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How can you enable people who are no longer able to write themselves to write a personal note or continue to write a diary in their own handwriting? A team of researchers at FAU have now developed a method for imitating handwriting using artificial intelligence (AI). The more legible the writing, th...

Face masks with the FAU logo are now available to buy at the student restaurants at Langemarckplatz, Erlangen Southern Campus and Regensburger Strasse in Nuremberg during opening hours.  They cost 5 euros each. Hygiene guidelines To provide guidance for studying, research and work, the twelve memb...

Model United Nations at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Computer scientists at FAU produce model of the dynamic of the coronavirus pandemic A way out of the coronavirus lockdown is dominating current political and public debate. There is currently much speculation about the effects easing the lockdown will have and reliable prognoses are almost impossib...

FAU scientists develop method for cleaning surfaces at the nanoscale A team of scientists at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has developed a novel mechanical cleaning method for surfaces on the nanoscale. The technique successfully removes even the tiniest contaminants down ...

Helping each other is the order of the day. This not only applies in your neighbourhood, but also at the University. Chairs and institutes at FAU have started collaborating with Neue Materialien Fürth (NMF) GmbH, a research centre of the Bavarian State, to manufacture personal protective equipment t...

Many clinics and medical facilities are facing a shortage of respiratory masks these days – the demand during the current corona pandemic has exploded. Procurement is difficult, and in some cases the supply is completely lacking.  Image: Siegfried Werner, LSP Prof. Dr. Dirk Schubert from t...