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F1 in schools is the largest technology competition for schools worldwide. Teams of 3-6 students design a miniature car and send it into the race. Similar to the big Formula 1, a comprehensive set of rules must be obeyed. The cars are powered by opening a CO2 cartridge, and the car then races along ...

The Chair of Applied Physics is one of the most traditional of its kind in Germany and celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. On this occasion, the chair, which has been a worldwide center of silicon carbide research since the late 1980s, is hosting an international symposium on "Silicon Carb...

F1 in schools is a technology competition in which teams of 3-6 school students design a miniature car, build it and send it into the race. There is a comprehensive set of rules to follow - similar to the big Formula 1. The cars are powered by opening a CO2 cartridge, and the car then races along a ...

Do our physics curricula provide the appropriate data management competences in a world where data are considered a crucial resource and substantial funding is available for building a national research data infrastructure (German: Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastuktur = NFDI)? Although basic data e...

What to do in case of fire? Nobody wants to run into such an emergency. But if it happens, it's better to keep cool and to initiate the right steps: trigger alarm, call fire department, leave the building or try to extinguish the fire if possible. Staff members and students of the Chair of Applied P...

The new website of the Chair of Applied Physics with the corporate design of the FAU is launched. It makes use of the features of the FAU research information system CRIS in order to present up-to-date information on our research within the website.