Research

When migrants or refugees are the topic of political discussion or news articles, the words ‘Islam’ and ‘Muslims’ usually appear too – migrants from certain parts of the world are often perceived on the basis of religion. Prof. Dr. Georg Glasze from FAU believes that this is a problem, because it me...

FAU chemists are developing an artificial intelligence application which can predict which molecule structures will produce or suppress specific odours. The Volkswagen Foundation has granted the project 96,100 euros of funding for the next 18 months as part of its ‘Experiment!’ programme. It’s so...

A researcher in Germany is studying why fish sometimes smells ‘fishy’ and why customers often smell other aromas when they buy fish. Mohamed Mahmoud, doctoral candidate at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at FAU, identified various off-flavours of fish raised in aquaculture as part of his do...

Nanotechnology is a 21st century technology. It allows products of just a few nanometres in size to be produced in any shape desired: for microprocessors, for electronic circuits in computers and in telecommunications, and for applications in medicine and biotechnology, to name just a few of the are...

FAU scientists aim two-coloured laser beams at tungsten tips

Simulations reveal new insights into the function of a protein involved in cancer metastasis and AIDS. Cholesterol may act as a selective glue that binds proteins into paired structures that enable human cells to respond to outside signals, according to a new study in PLOS Computational Biology. ...

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 ...

Researchers at FAU working together with colleagues from Freie Universität Berlin have discovered a new molecule: the iron compound in the rare oxidation state +4 belongs to the ferrocenes and is exceptionally difficult to synthesise. Metallocenes are also known as sandwich compounds. They consis...

An international team of researchers including involvement from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg has developed a new opioid pain reliever with a characteristic of special significance: the new analgesic appears to have virtually no serious side effects. The active ingredient has bee...

FAU researchers make key break-through. Graphene is one of the most promising new materials. However, researchers across the globe are still looking for a way to produce defect-free graphene at low costs. Chemists at FAU have now succeeded in producing defect-free graphene directly from graphite fo...