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For people with a cancer diagnosis, understandable and reliable information is crucial – but is often difficult to find. The wording of medical guidelines and advice is often too complex for many patients to understand. At the same time, they are exposed to widespread misinformation online.… [read more]

The Cluster of Excellence TransforM, in which numerous MDSI core members will be involved, aims to find new ways of conducting research into how transformative technologies shape societal change. In this interview, TransforM spokesperson Prof. Sebastian Pfotenhauer explains why it is essential for… [read more]

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has once again made a successful start to the highly competitive Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments: In the future, seven Clusters of Excellence at TUM and its cooperation partners will be funded, as announced by the German… [read more]

A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a method to predict early-stage kidney damage caused by certain cancer treatments. The kidneys begin to shrink slightly—months before any measurable decline in kidney function occurs. The researchers identified this trend… [read more]

Astroparticle physics researchers researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) around MDSI Core Member Prof. Elisa Resconi and artists from the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (AdBK) and the Haus der Kunst are working together on a cross-disciplinary project: TUM's Collaborative Research… [read more]