Research

This year´s issues deals with all things hidden: things we lost sight of, objects too small for the bare eye to see. It also invites the reader to confront things they usually avoid: taboos. Some mechanisms we are not even aware of: Why do we behave the way we behave? And then there are secrets – everybody has them.

The Highly Cited Researchers List 2019 lists the world’s most influential researchers from 21 scientific disciplines, and this year it includes five FAU researchers.

The Earth is flat and facts have alternatives. Fake news and conspiracy theories are currently having a heyday. It is not only consumers, but also public figures from politics or the media who seem to fall for them, or even invent them themselves. Dr. Katrin Götz-Votteler and Dr. Simone Hespers from FAU have researched the matter.

The periodic table turns 150 this year. We took this as an opportunity to ask our scientists about their favorite element. Today: Dr. Puchta on beryllium.

Prof. Dr. Tentzeri's research interests include RF electronics, batteries and sensors manufactured using 3D printing or ink-jet processes, as well as green and sustainable energy harvesting, wireless energy transmission systems or the Internet of Things. He is the winner of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award and works as a visiting scientist at FAU's Department of Technical Electronics in the development of new RF modules from the 3D printer.

Dr. Kristian Franze will receive funding of five million euros for his research

A new research building for astroparticle physics at FAU

How will the role of doctors and patients change if AI is used in diagnostic procedures? Who is responsible for the consequences of AI-assisted processes in clinical contexts? FAU ethicist Prof. Dr. Peter Dabrock and his team are working on a research project to investigate these questions.

Neuroscientists at FAU and the University of Birmingham have researched how different regions of the brain cooperate to create and retrieve memories. Their results may help improve the treatment of memory disorders in future.

In recognition of her research, FAU computer scientist Elisabeth Hoppe from the Pattern Recognition Lab has been shortlisted for the AI newcomer of the year award by the Gesellschaft für Informatik (German Informatics Society). We met to discuss her research approach and what she finds so fascinating about artificial intelligence.