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The European Research Council supports two ground-breaking projects PD Dr. Jens Titze from the Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research and the Medical Clinic 4 (Nephrology and Hypertensiology) and Prof. Dr. Florian Marquardt from the Department for Theoretical Physics at the Friedrich-Alexan...

FAU scientists discover switch which drives intestinal cells to commit suicide More than 300,000 people in Germany suffer from chronic inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Their lives can be affected by intense recurrent abdominal pain, diarrhoea and cramps ...

FAU researchers are developing structures with completely new properties Experience tells us that the stronger an elastic band is stretched out, the narrower it becomes. Scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are looking at materials that react in exactly the oppo...

An oak in the Botanic Gardens of FAU brings together science, technology and nature A 150-year-old oak tree in Erlangen has been given a “voice”. It has been equipped with cutting-edge measuring equipment to report on its existence – whilst supplying data for the “Bäume in Klimawandel” research ...

FAU researchers seek to improve drug design The effects of millions of natural biological compounds are now known to modern health and pharmaceutical research. If, for instance, the body’s levels of protein A are too low or too high, reaction B or C can occur. Pharmacists use this knowledge to pr...

Physicists and mathematicians research spatially complex structures What shape is a typical cell in foam? Knowing the answer to this question is very useful in creating parts that must be as light and, at the same time, as stable as possible. Mathematics and physics can provide a solid basis for ...

International conference on innovative drive technologies Electric drives, one of the most important technologies for the future, will take centre stage at a conference to be held on 28 and 29 September at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuremberg. At the 1st International Electric Drives P...

Minister Heubisch campaigns for the FAU Cluster of Excellence The Cluster of Excellence, Engineering of Advanced Materials EAM, at Friedrich-Alexander university of Erlangen-Nuremberg is delighted to receive support from the Bavarian Minister for Science, Dr. Wolfgang Heubisch. Heubisch’s support...

EHEC diagnosis using typical intestinal mucosa characteristics The scare caused by the Europe wide EHEC epidemic has passed its peak. After two months' intensive investigations it has been confirmed that the causative agent came from Egypt. But there is no guarantee that future infections won’t tak...

FAU researchers participate in a parabolic flight Jonathan Kollmer and his colleagues from the department for Multiscale Simulation of Particulate Systems at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) only had 22 seconds. Exactly 22 seconds at almost zero gravity, in a “micro-g envir...