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She studied physics at FAU, was "Wettkönigin" on the TV show “Wetten,dass…?” and lived in China for a few years: FAU alumna Ines Brunn. In an interview with the FAU Alumni Management, she shows us her television appearance on “Wetten,dass…?”, talks about her time as a student and reveals why she became a real celebrity in China.

The Center for National High-Performance Computing at FAU has ordered the installation of two supercomputers. With the new high tech devices, the NHR location in northern Bavaria is continuing to grow, providing researchers from the whole of Germany with even more performance capacity.

Fatigue, backache or insomnia – during pregnancy almost all women suffer from the strain of symptoms such as these. An interdisciplinary team of researchers from FAU have now investigated when such complaints are particularly common and how they progress.

FAU Alumnus Michael Kobr has been writing the popular detective stories about Inspector Kluftinger with his school friend Peter Klüpfel for 20 years. Already during his studies at FAU, he was praised for his writing talent in term papers and exams. In an interview with the FAU Alumni management, he tells us how he became a crime novel author and a lot more.

The most efficient solar module in the world at the current time has been developed by FAU and HI ERN. This proves that organic photovoltaic technology can rival silicon and the like in the future.

Scientists at FAU are conducting research into multidrug-resistant germs. Their research is to receive a total of nearly one million euros in funding from the Leibniz “Cooperative excellence” program.

Researchers at FAU hope to develop a new procedure aimed at gaining pure hydrogen from biological waste. The BMBF has approved approximately 3.2 million euros in funding for the project.