Research

The Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) presented the eighth SAOT Young Researcher Award in Optical Technologies (YRA). The winner was Dr. Alexander Jesacher from the Division of Biomedical Physics at the Medical University of Innsbruck.

If the hearts of zebrafish or amphibians become damaged and cardiac muscle cells die, their remaining cardiac muscle cells can reproduce, allowing the heart to regenerate. Researchers at FAU have now found a possible explanation as to why this does not happen in humans.

The protein collagen is the main component of human skin. FAU researchers have established which mechanisms are responsible for collagen's mechanical stiffness adapting automatically to external stress.

FAU biologists' analysis of 5300 beetle genes leads to surprising findings.

In the journal 'Nature', researchers from FAU and the University of Bayreuth report on nanofibres which make energy transfer over several micrometres possible at room temperature for the first time.

Did dinosaurs suffer from worms? An international team led by researchers at FAU has recently examined the relationship between fossilised flatworms and the evolution of their hosts.

The aim of T cell transfer is to protect patients effectively against the deadly risk of certain herpes viruses after a stem cell transplant.

Childcare and healthcare are more important than culture and leisure: students of the Social Economics Master's degree programme have carried out a survey of municipalities in Middle Franconia to find out the most important factors for good quality of life.

An international team of researchers from FAU, the University of Greifswald, and Universiti Brunei Drussalam has discovered that Nepenthes hemsleyana – a pitcher plant found in Borneo – uses an echo reflector to attract bats.

Is it possible to protect oneself against browser fingerprinting? Tim Grocki, a student of computer science, investigated several ways of protecting oneself against such online espionage in his Master’s thesis.