Research

Muhammad Ali was born in Indonesia. From 2014 until 217, Muhammad Ali was a student of the Master of Science in Chemistry at FAU. Since June 2017 he is working on his PhD on constructing nanoparticle networks by using supramolecular interactions at the Chair for Organic Chemistry II at FAU. Besides his love for chemistry, he also enjoys singing, cooking and travelling.

Everyone knows what happens if you drop a coffee cup – it usually shatters into several pieces. Ideally, we just smile and say 'break a thing, mend your luck'. However, the consequences of material fracture if it occurs in aeroplanes, ships or trains are far more serious and can cost lives, such as ...

Plasticity at the fingertips: Scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg (FAU) directly control dislocations.

FAU researchers develop procedure for touch-free monitoring of heart sounds.

Prof. Dr. Dirk Guldi from FAU and scientists from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU) have presented a new chemical reaction with promising applications in investigating and manufacturing active substances.

Nationwide priority programme researches development of bone metastases

Is there anything new we can learn about steel? Peter Felfer, junior professor at the Chair of General Materials Science is often asked this question whenever he talks about steel, an area of research which he is particularly enthusiastic about. ‘Steel is of such importance that every development of this material has an enormous impact on how sustainable our society can be,’ explains Felfer.

Immunologists at FAU have demonstrated that ILC2, a group of rare lymphoid cells, play a key role in the development of inflammatory arthritis. The findings could form the basis for new methods of treating rheumatoid arthritis.

The 8th International Summer School for Neuropathology and Epilepsy Surgery is a standard fixture in the training offered by the International League against Epilepsy and has been organised several times by the Institute of Neuropathology in Erlangen.

The extinction of the dinosaurs was not the first clear indication that changes in the environment and the climate have considerable effects on the biosphere. Smaller organisms, for example belemnites, similar to the squid of today, reacted to climate change in a somewhat less spectacular manner – namely by decreasing in size.