Research

Scientists at FAU demonstrate the unique relaxation of stress in bilayer graphene Regardless of whether coming from an internal or external source, high pressure often leads to a state of stress. This not only applies to us humans, but also to materials. Stress in a material is manifested as ...

All play makes Jack a dull boy About 10 percent of German teenagers play more than 4.5 hours of video games a day and almost two percent of them fit the profile of addiction. Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the Criminological Research Institute of Lowe...

FAU researchers look for the origins of the universe What lies behind dark matter, black holes and exploding stars? Where can they be found and how did they form? Together with colleagues from all over the world, Dr. Alexander Kappes, researcher at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnber...

Erlangen students experiment in Europe's only zero-gravity lab Dropping an experiment to the ground from a height of 120 metres doesn't sound like a very smart thing to do. But this is what four FAU students have done, again and again – at a laboratory that is the only one of its kind in Europe a...

FAU researchers examine molecular movement in liquids Researchers at FAU have for the first time experimentally confirmed a new theory that describes the movement of long-chain molecules in their liquid melt. The theory says that these melts are not only as viscous as honey on the molecular s...

FAU researchers develop software for the digitisation of art treasures Visitors strolling through an exhibition tend to catch only a small glimpse of the countless treasures that are stored in a museum. Treasures that need to be sorted, catalogued, presented. Where museums used to work with index...

Bachelor's students make valuable contribution to bioreactor research It's certainly not every day that 26-year-olds co-author publications in renowned scientific journals. Four Bachelor's students from FAU have achieved this with the help of unusually strong commitment, a good opportunity, inten...

Junior researchers explore the properties of cell membranes A great success for FAU: the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new Research Training Group ('Dynamic Interactions at Biological Membranes – from Single Molecules to Tissue' – RTG1962) at FAU in which junior researchers take...

FAU researchers prove correlation in studies People who approach challenges with a performance-driven attitude release less stress hormones than people who are of a more lackadaisical disposition. This is what researchers at FAU and at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have been able to show in two studies...