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11MAR 2025
Allgemein
Climate change: It is no longer possible to save the glaciers at the size they are today
Dr. Christian Sommer from the Institute of Geography at FAU was involved in the first systematic recording of measurement data tracking the dramatic retreat of glaciers Over the last 25 years approximately 39 percent of glacier ice has disappeared: the results of the Glambie study from the European Space Organization ESA are dramatic. For the […]
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11MAR 2025
Department of Physics
Quantum mechanics: hypercomplex, or “just” complex?
Today, physicists are still asking themselves whether quantum mechanics needs hypercomplex numbers. FAU researchers Ece Ipek Saruhan, Prof. Dr. Joachim von Zanthier and Dr. Marc Oliver Pleinert have been investigating this question in their research. Exactly 100 years ago, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born and Pascual Jordan formulated quantum mechanics and revolutionized our understanding of physics. […]Today, physicists are still asking themselves whether quantum mechanics needs hypercomplex numbers. FAU researchers Ece Ipek Saruhan, Prof. Dr. Joachim von Zanthier and Dr. Marc Oliver Pleinert have been investigating this question in their research. Exactly 100 years ago, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born and Pascual Jordan formulated quantum mechanics and revolutionized our understanding of physics. […]
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13JAN 2025
Department of Physics
Project funding: Quantum computers in pocket size
A quantum computer the size of a smartphone – researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are investigating how this could become reality. Physicist Prof. Dr. Vojislav Krstić and his team of researchers are focusing on developing quantum bits (Qubits) that work on the basis of topological isolators, a class of materials that have increasingly become the […]
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18OCT 2024
Department of Physics
How immune cells really migrate
In order to reach their target, for instance a tumor, immune cells have to leave the bloodstream or lymphatic vessels and migrate through connective tissue. Until now, scientists presumed that immune cells migrated through tissue by constantly changing their shape and therefore squeezing through the smallest pores and openings. Using a new measuring method, researchers […]
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14OCT 2024
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
New catalysts electrify hydrogen storage technology
A team of scientists from the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, in collaboration with colleagues from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, have made a significant advance in understanding future hydrogen storage technology. Their latest research, published in the ACS Energy Letters, reveal the active configuration of catalysts to generate electricity from hydrogen storage systems. […]A team of scientists from the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, in collaboration with colleagues from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, have made a significant advance in understanding future hydrogen storage technology. Their latest research, published in the ACS Energy Letters, reveal the active configuration of catalysts to generate electricity from hydrogen storage systems. […]
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14OCT 2024
Department of Data Science
AI set to improve diagnostics on the basis of measurement data from blood samples
Vast quantities of information can be gained from blood samples today using modern testing methods. The process for evaluating this hoard of data is equally complex as is the ability to draw reliable conclusions from it to diagnose diseases. Collaborative project from FAU and biotech company BioVariance Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and biotech company […]Vast quantities of information can be gained from blood samples today using modern testing methods. The process for evaluating this hoard of data is equally complex as is the ability to draw reliable conclusions from it to diagnose diseases. Collaborative project from FAU and biotech company BioVariance Researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and biotech company […]
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