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Researchers from all disciplines rely on their work being evaluated fairly and correctly, as this determines not only their reputation in research but also significant amounts of their funding. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has published a package of measures to assess research more fairly. But will this really lead to change? We asked researchers at FAU what they think.

Prestigious guests including the member of the German Council of Economic Experts and FAU professor Dr. Veronika Grimm, the CEO of the BMW Group Oliver Zipse or Sabina Jeschke, the former member of the board of Deutsche Bahn and CEO of KI Park e.v., met on September 13 in the Heinrich Lades Halle in Erlangen to discuss sustainable mobility.

The fifth generation of mobile communications 5G was only introduced in 2020, and now the German government is already providing funding for research into its successor. The industrial package 6G-ANNA, in which FAU is involved, is aimed at spurring the development of 6G from Germany and Europe.

Cereal, milk and meat were the staple diet of people in Britain as long as 5500 years ago. By carrying out a chemical analysis of lipid residues in well-preserved ceramics, a research team led by the University of Bristol and including researchers from FAU have proven for the first time that people in stone age Britain not only consumed barley, but also wheat.

Approximately 250 million years ago, more than 80 percent of all maritime species became extinct after volcanic eruptions in Siberia released huge quantities of greenhouse gases and caused the atmosphere to heat up. A team of researchers were able to calculate that temperatures rose by approximately 10 degrees Celsius, beginning in a period long before the peak of the mass extinction.

From cloudy glasses to deposits in dishwashers – limescale is a ubiquitous problem. An international research collaboration led by two researchers at FAU has now investigated which substances could be added to washing up liquid to prevent the build-up of limescale. Knowledge about the mechanisms involved can be used to develop more sustainable ingredients.

FAU researchers use digital technology to investigate traces left by tools on 2400 year old statues: Glauberg prince and fragments of two other statues.

In einer kürzlich in der Fachzeitschrift Science veröffentlichten Arbeit haben Chekhova und ihre Kolleg*innen zum ersten Mal gezeigt, wie Metasurfaces Paare von Photonen zweier unterschiedlicher Wellenlängen erzeugen.

Researchers from Erlangen prove that booster vaccination is effective for people with rheumatism, as well as inflammatory bowel and skin diseases.

The Shanghai Ranking 2022 has been published. In the national ranking, FAU remains among the top 20 universities at the 17th place. Internationally, FAU ranks among the best 300 universities worldwide.