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31JAN 2024
FAU news
FAU researchers participate in working groups on science diplomacy
Maria Rentetzi and Ralf Mitschke support the EU in questions concerning international and scientific relations The EU Commission has decided to launch EU science diplomacy working groups in order to develop a future European framework for shared science diplomacy. This framework is intended to give stakeholders in diplomacy and science a point of reference when […]
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26JAN 2024
Research
Cooperation promotes new findings
In science, the exchange of ideas and resources between researchers from different disciplines forms the foundation for progress and innovation. Cooperation not only increases efficiency, but also promotes new findings. This is why the FAU Profile Center Light.Matter.QuantumTechnologies (LMQ) supports several high-ranking projects between LMQ members and researchers at the Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU) and the […]In science, the exchange of ideas and resources between researchers from different disciplines forms the foundation for progress and innovation. Cooperation not only increases efficiency, but also promotes new findings. This is why the FAU Profile Center Light.Matter.QuantumTechnologies (LMQ) supports several high-ranking projects between LMQ members and researchers at the Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz (JGU) and the […]
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25JAN 2024
FAU news
A look back at the past year at FAU
Successes at FAU in 2023 In many ways, 2023 was a challenging year. In view of world politics, it was also a rather bleak year that once more showed us how fragile our peace, our life together in society and our prosperity are. However, it also showed us that all of us at universities have […]
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19JAN 2024
Alumni
FAU Alumni #MyStory: Ines Brunn
She was the “Wettkönigin” on the TV show “Wetten, dass…?” and baked pancakes while standing on her bike. During her professional career, Ines Brunn lived in China for several years and opened her own bicycle shop there. Today she still performs as an artistic cyclist on various stages and travels all over the world as […]
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16JAN 2024
A cup with the President
A cup with the President – Episode 6: Prof. Dr. Roland Nagy
Each semester, FAU president Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors who have just recently joined FAU. At their respective institutes, he gets to know them better as they talk about their research and share what is important to them. This series brings a brief introduction of the researcher and allows a peek into such visit […]
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16JAN 2024
FAU news
Installation of new supercomputers for simulation and AI
The Center for National High-Performance Computing at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (NHR@FAU) has ordered the installation of two supercomputers. With the new high tech devices, the NHR location in northern Bavaria is continuing to grow, providing researchers from the whole of Germany with even more performance capacity. Two new powerhouses are waiting in the wings: On December […]The Center for National High-Performance Computing at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (NHR@FAU) has ordered the installation of two supercomputers. With the new high tech devices, the NHR location in northern Bavaria is continuing to grow, providing researchers from the whole of Germany with even more performance capacity. Two new powerhouses are waiting in the wings: On December […]
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12JAN 2024
Research
Virus uses same entry pathway into lung cells as earlier Covid-19 variants
Mutations in the spike protein of the Pirola variant of the SARS-CoV-2 variant facilitate entry into lung cells Even after the end of the pandemic, Covid-19 continues to pose a serious health threat. Most individuals have established robust immune protection and do not develop severe disease, but the infection can still lead to marked and […]
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22DEC 2023
Research
When expectant mothers are particularly tired
Fatigue, backache or insomnia – during pregnancy almost all women suffer from the strain of symptoms such as these. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from FAU have now investigated when such complaints are particularly common and how they progress. The team used an anonymized big data dataset from a pregnancy app. Each pregnancy is unique, […]
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19DEC 2023
Alumni
FAU Alumni #MyStory: Michael Kobr
Already during his studies at FAU, he was praised for his writing talent in term papers and exams. Michael Kobr has been writing the popular detective stories about Inspector Kluftinger with his school friend Peter Klüpfel for 20 years. He studied German and Romance languages and literature at FAU and worked as a teacher for […]
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19DEC 2023
Research
World record in solar energy
The sun is one of the most important sources for renewable energy, solar energy is a central component of the energy transition. The most efficient solar module in the world at the current time has been developed by a researcher at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in close collaboration with the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy […]
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19DEC 2023
Alumni
President of the German Chess Association: An interview with FAU alumna Ingrid Lauterbach
She is the first woman to be appointed president of the German Chess Association in its 146-year history: FAU alumna Ingrid Lauterbach. From 1979 to 1985, she studied for a degree in mathematics at FAU. Since 2001, she has worked as an expert in information security at Deutsche Bank. Ingrid Lauterbach started her career in […]
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15DEC 2023
Research
Battling resistant germs
Peptides, molecules that consist of up to 100 linked amino acids, may have an important role to play in the fight against multidrug-resistant germs. They affect the bacterias’ cell membrane, and can therefore improve the efficacy of antibiotics by allowing them to penetrate pathogens better. Researchers at FAU are carrying out research into these potentially […]
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