Research

FAU researchers make antibodies more effective Together with research groups from Sweden and Croatia, a team of researchers at FAU led by biologist Prof. Dr. Falk Nimmerjahn has discovered how to create particularly effective antibodies using sugar. Their findings have been published in the journal...

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...

Whether it is in catalytic processes in the chemical industry, environmental catalysis, new types of solar cells or new electronic components, nanoparticles are everywhere in modern production and environmental technologies, where their unique properties ensure efficiency and save resources. The spe...

Researchers celebrate inauguration of prototype telescope for world's largest gamma-ray telescope array At the beginning of December, an international team of researchers, including members from FAU, celebrated the inauguration of the prototype Gamma-ray Cherenkov Telescope (GCT), which was develop...

FAU researchers investigate how light behaves in curved space To investigate the influence of gravity on the propagation of light, researchers usually have to examine astronomical length scales and huge masses. However, physicists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Fried...

At the end of the Cretaceous, 66 million years ago, a large meteorite impact event caused the most recent of five major mass extinction events in the Earth’s history. The dinosaurs, marine species and whole groups of ammonites were wiped out. Although the ecosystems recovered fairly quickly, their a...

For many of us, once we open a packet of crisps there is no stopping us – we keep eating until it is empty. Food chemists at FAU have now discovered a possible explanation for why some types of food are more tempting than others. Contrary to previous assumptions, the ratio of certain components in f...