March 2019

5 total

14MAR 2019
Research
Research in Europe – National and European Research Funding on 03 April 2019
The next “Research in Europe“ event will take place on 3 April 2019 in Bayreuth. During the one day event, representatives of i.a. DFG, DAAD and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will inform PhD candidates and PostDocs about research funding opportunities. The speakers will present the respective programmes at RW I in lecture halls 24 and […]
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13MAR 2019
General
Cleaning up oil using magnets
Iron oxide particles are very attractive to hydrocarbons In future, it could be possible to remove oil spills on the surface of the ocean by using magnets. An interdisciplinary group of researchers at FAU led by Prof. Dr. Marcus Halik has developed functionalised iron oxide particles that can attract any types of hydrocarbons. The magnetic […]
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11MAR 2019
General
Digitalisation of electricity grids
Engineers at FAU working on solutions for future grid operation How can digitalisation help to improve the efficiency of the electricity grid, whilst making it more stable at the same time? These are the questions being considered by ‘InnoSys 2030’, a joint project involving FAU funded with approximately 10 million euros by the Federal Ministry […]
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06MAR 2019
International
Unleashing Big Data of the Past
Time Machine project overcomes important hurdle for EU large-scale research project The European Commission has chosen Time Machine as one of the six proposals retained for preparing large-scale research initiatives to be strategically developed in the next decade. €1 million in funding has been granted for preparing the detailed roadmaps of this initiative that aims […]
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06MAR 2019
General
Coming home to roost with mum
For the first time, scientists are able to evaluate the social behaviour of bats in the wild without interruption Biologists are using miniaturised tracking sensors to investigate maternal care in bat colonies. Scientists from a research group of the German Research Foundation (DFG), coordinated by FAU, equipped mother bats and their offspring with sensors to […]
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