In close collaboration with researchers from the University of Michigan (USA), physicists in Augsburg have succeeded for the first time in proving experimentally and theoretically that heat transport through molecules can change by up to a factor of two through the exchange of a single atom. The study was published in the highly renowned journal Nature Materials.

A new collaborative project between LMU, University of Augsburg, UKA, and TUM helps cities to protect the health of their populations in the face of climate change.?The project supports evidence-based political decision-making and develops practical solutions in collaboration with local authorities, decision-makers, and residents.

The University of Augsburg is delighted to announce an outstanding honour for one of its early-career researchers: Assistant Professor Dr Dominik Schmid has been awarded the 2026 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, regarded as Germany’s most prestigious award for researchers in the early stages of their careers. This was announced by the Executive Board of the German Research Foundation (DFG) in Bonn.

It‘s a change that often goes unnoticed: while tropical agricultural regions are delivering ever higher yields, soils may be changing at a faster pace than we think?— and not for the better. From March 2026, a new Emmy Noether Research Group at the University of Augsburg, led by soil scientist Dr. Pedro Batista, will focus on this barely visible but globally significant process.

Urban greenery is good for individual health and the inner-city climate. For allergy sufferers, however, it can be a burden. Researchers at the Chair of Environmental Medicine are investigating how urban vegetation affects allergies. They are co-authors of an international guideline on health-promoting urban planning.

Prof. Harald Kunstmann, a hydrologist, from the University of Augsburg belongs to a group of three German candidates nominated by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW) for the final global round of the Frontiers Planet Prize 2026. The prize honours academic breakthroughs that contribute to the stabilisation of the planet’s ecosystem.

An international research group has published new recommendations in the renowned journal Nature Neuroscience for how biological sex differences (sex) and social gender aspects (gender) can be systematically integrated into research. The guidelines show why many studies up to now have overlooked important differences, which has consequences for diagnosis, therapy, and prevention.

The ceremonial opening of the Environmental Health Sciences Institute (EHSI) on the 28th of November 2025 marked an important milestone for the Faculty of Medicine. The institute, which is unique in Germany, strengthens future-orientated research in the Environmental Health Sciences.?

The legalisation of cannabis could be responsible for more cases of psychosis and hospital admissions.?This is suggested by a pilot study conducted at the Chair and Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics at the University of Augsburg, led by Prof. Alkomiet Hasan.?The study was published in the German medical journal ?rzteblatt.

Dr Mohammed Aldeep has been awarded this year’s DAAD Prize for Outstanding Achievements of International Students at German Universities. Aldeep, a recent legal doctoral graduate of the postgraduate programme for international legal experts at the University of Augsburg, was honoured on the 30th of October.

We introduce seven recently appointed professors to the University of Augsburg for the beginning of the new semester.

Multiple cropping, the simultaneous cultivation of several crop species in space or time, is a widespread global agricultural practice. However, it is not adequately included in existing land use models. A study conducted at the University of Augsburg shows how such models could be improved.