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In recognition of our outstanding expertise in quantum research: a consortium consisting of eleven researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) will receive roughly three million euros in funding by 2025. The new lighthouse project Quantum Measurement and Control for the ...

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 for Renewable Energy (HI ERN). The Federal ...

Have you ever wondered if the knowledge taught in Squid Game is scientifically correct? We asked our FAU scientists to take a closer look at the facts regarding safety glass and normal glass to find out how to play the glass bridge game in the first season of Squid Game. Glass Bridge Part 2 In our...

Female students and young scientists from the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Sciences can now apply for admission to a new round of the career mentoring programme ARIADNETechNat. The two qualification-specific programme lines will start in parallel in April 2023: • ARIADNETechNat maste...

Fast and green Supercomputers Alex and Fritz at the Erlangen National High-Performance Computing Center (NHR @ FAU) are among the world’s fastest (TOP500) and most energy-efficient systems (Green500) in current rankings. Alex secured 184th place and Fritz achieved 323rd place in the TOP500. The ...

Two new lecture halls for the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Science

Young Scientist 2022 The Werner-von-Siemens-Ring Foundation has selected Prof. Dr. Olga Kasian into its network in recognition of her outstanding scientific contribution to the field of electrocatalysis. Olga Kasian is a W2 Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and heads ...

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 at the center but it gets darker around the perimeter, an effect known as the coffee ring. ...

2022 is the international year of glass. And yet many glass factories are struggling to survive. High energy costs and considerable CO2 emissions mean that glass production faces a challenging future. Researchers at FAU and Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm are currently conducting rese...

The Faculty of Engineering welcomes Prof. Anthony Ephremides as a visiting professor. Anthony Ephremides holds the Cynthia Kim Eminent Professorship Chair of Information Technology at the University of Maryland. He is also co-founder of the NASA Center for Commercial Development of Space on Hybrid a...