Research

FAU scores in CHE ranking

FAU has once again performed excellently in the Centre for Higher Education’s (CHE) current university ranking. The subjects biology, chemistry, geography, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, pharmacy, physics, political science, medicine and dentistry were assessed.

Marine animals have been following their preferred climate for millions of years

Current global warming has far-reaching ecological consequences, also for the Earth's oceans. Many marine organisms are reacting by migrating towards the poles. Researchers at Geozentrum Nordbayern at FAU have now discovered that marine animals have been migrating for millions of years when the temperature on Earth increases or decreases.

Chemists at FAU successfully demonstrate imine hydrogenation with inexpensive main group metal

In future, inexpensive and bio-compatible main group metals could replace expensive and toxic transition metals during catalytic processes. Chemists at FAU have now demonstrated that imine hydrogenation is possible using calcium instead of precious metals.

Very first successful attempts at therapy for genetic disorder ectodermal dysplasia

One in 30,000 children suffer from ectodermal dysplasia. Children affected suffer from the potentially life-threatening condition of being unable to produce sweat. A team of doctors from the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen succeeded in correcting the genetic disorder by injecting a protein into the expectant mother's amniotic fluid.

Physicists at FAU generate attosecond electron pulses with laser light

Physicists at FAU have successfully generated controlled electron pulses in the attosecond range. They used optical travelling waves that are formed by laser pulses of varying wavelengths. The movements of electrons in atoms were revealed using attosecond free-electron pulses.

Better equipped in the fight against lung cancer

Lung cancer is the third most common type of cancer in Germany and the disease affects both men and women. However, immunotherapies are successful in only 20 percent of cases. Researchers at FAU have now discovered a special mechanism that regulates tumour growth in lung cancer.

New hope for patients with depression and anxiety

There is a strong link between depression and anxiety disorders and autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), a chronic thyroid disease affecting approximately 10 percent of the population. Special treatment could help a lot of sufferers – especially women.

What financial markets, cancer cells, and global warming have in common

A team of biophysicists from FAU presents a mathematically concise method for comparing different pricing models in their latest publication in Nature Communications. This enables researchers to predict more accurately how parameters such as the volatility of stock prices change over time.

Prof. Ewa Dąbrowska has been awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

The award of 3.5 million euros will allow Dąbrowska to continue her scientific research at FAU

Engineers at FAU develop new scanning method for digital image sensors

Engineers at FAU have developed a method for increasing the resolution of digital cameras by four times without having to use larger and more expensive image sensors. This is achieved by irregularly scanning the pixels and reconstructing the image afterwards. The next step involves developing a prot...