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28NOV 2025
Research
Digital tools to encourage greater independence for the visually impaired
Hakan Calim has an ambitious goal. He aims to digitalize the physical tactile paving found in train stations or public areas to help guide people with visual impairments.
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27NOV 2025
FAU news
Digital sovereignty – new empires, big tech and geopolitics
An interview with FAU cultural geographer Prof. Dr. Georg Glasze The term “digital sovereignty” emerged in the mid 2010’s to signify a move away from the boundless digital utopia of the 80’s and 90’s and has influenced political debates ever since. But what does digital sovereignty mean and why is it increasingly playing a geopolitical […]
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24NOV 2025
FAU news
FAU achieves success with three Collaborative Research Centers
DFG funding for research into stem cell transplants and tissue from a 3D printer Major success for FAU: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded funding for a new Collaborative Research Center at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg for autoimmune diseases. The DFG is also providing a further funding period for two Transregio projects involving FAU. New treatment […]
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17NOV 2025
FAU news
FAU Ambassador: Strengthening ties between Erlangen and Cambridge
An interview with FAU Ambassador and Van Eck Professor Harald Haas The University nominated Prof. Harald Haas as an FAU Ambassador during this year’s FAU Awards ceremony. Originally from Franconia, he now holds the position of Van Eck Professor of Engineering at Cambridge University. In our interview, he talks about his connections to the region, […]
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12NOV 2025
FAU news
Researchers discover ultrafast light-driven electron slide effect
Researchers demonstrate a previously unknown effect of electron acceleration with ultrashort laser pulses. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the University of Rostock have discovered a groundbreaking effect in which electrons are strongly accelerated by just a single oscillation of a laser pulse. Previously, this effect was only visible with long laser pulses. Researchers have […]Researchers demonstrate a previously unknown effect of electron acceleration with ultrashort laser pulses. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the University of Rostock have discovered a groundbreaking effect in which electrons are strongly accelerated by just a single oscillation of a laser pulse. Previously, this effect was only visible with long laser pulses. Researchers have […]
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11NOV 2025
FAU news
Study: AI learns grammar rules through reading
FAU researchers corroborate the theory of cognitive linguistics AI models are able to derive the rules of human language without being provided with explicit information about grammar and word classes. This is the conclusion reached by researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Their experiment corroborates the theory of cognitive linguistics that states, in contrast to the […]FAU researchers corroborate the theory of cognitive linguistics AI models are able to derive the rules of human language without being provided with explicit information about grammar and word classes. This is the conclusion reached by researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Their experiment corroborates the theory of cognitive linguistics that states, in contrast to the […]
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31OCT 2025
FAU news
Neonatology: Intelligent suctioning system protects newborns
FAU researchers are developing a new suctioning technique for ventilation in new born babies, “SMART-NEO” When babies are born weeks or even months too early, they often cannot breathe unassisted. To keep their lungs clear, mucous has to be cleared several times a day through the ventilation tube – a necessary but risky procedure. Researchers […]
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30OCT 2025
FAU news
Artificial intelligence: Pioneers of the boom in AI
50 years of the Pattern Recognition Lab Exactly 50 years ago, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) took a step that it still benefits from today. It was the first university in Germany to set up a chair specifically dedicated to pattern recognition. That makes it one of the pioneers in Germany of a discipline that can be considered […]
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27OCT 2025
FAU news
Energy supply: Europe Chooses Solar Power and Import Independence
Study examines how the wishes of the population can be incorporated into the planning of energy systems Renewable energy is today the cheapest source of electricity available. In order to meet the goals agreed under the Paris Agreement, the share of renewables must be expanded to 100 per cent by the 2030s. However, this expansion […]
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24OCT 2025
FAU news
New research project: How bacteria stick together
FAU starts new international research project Bacteria use surfaces to join together into complex heterogeneous communities known as biofilms. Within a group, bacteria in a biofilm are extremely resistant to various environmental influences. How these biofilms form is the subject of a new international research project at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). The German Research Foundation (DFG) […]FAU starts new international research project Bacteria use surfaces to join together into complex heterogeneous communities known as biofilms. Within a group, bacteria in a biofilm are extremely resistant to various environmental influences. How these biofilms form is the subject of a new international research project at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). The German Research Foundation (DFG) […]
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21OCT 2025
FAU news
Glacier research: Artificial intelligence allows researchers to calculate snow drifts
FAU doctoral candidate develops an AI model that allows more accurate predictions of glacial melt How does wind affect the distribution of snow on glaciers and what impact does this have on glacial melt? Manuel Saigger from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is investigating these questions with an AI model. At the Institute of Geography, he is […]
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20OCT 2025
FAU news
Study provides hope for new therapies for pulmonary fibrosis and cancer
In collaboration with researchers from FAU, a team of US scientists has identified a mechanism that seems to play a significant role in both diseases A current study could lead to completely new approaches to treatment for diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis and cancer in the medium term. Its results show that a mechanism called […]
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