Research

Many ice shelves in Antarctica have shrunk and some have disappeared entirely. Dr. Johannes Fürst from the Institute of Geography at FAU has used a complex model to show for the first time at what point the “buttressing” role of ice shelves is impaired due to their decline.

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Medical researchers at FAU identify scorpion venom as possible cancer treatment.

A new project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) aims to use the image data collected during CT scans even more effectively.

Chemists at FAU have developed the first uranium-based catalyst for the production of a CO2 neutral energy carrier.

Defects in the barrier function of the intestinal wall are considered one of the key elements that cause chronic inflammatory bowel disease. FAU researchers have identified a new mechanism that explains how these defects in the intestinal barrier occur.

Rice is a key food source in many parts of the world. However, it is not uncommon for it to contain arsenic. Biologists at FAU have now found an approach that could help to reduce the amount of arsenic found in rice.

Superalloys are essential for manufacturing turbine blades in jet engines, for example. Now, for the first time, researchers at FAU have succeeded in simulating the exact atomic structure of a nickel-based superalloy rather than an idealised version.

The body's powers of regeneration sometimes fail. Around 350,000 people a year suffer from broken bones that cannot heal by themselves. Current research aims to use mesoporous – i.e. highly porous – silicate nanomaterials to support bone and wound healing.

FAU students were recently granted access to a unique laboratory, the only one of its kind in Europe, for two weeks by the European Space Agency (ESA) where they collected valuable data.