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FAU invites visitors to play with its exhibits at the DASA – Working World Exhibition in Dortmund Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) is taking part in the exhibition “Nano! Uses and visions for a new technology” in Dortmund. The DASA – Working World Exhibition will be givi...

Different components increase the capacities of tiny particles All football experts know that to be successful a team needs players with different skills. A similar rule evidently applies to complex chemical processes that can be accelerated with catalytic materials. These catalysts are composed of...

Erlangen receives two international research awards With a prestigious award and funding amounting to 1.9 million euros, Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid from the Department of Chemical Reaction Engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) has reason to be pleased. The ...

FAU Cluster of Excellence and Bayer Technology Services sign cooperation agreement The Engineering of Advanced Materials Cluster of Excellence -– Hierarchical Structure Formation for Functional Devices (EAM) at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) signed a cooperation ag...

Prof. Dr. Jana Zaumseil is awarded the Alfried-Krupp Sponsorship Award 2010 Prof. Dr. Jana Zaumseil, professor of nanoelectronics at the Engineering of Advanced Materials (EAM) Cluster of Excellence at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), received the 2010 sponsorship a...

EAM Cluster of Excellence innovations showcased at Hannover Messe Flexible, printable and inexpensive: electronic parts built using nano-particles and organic molecules are increasingly flowing onto the market. The Engineering of Advanced Materials (EAM) Cluster of Excellence at Erlangen-Nuremberg ...

FAU inaugurates new high resolution electron microscope The Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) is getting new "eyes" so researchers can study the wonders of nano-materials. At a ceremony on 30 April 2010, University President Prof. Dr. Karl-Dieter Grüske and the Bavarian M...

European Research Council rates research proposal as excellent Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch, from the Department for Organic Chemistry 2 at Erlangen-Nuremberg University, and his research team received an "Advanced Investigator Grant" from the European Research Council (ERC). The research project “Grap...

EU PLATO-N project on software-supported structural optimisation Holes don’t weigh anything – that’s hardly surprising. But, if your aim is weight reduction, it becomes apparent how useful empty spaces can be. However, they don’t contribute to stability. That is why constructions that must be both ...

University establishes a unique centre within Germany The University of Erlangen-Nuremberg has reason to celebrate: the German federal Joint Science Conference (GWK) has decided to provide around 9 million Euros in funding for the construction of a new building for materials research. Erlangen’s ...