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When we are infected by a virus, our body detects this attack and starts a series of defensive reactions. In collaboration with researchers at the University of Chicago, USA, a team of researchers led by Dr. Florian Full and Prof. Dr. Armin Ensser at the Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology have now discovered a new defensive reaction against herpes viruses.

The current issue deals with all aspects of the topic of ‘End’: which of them are unavoidable? How do people deal with this? And do we live forever – on the Internet?

Being able to control electronic systems using light waves instead of voltage signals is the dream of physicists all over the world. The advantage is that electromagnetic light waves oscillate at petaherz frequency. This means that computers in the future could operate at speeds a million times faster than those of today. Scientists at FAU have now come one step closer to achieving this goal as they have succeeded in using ultra-short laser impulses to precisely control electrons in graphene.

The EU has approved funding of three million euros from Erasmus Mundus for a further phase for FAU's EMLex Master's degree programme. The application submitted by FAU's lexicography experts received the best assessment of the total of 112 submitted funding applications.

Anyone who makes a valuable contribution to the community at the same time as obtaining excellent achievements at university deserves to be recognised. The President of FAU awarded two students prizes from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Hans-Wilhelm and Helga Schüßler Foundation on 30 October 2018.

In the FAU Self-Access Language Learning Centre students can learn more than 30 languages, practice speaking in the native language sessions or obtain feedback on presentations or talks they have to give.

Wolfgang Rademann was both a successful producer of popular and long-running German TV series such as 'Die Schwarzwaldklinik' and a well-known public figure. What were the secrets of his success? This is what media scientists Prof. Dr. Kay Kirchmann and Dr. Sven Grampp from FAU are trying to find out by studying Rademann's professional papers.

Only a third of the heat produced in conventional ovens is used for baking. The remainder just heats the bakery. This is something researchers at FAU hope to change. They have developed and tested a prototype oven with a significantly more efficient combustion principle.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at FAU and the University of Connecticut have now been able to gain a better understanding of chemical reactions during water electrolysis using a new method of analysing oxygen isotopes.