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FAU researchers develop new electrode How to make organic solar cells light-transmissive without using the expensive raw material indium? This is the question researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have asked, and they found their answer in fine silver nanowires. T...

FAU researchers look for answers on the extinction of the pre-human Approximately 250,000 years ago, the Neanderthals ruled Europe, but 40,000 years ago is when their trail goes cold for us. Some experts claims that particularly cool periods during the last Ice Age caused their extinction where o...

FAU researchers find cause and possible treatment method for particularly aggressive leukaemia in children Cancers in children are always dramatic – especially when the tumours are particularly hard to treat. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now found a po...

Quantum physicist Prof. Dr. Oskar Painter receives up to 5 million euros in research funding Today the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation confers Germany's highest-endowed international research award, the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2013. Among the recipients: FAU's nominee Prof. Dr. Osk...

FAU is in the CHE ranking's top group Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg's subjects Mechanical Engineering and Education Science are in the top group of the Centre for Higher Education's (CHE) university ranking. This year the CHE examined the subjects engineering, linguistics, educa...

FAU researchers develop method for automatic correction of digital photographs and film So far, those who want to retouch digital photographs using image editing software have had to rely on patience and skill. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now develo...

New service headquartered at FAU to attract top researchers to northern Bavaria Academic careers demand a high degree of mobility – not only of the academics themselves, but also of their families. This is why 19 academic institutions in northern Bavaria have founded the Dual Career Netzwerk Nordba...

Deutsche Krebshilfe supports new FAU research project The Deutsche Krebshilfe (German Cancer Aid) is now providing approximately 630,000 euros in funding to a Max Eder Junior Research Group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Dr. Dimitrios Mougiakakos (33) and his research...

New Bavarian research association boosts energy-efficiency in industrial production The Green Factory, which promotes energy-efficient and perhaps even energy self-sufficient production, is a long-term goal of the technology association Green Factory Bavaria led by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität...