprehensive overview provides leverage for breeding more resilient, higher-yielding plants, as oats, too, face mounting pressures from a changing climate.

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Research Sustainability
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