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  • FAU is set to become a beacon in quantum research5. August 2022
    Consortium from Erlangen receives roughly 3 million euros from the Free State of Bavaria In recognition of our outstanding expertise in quantum research: a consortium consisting of eleven researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) will receive roughly three million euros in funding by 2025. The new lighthouse project Quantum Measurement and...
  • Start of ARIADNETechNat programme20. July 2022
    Start of new ARIADNE programme rounds: Female students and young scientists from the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Sciences can now apply for admission to a new round of the career mentoring programme ARIADNETechNat. The two qualification-specific programme lines will start in parallel in April 2023:   ARIADNETechNat...
  • Rectification in Schottky diodes in the infrared regime8. June 2022
    How fast does a diode actually work? If it is operated under ideal conditions, it can be recharged up to 2 trillion times per second – until now, it has not been possible to go faster in conventional high-frequency circuits. Using a physical trick, a research team from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg...
  • Ninth Humboldt Professorship for FAU3. June 2022
    Physicist Prof. Dirk Englund has been selected for the most prestigious international research prize in Germany It is the ninth Humboldt Professorship for Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the sixth in a row for the University: physicist Prof. Dirk Englund has been selected by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for the...
  • Cosmic particle accelerator at its limit14. March 2022
    FAU scientist and H.E.S.S. team observe time-dependent particle acceleration outside our solar system for the first time Novae are powerful eruptions on the surface of a white dwarf in a binary star system, in which a larger star and a smaller star orbit each other. A nova creates a shock...
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