Research

FAU cultural geographer receives award for dissertation Dr. Shadia Husseini de Araújo from the Institute of Cultural Geography at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) was awarded with the dissertation prize for German-speaking research on the Middle East at the “German Middle E...

Scientists from the FAU use globally unique stamping press Weighing in at 100 tons and measuring more than nine meters in height, but accurate down to one hundredth of a millimetre: the Neue Materialien Fürth GmbH (NMF) stamping press is a true heavyweight. This piece of research machinery is one o...

Brownian movement under close observation The slightest trembling can tell us something. Tiny particles, dissolved in liquid, register what is going on in their surroundings, and react as a result. Without sophisticated measuring techniques and high precision instruments it is impossible to decode ...

The Erlangen University Clinic’s Radiation Clinic is a partner in the EU Excellence Network for low dose research The application submitted by the research team headed by academics PD Dr. Udo Gaipl and Dr. Benjamin Frey from Radiation Immunobiology at the Erlangen Radiation Clinic was successful....

Journal STEM CELLS Awards Pioneering Research into Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency A young scientist who led research into the use of stem cells from hair follicles to treat the ocular surface disease has been named the winner of the Young Investigator Award by the journal STEM CELLS. Dr. Ewa Meyer-B...

International research alliance supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The research alliance comprising researchers from the Department for Genetics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), led by Prof. Dr. Falk Nimmerjahn, and Harvard University, Oxford University ...

FAU academics research the formation of nitrides Traditional light bulbs are being phased out and replaced with energy-saving bulbs. However, researchers have for some time been working to develop new, very bright and simultaneously far more energy-efficient light diodes. To do so, they are using...

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 ...