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FAU and the ZOLLHOF - Tech Incubator are entering into a forward-looking innovation partnership with the Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Erlangen Höchstadt Herzogenaurach. The savings bank is supporting the ZOHO Factory Erlangen with a total of 2.4 million euros.
A quantum computer just the size of a smartphone - physicist Prof. Dr. Vojislav Krstić at FAU is researching how this could become a reality. The project is being funded with 900,000 euros.
At first glance, the "Dehn Collection", which is housed in the FAU's Collection of Classical Antiquities, tells stories from antiquity - of everyday life, values, rituals and art. But a closer look reveals a second, darker story.
Every semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors who are new to FAU. In Episode 19, he visits Prof. Dr. Christopher Eichler. He holds the Chair of Experimental Physics at FAU.
Soft materials such as rubber or silicone can easily tear under tensile load. In a project funded by the European Research Council (ERC), researchers at FAU are looking for ways to make them more stable.
