Research

FAU researchers seek to improve drug design The effects of millions of natural biological compounds are now known to modern health and pharmaceutical research. If, for instance, the body’s levels of protein A are too low or too high, reaction B or C can occur. Pharmacists use this knowledge to pr...

Physicists and mathematicians research spatially complex structures What shape is a typical cell in foam? Knowing the answer to this question is very useful in creating parts that must be as light and, at the same time, as stable as possible. Mathematics and physics can provide a solid basis for ...

EHEC diagnosis using typical intestinal mucosa characteristics The scare caused by the Europe wide EHEC epidemic has passed its peak. After two months' intensive investigations it has been confirmed that the causative agent came from Egypt. But there is no guarantee that future infections won’t tak...

FAU researchers participate in a parabolic flight Jonathan Kollmer and his colleagues from the department for Multiscale Simulation of Particulate Systems at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) only had 22 seconds. Exactly 22 seconds at almost zero gravity, in a “micro-g envir...

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)...

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 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...

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...

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...