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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) regularly awards one of the most prestigious German awards in the field of mathematics: The Karl Georg Christian von Staudt Prize. This year, it is being awarded to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lück, a mathematician at the University of Bonn, in recogni...

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 Europ...

Erstsemesterbegrüßungen und Orientierungswochen im Wintersemester 2023/24

Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations (Gates Ag One) is providing approximately 25.8 million euros (28 million US dollars) in funding for an international research project led by FAU: The non-profit organization will support the cassava source-sink (CASS) project in the next five years t...

Artificial intelligence is expected to accelerate the search for the perfect material for solar panels by a factor of ten. An interdisciplinary team from FAU is working on this. Researchers from materials science, engineering, chemistry, and computer science aim to implement a digital twin that bett...

FAU researchers use optical cavities in order to control the electrical conductivity of materials

Two ERC Starting Grants for Prof. Dr. Danijela Gregurec and Prof. Dr. Anna Nelles

More than two million euros in funding for Humboldt Professor Enrique Zuazua

Consortium receives roughly 3 million euros from the Free State of Bavaria

Historical photos of the night sky online