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FAU researchers accelerate light with a diametric drive for the first time Physicists at FAU have proved experimentally that light pulses can accelerate each other permanently. This would allow for a controlled shift of the wavelength of light pulses, which could be interesting for many disciplin...

First summary of the expedition to the southwest Pacific Ocean The geologists from Erlangen and their colleagues from Hanover, Bremen, Kiel and Canada returned from their expedition on the research ship 'Sonne' highly satisfied. 'In just under four weeks we were able to conduct eleven successful ...

FAU researchers want to make large-scale algae production economically viable About a million euros from German Federal Ministry for Education and Research budgets have been placed at the disposal of Prof. Dr. Rainer Buchholz and his colleague Prof. Dr. Antonio Delgado to realise a vision: togeth...

Researchers at FAU and at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf have discovered a mechanism in the brain that improves memory. In addition, the researchers identified a gene that allows for predictions about possible memory disorders in old age. The results of their research open up new possibiliti...

Generous funding through the US National Institutes of Health Under the co-ordination of last year's Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Prof. Brian Kobilka of Stanford University, an interdisciplinary team of researchers has been formed to research pharmaceuticals. Its members include Prof. Peter Gmein...

FAU researchers developing endoscopes on the basis of multiphoton microscopy Physicians currently take tiny tissue samples (biopsies) during colonoscopies for histological evaluation. A real-time diagnosis – meaning during the colonoscopy itself – is only possible at a small number of specialised...

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen starts research project 'Pharmacotherapy in children is more difficult than in adults, as many drugs are used without sufficient testing and often information on efficacy, safety and dosage is missing,' says Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Rascher, head of the Department...

Research focus on renewable energy For energy reform to succeed in Germany, cost-effective, efficient and practical energy solutions must be found to deliver the green energy of the future. FAU, Forschungszentrum Jülich and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) are taking an important step to achieving ...

FAU Cluster of Excellence supports 4 young researchers with 100,000 euros each Novel light sources, computer-designed break-resistant materials, efficient energy conversion, and new types of hybrid materials: researchers at FAU's Cluster of Excellence 'Engineering of Advanced Materials' (EAM) wor...