A combination of experiments and theory has enabled physicists to understand the diffusion of individual atoms in periodic systems for the first time. The interactions of individual atoms with light at ultralow temperatures close to absolute zero provide new insight into ergodicity, the fundamental ...
Physicists at FAU and the Vienna University of Technology have successfully created one-dimensional magnetic atom chains for the first time. Their break-through provides a model system for basic research in areas such as magnetic data storage, as well as in chemistry. Their results were recently pub...
FAU researchers discover rules for how human cells return to their original shape after mechanical loading.
Human cells show deformation under the influence of external forces. But how do they recover their original shape afterwards? This mechanism, which is important in medicine and biology, has b...
An engine made of a single atom
Researchers at FAU, in collaboration with colleagues at the universities of Mainz and Kassel, have constructed the world’s smallest engine. The tiny machine consists of just a single atom and is able to convert heat into kinetic energy effectively. The results of the...
FAU researchers develop method of measuring forces of tumour cells as they migrate through connective tissue
Metastases occur when tumour cells detach from the primary tumour and migrate to distant sites through the connective tissue of organs. During this migration process, the tumour cells genera...
