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06 July 2026 | Generative AI like ChatGPT can write text, generate images, and even write code. But when it comes to the physical world, these models reach their limits. They have only a limited understanding of spaces and changes in the environment. The team at the startup SE3 Labs has developed a spatial AI technology that uses images, videos, and map data to create realistic 3D models.

06 July 2026 | TUM has developed a soft, pneumatic glove that restores the ability of people with paralyzed hands to grasp objects. To achieve this, researchers at the TUM Chair of Cognitive Systems use electrical signals from the forearm muscles to reliably predict when a person intends to grasp an object.

03 July 2026 | The development of programmable molecular machines is moving closer. Researchers at TUM have now developed an extremely reliable and stable DNA switch. It can be controlled electrically and used to regulate molecular functions.

30 June 2026 | AI models – for example, those used for cancer detection – are trained on patients’ health data. In “Nature”, a research team now shows that, using the right methods, this sensitive information can be extracted from models far more effectively than previously thought.

22 May 2026 | The M1 Munich Medicine Alliance of TUM, LMU, and Helmholtz Munich is awarding funding for cutting-edge translational research from Munich for the first time. Through the “Innovations for Patients” program, seven research projects will receive a total of 7.45 million euros. Two of the cross-institutional projects are coordinated by PIs at MIBE.

05 May 2026 | Until now, studying the genetic processes in cells required destroying them - making it impossible to observe these processes over extended periods of time. A team from TUM and Helmholtz Munich has developed a new method to repeatedly obtain up-to-date genetic information from living cells.

27 April 2026 | Lithium and rare earth elements are essential for batteries, fuel cells and many other future technologies. Researchers at MIBE are working on two collaborative projects to develop new, environmentally friendly methods of extracting these elements from water.

24 April 2026 | At the half-marathon race for humanoid robots in Beijing, the team from TUM won the prize for best international team. The robot, entered into the race by MIBE PI and TUM Professor Gordon Cheng, completed the 21-kilometre course in 3 hours and 35 minutes.

02 April 2026 | 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 Nobe Prize-winning model by David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel, which had remained controversial in some aspects.

01 April 2026 | In this episode of "We are TUM", the TUM School of Medicine and Health, which was founded in 2023 as part of TUM's structural reform, gets looked at more closely. Founding Dean Stephanie E. Combs shares insights into how the School was established and how it is developing.