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Disorganization solves problems with limescale From cloudy glasses to deposits in dishwashers – limescale is a ubiquitous problem. An international research collaboration led by two researchers at FAU has now investigated which substances could be added to dishwasher detergent to prevent the build-...

Wir stellen Ihnen neue Professorinnen und Professoren unserer Fakultät vor. Diesmal: Prof. Dr. Philipp Pelz, seit 01.08.2022 W2-Professor für Computational Materials Microscopy. Was war Ihre letzte Station vor der FAU? Ich war 3 Jahre Postdoktorand an der University of California und am Nation...

Informative tour with the diplomatic corps A sustainable energy supply for the future: Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was given an overview of the varied and ambitious research being carried out on this central task for society during a visit to the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg...

First cleaning prototype for electrochemical water purification in use in the Upper Palatinate region of Germany Clean water using electricity instead of chlorine: In the future, water systems such as fountains and cisterns, but also sewage treatment plants could be cleaned without using chemical s...

FAU-Forschende nutzen erstmals ganzes Lichtspektrum für gezielte Reaktionen Chemische Reaktionen ganz präzise steuern und zwar mit farbigem Licht: Das funktioniert mit einem intelligenten Photokatalysator, der von Forschenden der Universität Gent und des Max-Planck-Instituts für Kolloid- und Grenzf...

Forschungsteam untersucht Gleichrichtung in Schottky-Dioden im Infrarotbereich Wie schnell funktioniert eigentlich eine Diode? Wird sie unter idealen Bedingungen betrieben, kann sie bis zu 2 Billionen Mal pro Sekunde umgeladen werden – schneller ist es bislang in konventionellen Hochfrequenz-Schalt...

DFG fördert Materialwissenschaftler Dr. Stephan E. Wolf, Privatdozent am Lehrstuhl für Glas und Keramik des Departments Werkstoffwissenschaften, ist in das prestigeträchtige Heisenberg-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) aufgenommen worden. In seinem Heisenberg-Projekt widmet sic...

FAU researchers develop method that promotes uniform drying of particle-containing liquids What do coffee, red wine and ink have in common? The stubborn stains they leave behind. Anyone who has ever knocked over a cup of coffee will know that coffee dries in an unusual pattern, the stain is lighter...

‘German Nobel Prize’ to be awarded in Bonn on May 12 On Thursday May 12, 2022, the physicist Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff from FAU is to receive the most prestigious research prize in Germany, also known as the German Nobel Prize: the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. The prize is worth 2.5 million eu...

2.5 million euros of funding for five years The Faculty of Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has once again been recognized for outstanding achievements: Prof. Dr. Paul Steinmann, Chair of Applied Mechanics, has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European R...