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18MAY 2022
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FAU student survey 2022 has started
It’s that time of the year again: until June 19, all students at FAU have the opportunity to have their say about their studies in the FAU student survey (FAU-St) 2022. This year, the survey focuses on study conditions in the various degree programs. An extra part also takes a closer look at discrimination at […]
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12MAY 2022
Research
Humboldt professorship awarded to Bréard and Franze
After being canceled for two years in a row due to the pandemic, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has now once more invited guests to attend the awards ceremony for the prestigious Humboldt professorships in Berlin. FAU has two reasons to celebrate: both the medical physicist Prof. Dr. Kristian Franze and mathematics historian and sinologist […]
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12MAY 2022
Research
Light field-fast computing
Simulating complex scientific models on the computer or processing large volumes of data such as editing video material takes considerable computing power and time. Researchers from the Chair of Laser Physics at FAU and a team from the University of Rochester in New York have demonstrated how the speed of fundamental computing operations could be […]
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12MAY 2022
Research
FAU physicist Peter Hommelhoff receives the Leibniz Prize
On Thursday May 12, 2022, the physicist Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff from FAU is to receive the most prestigious research prize in Germany, also known as the German Nobel Prize: the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. The prize is worth 2.5 million euros, significantly more than the Nobel Prize. The funding is available for laser physicist […]
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11MAY 2022
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Explosion on a White Dwarf Observed
When stars like our Sun use up all their fuel, they shrink to form white dwarfs. Sometimes such dead stars flare back to life in a super hot explosion and produce a fireball of X-ray radiation. A research team led by FAU has now been able to observe such an explosion of X-ray light for […]
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10MAY 2022
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Long Night of Sciences 2022: Highlights at FAU
The tenth Long Night of Sciences is being held in spring this year, on Saturday May 21, with several open air events on offer. FAU is set to welcome visitors to its locations in Erlangen, Nuremberg and Fürth. With more than 260 items on the agenda, FAU is showcasing how science is set to shape […]
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10MAY 2022
Research
New research training groups at FAU
Major success for FAU researchers: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved funding for two new research training groups (RTG) in fall 2022 and has extended funding for an existing RTG. This means that the DFG is providing around 15.3 million euros of funding for young researchers at FAU who are completing doctoral degrees in […]
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09MAY 2022
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Lecture series on innovation in mobility
How can we build efficient electric cars? What makes an e-bike company successful? How can we decarbonize mobility? The answers to these questions and many more will be provided during our six-part lecture series called “Innovation in Mobility”. The invited speakers are successful entrepreneurs from the e-mobility sector, such as Eric Bach, CTO of Lucid […]
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06MAY 2022
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FAU one of the first partners to sign up for uRyde
The Erlangen-based start-up and FAU spin-off uRyde is now offering an app aimed at optimizing the volume of traffic on German roads. The system combines navigation and ride-sharing functions in order to display and arrange real-time opportunities for sharing a ride. The difference to similar options already available on the market is that rides in […]
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02MAY 2022
Research
Early detection of arthritis using artificial intelligence
There are many different types of arthritis, and diagnosing the exact type of inflammatory disease that is affecting a patient’s joints is not always easy. In an interdisciplinary research project conducted at FAU and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, computer scientists and physicians have now succeeded in teaching an artificial neural network to differentiate between rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic […]There are many different types of arthritis, and diagnosing the exact type of inflammatory disease that is affecting a patient’s joints is not always easy. In an interdisciplinary research project conducted at FAU and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, computer scientists and physicians have now succeeded in teaching an artificial neural network to differentiate between rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic […]
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02MAY 2022
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FAU professor Sarah Necker is Director of the new ifo Center for Social Market Economy
In addition to being appointed Professor of Economics at FAU, Sarah Necker has also been appointed Director of the new ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics in Fürth. She is due to start working at the beginning of June. The aim of the new ifo Center, which is a branch of the […]
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02MAY 2022
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Lecture series (E)U against CO2: “Let’s Make Europe Better Together!”
Protecting the environment is a goal that can only be reached if everyone pulls together – and this is exactly what our lecture series in summer semester 2022 (E)U against CO2: “Let’s Make Europe Better Together!” hopes to show . Scientists at FAU and the European EELISA partner universities are approaching the topic of protecting […]
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