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Minister Heubisch comes to the inauguration of SFB’s “Additive Manufacturing” Manufacturing plastic or metal parts by simply pressing a button to issue instructions: that is the vision of the scientists who will be researching new manufacturing technology in an SFB (Collaborative Research Centre)...

The Mechanical Engineering Department is accredited with the FTMV quality seal The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) has once again been accredited by the German Society of Mechanical and Process Engineering Departments (FTMV) wit...

Researchers from Erlangen investigate ways of making wind farms more bat-friendly Wind farms are generally considered a particularly environmentally friendly way of generating power. However, onshore wind farms can be a deadly threat to bats if the small mammals' collide with the blades of the wind...

FAU tests energy carriers to find a new form of energy storage Current research by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Artl and Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid of Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) focuses on a new concept for storing and transporting regenerative energy for mobile applications...

FAU researchers develop new guidelines for emergency care Researchers at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) are coordinating an international network which hopes to improve the medical care of elderly and frail patients. Researchers at the Institute for Biomedicine of Ag...

Erlangen University Hospital starts up 1.8 million euro magnetoencephalogram The State Government of Bavaria and Erlangen University Hospital have invested approximately 1.8 million euros in a magnetoencephalogram (MEG) – the only one in Bavaria. The equipment, which weighs six tonnes and can sho...

FAU computer scientists program intelligent research software What do the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Max Planck Society and the German Archaeological Institute have in common? They are all now working with a pioneering software programme developed by scientists from the Depa...

The University Council accepts President Grüske's proposal A change on the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) management board: Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger succeeds Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Steinrück as Vice President. From 1.10.2011 he will join the two current Vice Presidents, ...

The German Federal Scientific Advisory Board certifies our high level of research quality The Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering Department (EEI) at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) came out top of the class in a nationwide research rating in the fiel...

Researchers pave the way for electronic circuits composed of graphene Graphene is one of the most promising new materials due to its physical and chemical properties. Researchers from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) have now developed a procedure which can systemati...