Research

The danger of curiosity: FAU researchers investigate user behaviour when unknown messages are received online.

Physicists at FAU and the Vienna University of Technology have successfully created one-dimensional magnetic atom chains for the first time. Their break-through provides a model system for basic research.

Around 400,000 people in Germany suffer from chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Researchers at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen have recently published findings showing that a special technique can improve the examination procedure for the disease.

SHARE is the name of the new scientific collaboration project between Schaeffler and FAU. Research will be carried out in the fields of digitalization and production processes.

FAU is ranked at number 76 in the world and number 19 in Western Europe in the Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars Supplement, which rates universities based on the increase in their contributions to leading natural science journals.

Dr. Thajudeen got the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship to carry out his postdoctoral research at FAU. He joined the Institute of Particle Technology in January, 2014 after completing his PhD at the University of Minnesota, USA. Dr. Thajudeen aims to extend the capabilities of current characterizing techniques to measure the sizes and properties of non-spherical particles, specifically focusing on nanorods and fractal aggregates.

The Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) at FAU has recognised Professor Darko Zibar's outstanding work on applications of machine learning in optical communication with its Young Researcher Award.

Human cells show deformation under the influence of external forces. But how do they recover their original shape afterwards? FAU researchers have described this mechanism, which is important in medicine and biology, in the journal Nature Materials.

A new research unit with 3.5 million euros of funding aims to investigate the fundamental mechanisms behind the development of bowel cancer.

In the new laboratory three FAU chairs will move into ultramodern premises with 882 square metres of research space