Research

Heated arguments and disputes - psychologists at FAU have demonstrated scientifically that men react differently to women and people in groups differently to individuals in competitive situations.

To differentiate friend from foe and to combat attacks by pathogens the immune system needs numerous messenger substances. An international research association is currently investigating these messenger substances and the interactions between them at a molecular level.

In the middle of the large Chilean Atacama desert, a team of Polish astronomers are patiently monitoring millions of celestial bodies night after night with the help of a modern robotic telescope.

Muchao Qu is pursuing his PhD at FAU´s Institute of Polymer Materials (LSP) where he carries out research on Conductive Polymer Composites (CPC). In this interview he gives a very personal insight into his stay in Germany and at FAU.

Researchers from FAU, together with colleagues from other universities and partners in industry, have discovered how the sugar gets into the phloem of sugar beet.

It has been determined by a team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Ana‐Sunčana Smith working in collaboration with German and French colleagues that physical effects play an important role in cell-cell adhesion and its maintenance.

The aim of chemotherapy is the selective destruction of cancer cells in the body of the patient. Researchers at FAU have now managed to gain more detailed insights into the effects of chemotherapeutic agents on healthy neurons.