Research

The Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) at FAU has recognised Professor Darko Zibar's outstanding work on applications of machine learning in optical communication with its Young Researcher Award.

Human cells show deformation under the influence of external forces. But how do they recover their original shape afterwards? FAU researchers have described this mechanism, which is important in medicine and biology, in the journal Nature Materials.

A new research unit with 3.5 million euros of funding aims to investigate the fundamental mechanisms behind the development of bowel cancer.

In the new laboratory three FAU chairs will move into ultramodern premises with 882 square metres of research space

Food chemists at FAU have found that garlic aroma is evident in the breast milk of women who have consumed garlic.

An FAU project is researching opinions on organ donation. A public panel discussion about the topic will be held on 18 July in Erlangen.

Researchers at FAU are working on a way to develop custom-fit prosthetics, with the help of 3D scanning and printing, which is simple and inexpensive, yet can be done locally using recycled materials.

Viral infections may be involved in the pathogenesis of the lupus autoimmune disease. Researchers have discovered that messenger substances of the immune system trigger the disease when their production is not lowered after recovery from viral infection.

Over the next three years, researchers at FAU will build the PEER Lab technology and transfer centre in which high-performance electronic modules are developed, optimised and tested for their reliability.

FAU researchers clarify mechanism behind spastic paraplegia