Research

Digitalisation makes it possible for us to complete more work in the same amount of time. However, the increasing speed at which we receive information and tasks can also have a negative impact on the workforce. Researchers at FAU are investigating the requirements of today’s workplace in a research project.

The German Research Foundation is providing funding worth a total of 28 million euros for three research projects at FAU. In a new collaborative research centre and two CRC that have received extended funding, researchers are investigating mechanical joining, additive manufacturing, and the resolution of inflammation.

In contrast to what was previously suspected, our bones have a network of thousands of veins and blood vessels. This discovery was made by biologists and medical researchers at FAU and Duisburg-Essen University.

ATHENA, a space observatory being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) should make it possible to gain important information about how large structures of matter observed in the universe were formed and have evolved over time. FAU is supporting the project with special software for mathematical models.

A great success for FAU: the German Research Foundation has approved three new research training groups at the University.

The mathematician and FAU representative Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Enrique Zuazua has been awarded a Humboldt professorship. The President of the Humboldt Foundation (AvH), Hans Christian Pape, awarded the prize during a ceremony on 9 May in Berlin. Zuazua is the fifth Humboldt professor at FAU. The award is Germany's most prestigious prize for international researchers.

Infected tissue has a low concentration of oxygen. The body’s standard immune mechanisms, which rely on oxygen, can then only function to a limited extent. How does the immune system nevertheless manage to control bacteria under such conditions?

How can employees’ working time be organised so as to enable them to perform in the best possible way when completing both creative and routine tasks? Two economists at FAU investigated this question and made a surprising discovery. Which working model works best depends on employees’ impulsiveness.

If there’s one thing potato plants don’t like, it’s heat. If the temperature is too high, potato plants form lower numbers of tubers or none at all. Biochemists at FAU have now discovered the reason why. If the temperature rises, a so-called small RNA blocks the formation of tubers. The researchers have successfully deactivated this RNA to create potato plants that are resistant to high temperatures.

The research project DemWG is aimed at providing comprehensive care for people with dementia and cognitive impairment in alternative residential models.