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23NOV 2022
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A positive outcome for FAU
The CHE Master’s ranking 2022 indicates that many Master’s students are very happy with their choice of FAU. The survey focused on engineering subjects and psychology. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and Psychology did particularly well. For the ranking, 10,000 students were asked for their opinion on various criteria affecting their studies, and indicators relevant […]
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21NOV 2022
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Experience art history in 3D
In the “Orangerie digital” project, the Institute of Art History at FAU has digitally recorded the Erlangen art gallery (1906-1934) and reconstructed the exhibition in a 360° tour, with the help of students from the Institute. The project gave the students valuable insights into research and their future career. Aert van der Neer’s enigmatic “Moonlit […]
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17NOV 2022
Research
How fine bubbles lead to more efficient catalysts
Catalysts are of utmost relevance for the production of chemicals and energy storage with hydrogen. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now discovered that the formation of bubbles in the pores of a catalyst can be very essential for its activity. Their findings help to […]
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16NOV 2022
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First conference at FAU on diversity and gender in physics
There was significant interest among students and researchers at FAU: The symposium “Diversity in physics for the diversity of physics – Erlangen”, DIPHER 22 for short, took place for the first time from October 25 till October 27, 2022. The organizers had set themselves the goal of showing the professional diversity of physics at FAU […]
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15NOV 2022
Research
Researchers at FAU optimize performance and stability of multi-layer organic solar cells.
Acceptor layers made of oligomers can increase the performance of organic solar cells and ensure a long operating life at the same time. This is the result of a series of complex laboratory experiments conducted by materials scientists at FAU. Organic solar cells are less complex to manufacture than conventional silicon modules and are considerably […]
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15NOV 2022
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FAU celebrates 279th anniversary
Trailblazers, pioneers, and clever thinkers who drive the world forward and shape the future with their ideas and inventions. There is no shortage of such people at FAU, whether students, young researchers, professors or alumni. The celebration for FAU’s 279th anniversary on November 4 was an opportunity to shine a spotlight on people like this […]
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15NOV 2022
Research
FAU biologist discovers evidence for intentional communication in female putty-nosed monkeys
Female putty-nosed monkeys deliberately use alarm calls to recruit males to defend the group. This is the conclusion reached by Claudia Stephan, an evolutionary biologist at FAU, together with colleagues from the Wildlife Conservation Society after conducting observations in the Republic of the Congo. The females kept up their chirping calls until the male took […]
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14NOV 2022
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ECAP Laboratory: A new location for cutting-edge research
Whilst construction works are still underway at other areas in FAU Campus Erlangen (South), the research building for the Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) is now completed, and ECAP members have already moved into their new premises. Bavarian science minister Markus Blume and the Bavarian Minister of the Interior Joachim Hermann visited the new […]
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14NOV 2022
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“The aim is for FAU to become a University of Excellence”
Where is FAU heading in the coming years? Not one, but two Bavarian ministers – science minister Markus Blume, and Minister of the Interior Joachim Hermann – answered questions posed by science and education journalist Jan-Martin Wiarda as well as students and staff in a discussion panel with FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger. “Over […]
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09NOV 2022
Research
When a star bares all
A star in the Columba constellation, approximately 900 light years away, has been hiding a dark past, as has now been revealed by an international team of researchers led by FAU. Astronomer Dr. Andreas Irrgang from the Astronomical Institute at FAU’s Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory in Bamberg belongs to an international team of researchers who […]
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08NOV 2022
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How radiation affects our bodies
An X-ray of our wisdom teeth or a CT scan for a broken ankle joint: When does radiation become dangerous? Guideline values help to assess when radiation is dangerous for humans. However, they are based on a standard reference model. In Germany, the reference model is male, mid-40s, about 1.80 meters, weighing just under 90 […]
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04NOV 2022
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Ideas that move us forward – FAU Innovators in 2022
Starting in 2020, the University has shone a spotlight each year at the Dies academicus on trailblazers and pioneers, people at FAU who drive the world forward and shape the future with their ideas and inventions. The FAU Innovator prize is awarded in three categories – Students, research and alumni. Evaluating images with AI Alexander […]
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