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18FEB 2022
FAU news
Assessing research performance fairly
Which criteria can be used to evaluate and assess how successful a research achievement is? Until now, funding organisations, academic institutions and other decision-making bodies have often relied upon the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of the journal where the research was published. Considering that outcomes of research performance assessments can influence funding decisions and academic […]
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16FEB 2022
Research
New medical advances thanks to digital twins
The idea of treating certain conditions with electrical currents is not new. However, the results that can be achieved by combining physical and medical expertise with modern medical engineering are impressive. You only have to look at the research carried out by Dr. Andreas Rowald and his team at the Chair of Digital Health at […]
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15FEB 2022
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Manufacturing solar cells using ultra-high resolution printing
Manufacturing extremely thin solar cells using sustainable materials and a 3D printer accurate down to the nanometre: that is the focus of research currently being carried out by Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann, Chair ‘Chemistry of Thin Film Materials’ at FAU. He has now received an ERC Proof of Concept grant for his project. ERC Proof […]
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09FEB 2022
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Iris implants made of smart materials
For your eyes only Robot arms that follow human movement patterns, artificial skin or movable iris implants: dielectric elastomers are bringing things which were previously strictly confined to the realms of science fiction to within our reach. Dielectric elastomers are smart materials structured in alternating layers. A layer of silicone elastomer is followed by a […]
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09FEB 2022
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Gaining a deeper understanding of glaciers
Glaciers are often an accurate indicator for climate change. Whilst it is comparatively easy to measure and quantify changes in regions such as the Alps, there is often only very little information available for the majority of the 215,000 glaciers worldwide. The new international doctorate programme in Measuring and Modelling Mountain glaciers and ice caps […]
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03FEB 2022
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Interview: Preventing and treating obesity using cold sensation
Nutritional insecurity is the biggest concern worldwide. It has two extremes, one is malnutrition/undernutrition and other is overnutrition/obesity. According to WHO’s The World Health Statistics, non- communicable diseases (obesity, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, cancer etc) are the prime cause of huge manual and economic losses. Obesity is invariably associated with other metabolic complications like type 2 […]Nutritional insecurity is the biggest concern worldwide. It has two extremes, one is malnutrition/undernutrition and other is overnutrition/obesity. According to WHO’s The World Health Statistics, non- communicable diseases (obesity, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, cancer etc) are the prime cause of huge manual and economic losses. Obesity is invariably associated with other metabolic complications like type 2 […]
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31JAN 2022
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On the way towards the first Bavarian quantum computer
Just one year after the Bavarian state government issued its declaration of intent, the founding document was signed ceremonially at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities to mark the formal establishment of the Munich Quantum Valley as a registered association. Supplementing the funding of 300 million euros from Bavaria’s Hightech Agenda, the initiative’s members […]
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27JAN 2022
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Andreas Hirsch newly appointed to the Executive Board
From 1 February, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch will become the new Vice President People at FAU. A vast majority of the University Council at FAU voted for the 61 year old chemist in a postal ballot. Hirsch will take over from the medical expert Prof. Dr. Friedrich Pausen, who did not stand for another term […]
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24JAN 2022
Research
FAU research team develops design for ultra long-life perovskite solar cells
A research group at FAU and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) have come up with a design aimed at significantly increasing the operational stability and life span of perovskite solar cells. Their design centres around a bilayer of polymers that protects the perovskites from corrosion at the same time as allowing […]
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24JAN 2022
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Deciphering the Internet of tissue: European Research Council recognises FAU researcher
After going through a highly competitive selection process, researcher Prof. Dr. Stefan Uderhardt has been successful in his bid for project funding from the European Research Council (ERC). Uderhardt, who works at Department of Medicine 3 at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, has been awarded a total of approximately 1.5 million euros for his project over the next […]
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19JAN 2022
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FAU researchers criticise ‘scientific colonialism’ in palaeontology
Many of the fossils found worldwide are in the possession of natural history museums in the West or kept in private collections. The data collected about fossil finds and excavations are also predominantly located in richer countries. This is the subject of criticism from a research team led by doctoral candidate Nussaibah Raja-Schoob from the […]
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17JAN 2022
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Corona vaccination without an injection
Strengthening the immune response at the location where the virus enters the body: A team led by Prof. Dr. Klaus Überla and Prof. Dr. Matthias Tenbusch at the Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology at FAU is currently conducting research into a vaccine that is administered as a nose or mouth spray and forms local […]
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