The climate phenomenon known as El Niño is feared across the world as it can cause extreme conditions such as droughts, storms, flooding or heatwaves. But how does it affect mountainous regions? An international team of researchers led by FAU is now investigating this question.
Turbulence does not just influence our comfort on flights, it also plays a key role in nature and in technology. An international research group involving researchers from FAU has now made a significant step towards understanding the phenomenon.
FAU is committed to ensuring that young researchers get the best possible start to their academic careers. A recent alumni conference at the University's Chair of Chinese Studies provides an excellent example of how this goal is being put into practice.
FAU researchers have succeeded in identifying microscopic crystals in butterfly wings. These results could be used in future in the design of new optical materials.
Dietary fatty acids affect the development and progression of autoimmune chronic-inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Researchers now found that long-chain fatty acids promote the development and propagation of CNS reactive immune cells in the intestinal wall.
Around 300,000 people in Germany suffer from Crohn's disease. FAU researchers have now demonstrated for the first time that antibodies used to treat the disease not only alleviate inflammation but also affect how pain is perceived in the brain.
Obesity, a widespread disease, affects the body in various different ways. Researchers at the new Collaborative Research Centre 1181 at FAU have now discovered that obesity severely impairs blood formation and weakens the immune system.
Components that store information magnetically rather than electronically could revolutionise computer technology and meet the demand for higher and higher storage capacities. FAU researchers have developed an innovative new material that could be used in such components.
We will see an expansion of marine biodiversity – but only in some regions. Some ecosystems will lose their biodiversity. Due to rising sea temperatures, some species will spread to other regions and unique ecosystems will become less diverse.
New, comprehensive theoretical model considers the relationship between pressures, demands and resources in the teaching profession.
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