Month: March 2019

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 pr...

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 attra...

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 approxi...

Unleashing Big Data of the Past

Europe builds a Time Machine

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...