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11APR 2013
Department of Physics
Looking at the explosive past of the stars
Those who enter the archive of the Astronomical Institute of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) can see a little chapter of the history of the universe with their own eyes. At the Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory in Bamberg, 40,000 photographic plates are safely stored in steel cabinets, showing approximately five decades of the history of stars. A […]
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07JAN 2013
Department of Biology
A bug’s life: more than 15,000 species of arthropods on one hectare of rain forest
FAU researchers discover unexpected diversity of arthropod species Approximately 25,000 species of arthropods live on 6000 hectares of rain forest – more than 60 percent of these can actually be found on only one hectare. This is one of the results of the international project ‘Investigating Biodiversity of Soil and Canopy Arthropods – IBISCA’, in […]
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17DEC 2012
Geozentrum Nordbayern
Climate change is destroying corals in equatorial oceans
As it gets warmer, corals move to the north and south of the equator and return in cooler temperatures. Corals retreat from their usual environments to cooler regions when water temperatures rise as a result of global warming. This has an adverse effect on the fish population as well as on coastlines which lose their […]
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11SEP 2012
Institute of Geography
Road to progress in the Alps?
FAU researchers examine spatial development in Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland Will progress come to a region if roads are simply wide enough? Dr. Frieder Voll has studied common political conceptions on accessibility and spatial development in the Alpine region. The researcher from the Institute for Geography of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has now been awarded […]FAU researchers examine spatial development in Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland Will progress come to a region if roads are simply wide enough? Dr. Frieder Voll has studied common political conceptions on accessibility and spatial development in the Alpine region. The researcher from the Institute for Geography of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has now been awarded […]
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06AUG 2012
Department of Physics
Largest Cherenkov telescope ever sees first light
FAU scientists make substantial contribution to installation and data analysis With the H.E.S.S. II telescope in Namibia the largest Cherenkov telescope ever has now started operation. Physicists from the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) and the Physics Institute at FAU were part of the international group of scientists who achieved this breakthrough. The H.E.S.S. […]
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27JUL 2012
Department of Physics
Monolithic transistors
FAU researchers develop graphene silicon carbide transistors for high performance electronics Physicists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed a procedure for manufacturing integrated high-performance circuits from graphene and silicon carbide. The study has been published in the ‘Nature Communications’ journal. Graphene is a one-atom-thick layer of graphite. The material has a several unique properties and […]FAU researchers develop graphene silicon carbide transistors for high performance electronics Physicists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed a procedure for manufacturing integrated high-performance circuits from graphene and silicon carbide. The study has been published in the ‘Nature Communications’ journal. Graphene is a one-atom-thick layer of graphite. The material has a several unique properties and […]
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