According to the Shanghai ranking, FAU is one of the 14 best German universities. In the engineering, technology and computer science, FAU ranks as the second best university in Germany.
The first semester ticket for FAU students will be introduced in the winter semester 2015/16. It is valid for the entire semester and is available from 1 September 2015.
FAU researchers have launched www.emobilisten.de to provide information about electromobility to the general public. By working together to develop new solutions they aim to convince people of the benefits of this form of mobility.
Images of the crystal structure of an activated μ-opioid receptor – a type of G protein coupled receptor – could mean a considerable step towards developing strong pain killers that are highly effective and have almost no side effects.
The Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) presented the eighth SAOT Young Researcher Award in Optical Technologies (YRA). The winner was Dr. Alexander Jesacher from the Division of Biomedical Physics at the Medical University of Innsbruck.
If the hearts of zebrafish or amphibians become damaged and cardiac muscle cells die, their remaining cardiac muscle cells can reproduce, allowing the heart to regenerate. Researchers at FAU have now found a possible explanation as to why this does not happen in humans.
The protein collagen is the main component of human skin. FAU researchers have established which mechanisms are responsible for collagen's mechanical stiffness adapting automatically to external stress.
