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President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger has already got his: the FAU T-shirt 2016 showing the winning entry from FAU's first t-shirt design competition.

In collaboration with colleagues at Stanford University and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, FAU researchers have developed a new type of technology that allows the facial gestures and lip movements of one person to be transferred onto the video image of another – in real time.

A new pilot project will investigate whether saving emergency medical data on electronic health insurance cards is practicable. Researchers at FAU will be involved in the academic side of the project.

A new expert study paints a gloomy picture of the future of tropical coral reefs

Materials scientists at FAU have developed a process that allows self-cleaning properties to be applied to ceramic surfaces that also work for liquids such as oils and alcohol.

FAU has an excellent international reputation. This is reflected in the large number of renowned researchers who choose FAU as their host university as part of a scholarship or research award.

The Mäanderhöhle cave near Bamberg was previously regarded as an archaeological sensation. However, Julia Blumenröther, a former student at the Institute of Prehistory and Early History, has demonstrated in her Master's thesis that the markings inside the cave are not fertility symbols carved by humans.

One of the most fascinating figures of the Thirty Years' War is the focus of a conference that will be held in Nuremberg from 6 to 9 April 2017: Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583–1634). The conference is being organised by researchers at FAU.

Could the star with the cryptic name PB 3877 be an intruder from a distant galaxy?

Medical experts at FAU have been awarded 370,000 euros in funding to research the immunological mechanisms behind sepsis. Their goal is to develop new therapies.