Research

FAU astrophysicist Dr. Jonas Glombitza uses AI as an analysis catalyst for data from the Pierre Auger Observatory. His analysis is only the second in astroparticle physics in which machine learning has been used.

Increasing influence of anti-pluralist parties is often associated with lower academic freedom in the respective country. This is one of the findings of the latest Academic Freedom Index (AFI) which is being released March 13, 2025.

Quantum theory and the theory of relativity do not go together. The DFG is therefore funding physicist Dr. Wolfgang Wieland as part of the Heisenberg program to develop an approach that reconciles the two theories in a specific problem area.

Physicists are still asking themselves today: does quantum mechanics need hypercomplex numbers? FAU researchers Ece Ipek Saruhan, Prof. Dr. Joachim von Zanthier and Dr. Marc Oliver Pleinert have investigated the question.

FAU astronomer Prof. Dr. Manami Sasaki and her doctoral student Federico Zangrandi have discovered two new supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Supernovae play an important role in the formation of new stars. What does this role look like?

Researchers at FAU have investigated the dynamics of extracellular vesicles in order to decipher their significance for cell differentiation and organ formation. The results hold potential for human medicine, as extracellular vesicles could be used for targeted drug delivery.

Dramatic: in the last 25 years, around 39 percent of the glacier ice in Central Europe has disappeared. FAU researchers have collected satellite data from glaciers in the Alps, the South American Andes and the Arctic for a study.

A research team led by FAU Professor Andreas Ramming has developed a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases. The team has now been awarded a "Proof of Concept" grant from the European Research Council to conduct an initial study.

The KM3NeT neutrino telescope off the coast of Sicily recently registered a neutrino with an estimated energy of around 220 million billion electron volts - a value that has not yet been recorded for neutrinos.

Hops are not only an essential raw material for brewing beer, but have also been valued as a medicinal plant since ancient times. This is the starting point for FAU researchers Luisa Kober and Marco Dürsch, who are investigating the positive effects of hops.