Year: 2024

Johannes Bartl investigates the behavior of emperor penguins Johannes Bartl is a physics doctoral student at FAU and a member of a team that uses high-resolution cameras to study emperor penguins and their behavior. Their habitat is under severe threat due to climate change: if the ice at the South...

Physicists at MPL and FAU develop novel concept for detecting chiral molecules In contrast to conventional mirrors, light can be reflected on surfaces known as meta surfaces without changing its polarization. This has now been proven by physicists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnber...

After an exciting regional competition hosted by the Erlanger SchülerForschungsZentrum (Erlangen Student Research Center) and the regional GYPT base, three students from Erlangen and Nuremberg have qualified to take part in the national competition in Bad Honnef. At the annual nationwide physics ...

In science, the exchange of ideas and resources between researchers from different disciplines forms the foundation for progress and innovation. Cooperation not only increases efficiency, but also promotes new findings. This is why the FAU Profile Center Light.Matter.QuantumTechnologies (LMQ) suppor...

Eileen Schneider, PhD-Student at the Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik of Prof. Janina Maultzsch, has been awarded the 2023 grant of the Dr. Isolde-Dietrich-Stiftung. The grant consists of the Phd-Student position and additional research funding for the next 4 years. The Dr. Isolde-Dietrich-Stiftu...