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Crystals are not necessarily hard and resistant but also occur in soft matter when weakly bound molecules arrange in a regular order. Such organic crystals are widespread in pharmaceuticals products, but also occur as tiny nanocrystals in the active layer of organic solar cells. Here, the organic na...

There are many different types of arthritis, and diagnosing the exact type of inflammatory disease that is affecting a patient’s joints is not always easy. In an interdisciplinary research project conducted at the Faculty of Engineering and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, computer scientists and phys...

How can we build efficient electric cars? What makes an e-bike company successful? How can we decarbonize mobility? The answers to these questions and many more will be provided during our six-part lecture series called “Innovation in Mobility”. The invited speakers are successful entrepreneurs from...

Faculty of Engineering honours Dr. Dorin Comaniciu As a sign of special recognition of his outstanding research achievements as well as significant state-of-the-art contributions, the Faculty of Engineering has awarded Dr. Dorin Comaniciu of Siemens Healthineers with an honorary doctorate degree. T...

Materials science and engineering among the best in the world

Professor Dr. Arkady Zgonnikov is Assistant Professor at the Department of Cognitive Robotics and Co-director of the HERALD Delft AI Lab, Faculty 3mE, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands). He is currently visiting Prof. Dr. Philipp Beckerle, Chair of Autonomous Systems and Mechatronics (...

Researchers at FAU have developed a method that makes it easier to understand speech at high levels of background noise. Human beings are very skilled at understanding language, even under difficult conditions. However, loud background noises make it difficult for people who are hard of hearing to ...

New research cluster to investigate security in the digital transformation of all aspects of life Do I really need the latest update? How much does my smart home device reveal about me? Are security precautions worthwhile at all? Cybersecurity affects us all, including private households, small and...

FAU group of researchers designs wearable that uses artificial intelligence, and receives 225,000 euros in funding from the Free State of Bavaria. Over the next three years, researchers at FAU hope to design a wearable device for monitoring the breathing of patients with chronic diseases such as as...