Research

A groundbreaking project titled 'MoveIT' has been launched to analyse the gait and falls of people with Parkinson's. Using telemedicine based on sensors placed in patients' shoes and attached to their upper body, researchers aim to analyse specific characteristics in the patient's gait and when they fall.

For the very first time, scientists from FAU, the University of Leicester and the University of Vigo have proven that the kinetic energy from particles in granular gases such as dust clouds can rise temporarily even though energy is constantly being drawn out of the system. Their research adds further detail to Haff's law (devised 35 years ago), which states that the granular temperature in closed systems continually decreases.

World's largest study defines optimum time frame for administering anticoagulants.

The goal of MIRACUM, a consortium coordinated by the Chair of Medical Informatics at FAU and which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), is to improve the way patient data can be used for research and patient care.

Can neurofeedback therapy offer effective long-term treatment for children with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)? This was the subject of a study carried out by a team of international researchers that included researchers from FAU.

Researchers at FAU have succeeded in deciphering what causes in some instances life-threatening inflammation of the intestines, possibly opening up new approaches for treatment

Biologists discover insects and vertebrates are more similar than presumed by examining genes of the red flour beetle

Bots are usually helpers on the Internet. However, there is a growing suspicion that they are being used to spread political propaganda. Researchers at FAU have investigated the extent to which autonomous programmes such as these were used on the platform Twitter during the general elections in Japan in 2014.

On the one hand, oxygen is an essential element required for cells to survive; on the other hand, it also adds fuel to the fire of inflammation. Researchers at FAU have discovered how the body skilfully uses this process to extinguish inflammation.

Did Luther really look like he does on the pictures? A research project funded with nearly one million euros by the Leibniz Association is to explore these questions over the next three years