Research

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.

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.

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.

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...

Around 700,000 people die every year as a result of antibiotic resistance. In Germany, around 6,000 people die every year because treatment with antibiotics is not effective. Scientists have now discovered that there is a point in the production process of the proteins at which it can be regulated by bacteria. This could be used as a starting point for the development of new antibiotics and help overcome resistance to antibiotics.

Around 200,000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis. The causes are far from being fully understood. What is known is that the immune system erroneously attacks the protective sheaths around nerve fibres. Scientists have now discovered how the formation of these protective sheaths is regulated by protein molecules.

Packing particles as densely as possible is the key to several practical applications, such as in additive manufacturing. New findings by FAU physicists could now help to increase the understanding of packing properties of microparticles.