Research

Malaria is one of the most widespread and deadly infectious diseases worldwide. New compounds are continuously required due to the risk of malaria parasites becoming resistant to the medicines currently used. A team of researchers at FAU led by Prof. Dr. Svetlana B. Tsogoeva has now combined the anti-malaria drug artemisinin with coumarin, which, like artemisinin, is also found in plants, and developed an auto-fluorescent compound from both bioactive substances.

Optical cavities allow the properties of quantum materials such as their electrical conductivity to be manipulated in a targeted manner. Physicists at FAU are investigating this enormous potential for electronics, energy storage and quantum computing. Their work has now received just under two million euros in funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for the coming four years.

In the rare disease erythromelalgia, disorders in the smallest nerves and vessels in the skin lead to a painful, burning sensation. The temperature of the skin is increased and those affected by the disease suffer from swelling and redness in their feet, and more rarely also in their hands, arms, legs, ears and face. Until now there has been no effective treatment. The EASE study hopes to change that.

The scientist, researcher and entrepreneur from Erlangen Karlheinz Brandenburg has received an award from the prestigious Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). The awards gala was held on October 19, 2023 in Hollywood.

According to the Shanghai subject ranking 2023, FAU is among the top 100 universities in the world in five subjects. In Germany, FAU even managed to jump into the top 10 in twelve subjects. A total of more than 1900 universities from 104 countries were evaluated.

Not one, but two researchers at FAU have been awarded a Synergy Grant, one of the most prestigious grants awarded by the European Research Council.

A team of laser physicists at FAU has now succeeded in demonstrating the first nanophotonic electron accelerator – at the same time as colleagues from Stanford University. The researchers from FAU have now published their findings in the journal “Nature”.

How do antibodies prevent an infection with HIV? A team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Klaus Überla can now answer this question.

Does playing in dirt really make children healthier and protect against allergies? The new study conducted by a team of researchers at FAU and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm has now raised doubts about this assumption.

FAU scientists are carrying out research into 3D printing methods for manufacturing personalized medication.