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4/17/2026
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TUM and BGZ cooperation at Campus Garching

Research on the storage and disposal of radioactive waste

The federal state-owned Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung (BGZ) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will in the future conduct joint research on the safe interim storage and disposal of radioactive waste. A corresponding "Joint Lab BGZ" was launched on Thursday at TUM Campus Garching.

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Ayla Busch ist Mitinhaberin und Co-CEO von Busch Vacuum Solutions und Stiftungsrätin der TUM Universitätsstiftung.
4/16/2026
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TUM University Foundation

“We need to invest more in education”

Family-run Busch Vacuum Solutions has supported the TUM University Foundation since 2019. Today, Ayla Busch continues the commitment of her father, alumnus and company founder Dr.-Ing. Karl Busch.

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TUM Magazine Entrepreneurship Community
4/14/2026
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New German-Singaporean research consortium established

Developing the world’s first open-source post-quantum-secure processor system

Progress in building quantum computers is increasingly threatening the security of today’s digital encryption methods. To counter this, the new international consortium QUASAR-CREATE, based in Singapore and involving the Technical University of Munich (TUM), aims to develop the world’s first fully open-source post-quantum-secure processor system.

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Research Quantum Technologies
Assistant robot Garmi
4/14/2026
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Science Year 2026 – Medicine of the Future: new project

How artificial intelligence is changing health care

The project “2036 – Healthy with AI?” explores how AI will shape health care in the future – from prevention and diagnosis to treatment. Its aim is to help the broader public understand the potential, limitations, and impact of AI applications. The project by M1 – Munich Medicine Alliance, of which TUM is a partner, is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) as part of Science Year 2026 – Medicine of the Future.

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Artificial Intelligence Public Engagement
With local hydrogen storage facilities, industry can become cleaner, as is the case here in the Chemical Triangle of southeastern Bavaria.
4/10/2026
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Study shows alternatives to salt caverns in northern Germany

Major hydrogen storage potential in Bavaria

Geological formations in southern Bavaria offer a previously underestimated potential for storing large quantities of hydrogen. They could therefore be an alternative to salt caverns in northern Germany and thus contribute to a better geographical distribution of storage capacities. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in cooperation with the Technical University of Leoben (MUL) on behalf of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs.

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Research Sustainability Energy
Prof. Manon Westphal.
4/9/2026
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NewIn: Manon Westphal

Democratic innovation through political theory

Manon Westphal's research focuses on highly topical political issues, such as polarization, oligarchy and citizen participation. In this episode of NewIn, she discusses why conflicts can be productive, why technology companies challenge democracy to innovate and why she works at the practice-oriented TUM Think Tank as a theorist.

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Studies Research Community
TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann (left) and Ding Kuiling, President of SJTU
4/9/2026
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Strengthening German-Chinese collaboration

TUM expands cooperation with Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is expanding its collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) as part of its excellence strategy TUM AGENDA 2030+. The focus areas include drone delivery services, high-performance materials and intelligent manufacturing technologies, as well as health science. On the occasion of SJTU's 130th anniversary celebrations, TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann signed a corresponding agreement during a visit to Shanghai.

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President
Jugendliche lösen ein Rätsel im Escape Room "Escape from Carbonia" von TUM und e-conversion im Science Communication Lab des Deutschen Museums.
4/8/2026

Public engagement and science communication

Bringing the university into the heart of the city

Theater, dance, and interactive games: New formats are making science tangible far beyond lecture halls and labs.

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TUM Magazine Community Public Engagement
A girl with a smartphone
4/7/2026
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Digital safety for children and youths

“Better design instead of blanket bans”

US courts have ruled against platform providers for failing to protect children, and the debate over age restrictions for social media has gained momentum. An international group of experts from academia, children’s rights organizations and non-profit institutions is convinced that bans would be the wrong approach. In the journal Science they advocate for new strategies for the digital safety of children and youths aged 13 and older.

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Research Artificial Intelligence
4/2/2026
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1981 Nobel Prize-winning model confirmed correct

Proof for theory of visual perception

A scientific dispute spanning six decades about fundamental mechanisms of visual perception in mammals has now been settled. Researchers at TUM have succeeded in observing the visual information flow from neuron to neuron. Their findings confirm the validity of the 1981 Nobel Prize-winning model by David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel, which had remained controversial in some aspects.

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