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For many years now, the Faculty of Science at FAU has been participating in Girls' Day, and this year the girls could expect an exciting and motivating program: The offer with contributions on the topics "Exploring the hidden physics in the animal world together", "The hot and energetic universe"...

Dr. Thomas Dauser from Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory and Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) at FAU has received this year’s Innovation Award from the High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) together with Javier Garcia (NASA Goddard Space Flight...

In 2024, PLANCKS was organized in its 11th edition by the University of Dublin and the Institute of Physics. 49 teams from 25 countries qualified for the final round in national preliminary rounds. In this highly competitive environment, FAU student Titus Bornträger and his team consisting of Finnle...

On April 26, 2024, our graduates and doctoral candidates from the previous academic year will be bid farewell at a ceremony. In addition, the Ohm Awards of the Department of Physics for the promotion of young scientists for outstanding theses will be presented. This year's keynote speech "Auf Ent...

eRO-STEP research group from the field of astrophysics receives further funding Neutron stars, supernova remnants and black holes: they all emit X-rays that help physicists to draw conclusions about the development of the universe. Until now, they have focused on objects in the Milky Way and its ne...

This year, the competition "Jugend forscht" for the region of Middle Franconia took place over two days at the Department of Physics at FAU. On February 27 and 28, the young researchers presented their projects in the assembly hall of the new building of the Erlangen Center for Astroparticle Physics...

NOMAD CAMELS is a new open-source software developed at the Chair of Applied Physics that generates future-oriented research data in line with the FAIR principles in a simple way during experiments. FAIR stands for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable, which are key criteria for the subs...

"Mach dir einen Kopf! (Make up your mind!)" - this is the motto of this year's "Jugend forscht"  and "Schüler experimentieren" competitions. On February 27 and 28, 2024, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) will host the regional competition in Middle Franconia for the first time...

Star corpses, jets of matter and white dwarfs Supernova remnants, black holes, neutron stars and the hot interstellar gas of the Milky Way and other galaxies - the sky is full of sources that emit X-rays. Researchers at the Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory - Astronomical Institute of the Erlangen Centre...

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...