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Researchers on a forest excursion
12/6/2024
Reading time: 3 Min.

Model enables precise simulation of forest landscapes

Digital twin depicts the forest in 100 years

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 strategic approach to forest management is crucial. To this end the research team has developed iLand: a simulation model that can compute long-term developments of large forest landscapes, right down to the individual tree – including disturbances from bark beetles to wildfires.

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Research Sustainability
The winners of the TUM IDEAward at the award ceremony
11/28/2024
Reading time: 2 Min.

Teams from informatics, environmental engineering and medicine

IDEAward for researchers’ start-up ideas

An AI-controlled construction robot, a CO2 conversion process and a test to detect head and neck tumors: These three promising start-up ideas from researchers are the latest winners of the TUM IDEAward.

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Research Entrepreneurship Sustainability Artificial Intelligence
11/28/2024
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NewIn: Anne Rademacher

Sustainability requires social equity

In this episode of "NewIn", we get to know Anne Rademacher. At the newly created Chair of Sustainable Urban Environments, she researches the interactions between socio-cultural dynamics and sustainable urban development.

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Teaching Studies Research Sustainability Community
11/27/2024
Reading time: 5 Min.

Strategic partnership on optoionics between TUM and Max Planck Society

World's first center for solar batteries

The world's first center for solar batteries and optoionic technologies is being established in Bavaria. The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Max Planck Society (MPG) have set the course for this with the support of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs. With the SolBat Center, a unique research ecosystem will be formed to research new types of energy storage systems and develop applications to use solar energy even more efficiently and flexibly.

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President Research Sustainability Artificial Intelligence Energy
A singing blackbird on a wall in front of some foliage.
11/14/2024
Reading time: 3 Min.

Biodiversity in the city

Designing urban spaces for humans and animals

Animals and plants also live and thrive on public squares. This creates opportunities for greater biodiversity and well-being for the human population. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have studied at 103 locations in Munich how various factors affect flora and fauna. They advocate a close examination of local conditions and a more nature-focussed approach to the design of public spaces.

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Research Sustainability
View of a damaged forest
11/14/2024
Reading time: 3 Min.

Less than 16 percent of CO2 reductions from certificates fulfilled

Carbon Crediting is substantially overestimated

The majority of carbon credits that companies and private individuals can buy are ineffective. The meta-study by an international research team shows that the promised reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are actually achieved for less than 16 percent of emission credits.

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Research Sustainability
Oil refinery
11/9/2024
Reading time: 2 Min.

Companies took in half a trillion dollars more than expected in 2022

Windfall profits from oil and gas could cover climate payments

A central issue at the UN Climate Change Conference, set to start on November 11, will be the negotiations on new payments from industrialized nations to poorer countries. However, the question of whether and how these payments will be financed remains highly controversial. The study by an international team of researchers has now revealed: The windfall profits alone taken in by oil and gas companies due to the 2022 energy crisis would have been sufficient to cover the existing commitments of the industrialized nations for nearly five years. The researchers therefore recommend collecting taxes on these so-called windfall profits from fossil fuels.

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Research Sustainability Energy
Laura Drexler (left) and Benjamin Wittmann from the Impetus student team are developing a sailing boat that is as sustainable as possible.
11/4/2024
Reading time: 4 Min.

Student club Impetus

With the wind at their backs

Lightweight, fast and built as sustainable as possible: This is the profile of a racing sailboat designed and built by a group of TUM students. Their objective: Winning a university sailing cup in the Adriatic Sea off the Italian coast.

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Studies Campus news Sustainability Mobility
10/29/2024
Reading time: 2 Min.

TUM Researchers Develop New Chemical Method for Improved Energy Storage

Significant Extension of Zinc Battery Lifespan

The transition to renewable energy requires efficient methods for storing large amounts of electricity. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a new method that could extend the lifespan of aqueous zinc-ion batteries by several orders of magnitude. Instead of lasting just a few thousand cycles, they could now endure several hundred thousand charge and discharge cycles.

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Research Sustainability Energy
BayWater research alliance set to begin
10/2/2024
Reading time: 3 Min.

Research alliance under TUM leadership

Sustainable Water Management in Industry

A cost-effective and sustainable water supply is increasingly becoming a crucial factor for industry. To address this development and tackle the challenges of maintaining a sustainable water supply, the Bavarian Research Foundation is funding the new research alliance BayWater with two million euros. The goal of the consortium is to reduce water demand as well as costs and energy consumption in industrial production processes through the use of modern membrane technologies and treatment methods. BayWater will be jointly implemented by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) along with two other technical universities and 25 industrial partners.

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Research Sustainability
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