Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Technische Universität München (TUM)

Germany

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is one of Europe’s leading universities in science and technology, and one of Germany’s Universities of Excellence. With our research agenda “human-centered engineering“ we put people and their lives at the heart of our scientific endeavours – whether we are investigating the origins of life, matter and the universe, or looking for solutions to the major challenges for our society.

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We are seeking to understand the essential foundations of life, to maintain health and target diseases, and to shape a sustainable living enviroment. We are creating new materials and advanced manufacturing technologies, we are pioneering the digital transformation for a secure future – and are above all committed to responsible research and innovation in service of society.
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Portrait: Technical University of Munich – 150 Years culture of excellence

1 August 2019 - 31 July 2020

Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All

The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Technical University of Munich (TUM) published between 1 August 2019 - 31 July 2020 which are tracked by the Nature Index.

Hover over the donut graph to view the FC output for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by title.

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area.

Count	Share
607	168.41

Outputs by subject (Share)

Subject	Count	Share
Life Sciences	222	42.97
Chemistry	157	68.27
Advanced Materials	3	1.92
Analytical Chemistry	10	3.20
Angewandte Chemie International Edition	31	18.19
Chemical Communications	5	1.98
Chemical Science	8	4.26
Inorganic Chemistry	12	6.48
Journal of the American Chemical Society	17	9.04
Macromolecules	10	6.54
Nano Letters	7	1.23
Nature	5	0.40
Nature Chemical Biology	1	0.16
Nature Chemistry	3	1.32
Nature Communications	25	4.17
Organic Letters	3	1.89
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America	4	0.57
Science	2	0.15
Science Advances	2	1.24
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters	9	5.55
Earth & Environmental Sciences	25	7.61
Physical Sciences	271	61.35

Highlight of the month

Deep-sea evidence for a near-Earth supernova

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An analysis of deep-sea sediments has found strong evidence that a supernova exploded near the Earth some 2.5 million years ago.

Stars that are at least five times more massive than our Sun end their lives abruptly in huge explosions known as supernovas, which release tremendous amounts of energy and material.

Now, a team of six researchers at the Technical University of Munich and a collaborator has found that the concentration of the isotope manganese-53 in deep-sea sediments has a peak at about 2.5 million years ago. This, plus a previously found peak at around the same time in the concentration of iron-60, points to a supernova explosion at that time, which was close enough to deposit the two isotopes on the Earth’s surface.

Intriguingly, this time coincides with the end of end of the Pliocene epoch, which was attended by cooling and mass extinctions. If the supernova was close enough to Earth, it could conceivably have influenced the Earth’s climate.

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