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Interview with FAU expert in materials science and engineering, Prof. Dr. Christoph Brabec What sounds like science fiction could soon become a reality: Photovoltaic systems that are so thin and light that they can float and fly. In an interview, Prof. Dr. Christoph Brabec explains what these “emer...

Career path in science – Are they compatible with family life? Two lectures, one panel discusions and plenty of time to discuss on the topic  „Career path in science – Are they compatible with family life?“ and get to know each other at our free catering. With Prof. Dr. Amelie Hagelauer and Prof...

IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast 2023 “Breaking barriers in sciences”, 14 Feburary We invite you to join us flexibly in the morning at any time from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., whatever suits you. It is an infomal online networking meeting event to: get to know each other, discuss our research, motivation...

No more searching for a charging station, no need to worry that your electric car’s battery will run out before you reach your destination: electric roads charge electric cars as you drive. Car drivers will be able to experience the feeling for themselves from 2025 on a test route in Northern Bavari...

Lifting a glass, making a fist, entering a phone number using the index finger: it is amazing the things cutting-edge robotic hands can already do thanks to biomedical technology. However, things that work in the laboratory often encounter stumbling blocks when put to practice in daily life. The pro...

The CHE Master’s ranking 2022 indicates that many Master’s students are very happy with their choice of FAU. The survey focused on engineering subjects and psychology. In the field of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology did particularly well. For the ranking, 10,000 studen...

CRC 1540 "The mechanics of the brain" The DFG has approved the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1540 "Exploring of Brain Mechanics". The CRC “Exploring Brain Mechanics” is researching the most complex system of organs that exists – the central nervous system. Despite the enormous advances tha...

Catalysts are of utmost relevance for the production of chemicals and energy storage with hydrogen. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now discovered that the formation of bubbles in ...

Acceptor layers made of oligomers can increase the performance of organic solar cells and ensure a long operating life at the same time. This is the result of a series of complex laboratory experiments conducted by materials scientists at FAU. Organic solar cells are less complex to manufacture than...