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Electric roads charge electric cars as they drive. Car drivers will be able to experience the technology for themselves from 2025 on a test route in Northern Bavaria. The stretch of road is part of the E|MPOWER project at FAU.

The Digital Tech Academy is FAU’s excellence program open to outstanding digital and innovative talents from all FAU degree programs and faculties. We impart all you need to follow your heart and passion for digitization, entrepreneurship and innovation. Work in interdisciplinary teams, get in touch with expert coaches and mentors, develop your own pristine and validated business model for your start-up and get integrated in our Digital Tech Fellows and start-up network and community.

A team of researchers has gained new insights into the maturation of SARS-CoV-specific antibodies after multiple vaccinations with the mRNA vaccine Comirnaty.

Researchers from Erlangen and Würzburg develop reliable rapid test on the basis of magnetic nanoparticles.

The numbers are alarming. Children and young people are not getting nearly enough exercise. Sport scientists at the WHO Collaborating Center for Physical Activity and Public Health at FAU have now taken stock of the situation and drafted a document on “Promoting physical activity in children and adolescents in Germany” on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health .

A team at FAU is investigating how intelligent prostheses can be improved and made more reliable. The idea is that interactive artificial intelligence will help the prostheses to recognize human intent better, to register their surroundings and to continue to develop and improve over time.

The German electricity grid is considered very stable. Experts believe that a blackout is fairly unlikely, even this winter. As a rule, any power outages are repaired within a matter of hours. In an emergency, however, it can take days until power is restored. It is for times like this that it is important that you take some precautions.

Prof. Dr. Kathrin Castiglione, Chair of Bioprocess Engineering and PD Dr. Philipp Spitzer from the Chair of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy have received the Prize for Excellence in Teaching from the Bavarian Ministry of Science in recognition of their outstanding teaching.

The University will be closed from 24 December until 1 January. The Student Advice and Career Service (IBZ) and the Examinations Office will be closed during this period, the University Library will have reduced opening hours.

FAU Innovator 2022: Maike Kauffmann is an active member of the "Stiftung Verantwortungseigentum" and supports companies that want to promote ecologically and socially sustainable change in the economy and society. In an interview with the FAU Alumni Management, Maike Kauffmann explains what is special about her work, what drives her and how her time as a student at FAU has shaped her.