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Alexander Orlov, Ginevra Fulco and Leart Zuka (from left) of PushQuantum.
10/29/2025
Reading time: 4 Min.

Student club PushQuantum

Quantum technology for all

It may be hard to explain, but for the students at PushQuantum, it’s very easy to be fascinated by the world of quantum mechanics. Their mission is to make quantum technology understandable and accessible for all.

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TUM Magazine Studies Quantum Technologies Public Engagement
8/11/2025
Reading time: 4 Min.

Quantum phenomena at the Deutsches Museum

Between waves and particles

Particles that simultaneously change their state despite vast distances between them? Electrons with the properties of both waves and particles? Quantum phenomena are often dramatically different from anything we can experience and imagine. The exhibition “Light and Matter” by the Cluster of Excellence MCQST aims to make them understandable for young people.

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TUM Magazine Quantum Technologies Public Engagement
Prof. Brigitte Helmreich
8/5/2025
Reading time: 5 Min.

Sustainable stormwater management

Water for the city

Climate change is making dry periods, droughts and heavy rains increasingly frequent. Brigitte Helmreich, professor at the TUM Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, explains how cities can better prepare for these events and manage local rainfall in a natural way.

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TUM Magazine Research Sustainability
Founder Florian Scherl at the TUM Incubator
7/21/2025
Reading time: 3 Min.

Start-up FAST AI Movies

Starting a company while still at school

The day before his high school diploma math exam, Florian Scherl was not studying at home. Instead, he was in a notary’s office, founding his own company aged just 18. Now, three years later, the Informatics student is recruiting his first employees.

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TUM Magazine Entrepreneurship Artificial Intelligence
Verena Stammberger (l.) from the Chair of Landslide Research examines the condition of the permafrost inside the Zugspitze every month. The melting of the 'eternal ice' due to climate change affects the water cycle in the Alps and beyond..
7/16/2025
Reading time: 8 Min.

Adaptation to climate change

The race for water

Heat, dry periods, torrential downpours, melting glaciers—in the Alps, climate change is already very clear to see. High time to adapt, warn TUM researchers. A matter for all disciplines.

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TUM Magazine Research Sustainability
7/10/2025
Reading time: 3 Min.

NewIn: Stefan Guldin

New approaches to future nutrition

Stefan Guldin is the new Professor of Complex Soft Matter at the TUM School of Life Sciences and Scientific Co-Director of the Proteins4Singapore project. His research is located at the point where materials science and life sciences meet.

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TUM Magazine Studies Research Community
Mentoring kick-off of the Agnes-Mackensen-Program.
6/3/2025
Reading time: 4 Min.

Agnes-Mackensen-Program

Promoting first-generation students

The Agnes-Mackensen-Program aims to promote equal opportunities and to strengthen talent. It is designed for FINTA* students who are the first in their family to attend college. Anna Lena Salfer is one of them. The master's student is currently conducting research in Singapore.

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TUM Magazine Studies Community
5/6/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

Mass spectrometry detects bacteria without time-consuming isolation and multiplication

Identifying pathogens within minutes instead of days

Speed and reliability are crucial in the diagnosis of diseases. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Imperial College London have developed a new method to identify bacteria with unprecedented speed. This means that the waiting time can be reduced from several days to just a few minutes.

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TUM Magazine Research
3/18/2025
Reading time: 6 Min.

TUM in Singapore

Microalgae for the megacity

TUM’s research and teaching is contributing to a sustainable future for the city state of Singapore. A visit on site.

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TUM Magazine Studies Research
Stefania Centrone is a professor of Philosophy of Science at TUM
1/29/2025
Reading time: 3 Min.

Media training for researchers

“Communication is an essential part of our work”

With programs at the TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning, our university supports its researchers in communicating the role of science in society. We asked three participants of a media training to sum up their experience.

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TUM Magazine Teaching Public Engagement
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