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A new strategic collaboration agreement between Dutch Wageningen University & Research and Aarhus University is an ambitious milestone in the…
Professor Steffen Petersen from the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering receives the Anniversary Foundation Teaching Prize 2023 for his…
More than 400 million years ago, an insect-like animal called the springtail developed a small protein that prevents its cells from freezing.
Professor Kaushik Roy, who is one of the world's leading researchers in low power consumption and energy-efficient circuit and system design, is…
Professor Jacob Carstensen from the Department of Ecoscience at Aarhus University has been awarded the "Björn Carlsons Östersjöpris" for playing a…
New figures from Aarhus University show that smoking increases the risk of developing depression by more than 100 per cent. Fortunately you can reduce…
Architects and engineers are working to develop the use of hydraulically pressed clay soil as a building material. The work will culminate in an…
GPS trackers on 43 species across the globe show that animals changed their behaviour when humans stayed indoors. These were the results of an…
On a windy Tuesday in the beginning of August, a group of invited guests made their way to Aarhus University’s new research station in Auning,…
Maintaining and repairing critical infrastructure is becoming ever more expensive, and there is increasing international focus on monitoring the…
From hydrogen and CO2 to synthetic crude oil to high-value aviation fuel. In a research collaboration with Topsoe and Sasol, Aarhus University's…
The collaboration platform Plant2Food aims to accelerate the development of plant-based foods. The platform runs its first call round until 30 August…
Aarhus University has received 1184 applications for the engineering degree programs, setting a new record.
Why do leaves look the way they do? And can we manufacture artificial leaves that are even better at photosynthesis than those that nature has…
Aarhus University would like to congratulate all the newly graduated MSc and BSc engineering students.
Ammonia is one of the world's ten most important chemicals, and its production emits approx. one per cent of all anthropogenic carbon emissions.…
In the future, the Centre for Green Transition and Marine Ecology will collect all the knowledge researchers have on the marine environment and…
Tenure Track assistant professor Quentin Geissmann from Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics (QGG) has received a 5-year Emerging…
With huge support from both the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, researchers from Aarhus University can now test…
In the weekend, AU Viborg was transformed into a true scientific playground, where more than 1,000 visitors were drawn by the excitement of exploring…
How do we get the biggest trucks onto electricity? Is it at all possible to develop a financially viable alternative to diesel-powered goods…
Should Denmark focus on nuclear power? And do we need to invest more in defence technology? It may sound unrealistic, but both could become part of…
If cows belch less, they emit less methane. Methane is one of the worst greenhouse gases.
Five research groups at AU Engineering have received funding from Independent Research Fund Denmark to develop new technologies within carbon capture,…
The flies feed on waste and can be converted into protein-rich cow and pig feed, almost without emitting CO2.
A number of tech companies have joined forces with Aarhus University on a new research project to develop digital twins for the mechanical and…
A Danish trio of partners is developing super-high-resolution, hyperspectral cameras that can determine the chemical composition of plastic waste and…
Over the next few years, ten talented researchers from the Faculty of Technical Sciences will help raise Danish research to new heights thanks to…
The Novo Nordisk Foundation CO2 Research Center – CORC – will be expanding into new underexplored areas as the center funds five new projects.
Around seven million people will die prematurely from air pollution annually in the future if we do not change our ways.
Laura Halbach from the Department of Environmental Science receives this year's PhD award for her work on mapping how glacial algae can accelerate ice…
The results may lead to a new form of treatment for overeating.
Deforestation is the biggest threat to the planet's ecosystems, and new research has now mapped out exactly what happens when agriculture replaces…
In the autumn, when right whales swim towards the coasts of South Africa, they ought to be fat and stuffed full. But in recent years, they have become…
From green power to sustainable fuels. The future of Power-to-X technologies is about much more than solar and wind, storage technologies and new…
Greenlandic ice is teeming with life, both on the surface and underneath. There are microscopic organisms that until recently science had no idea…
The ant mounds on the heath, in the forest and in your garden are oases for life. The heat and nutrients from ant mounds make them the perfect home…
Serious brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are usually diagnosed too late for optimal benefit from available drug and non-drug…
AU Viborg in Foulum has now officially been given the green light by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science to launch its new degree programmes…
After a successful kick-off, the Plant2Food collaboration platform is now ready with the programme for activities this spring. Plant2Food is also…
CBIO - Aarhus University's Centre for Circular Bioeconomy – has got a new centre leader. Associate Professor Morten Ambye-Jensen has taken over the…
Aarhus University is new partner in TechCircle - an innovation hub, which opens on 20 April. Here, companies can seek advice and gain knowledge and…
From 1 April 2023, Mikkel Tamstorf, deputy head of department and senior researcher, will take over as the new head of the Department of Ecoscience.
Five engineering students have formed a Formula Student team and gathered almost 60 fellow students to help build a racing car. According to their…
How can we improve the texture of plant-based alternatives to meat and thereby help make plant proteins a more attractive choice when consumers buy…
A new project funded by the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme aims to develop technology and upscale the talent pool for the…
The global economy is in the midst of a booming industrial revolution driven by digitalisation, providing companies with entirely new technological…
In the battle to attract future engineers, a great number Danish companies attended P-day and MATCHDAY at Aarhus University to scout for new interns.
How can we manage a sustainable production of fossil-free offshore wind power, and mussels and seaweed in the same marine area? And what are the…
At Aarhus University, 16 researchers are developing a sustainable technology that, using biomass and sunlight, will capture and break down perpetual…
Perhaps there is a correlation between sleep patterns and mental illness that we have not previously been able to understand. In a new study,…
As part of AU's new action plan for diversity and gender equality, the Faculty of Technical Sciences has a clear objective to increase the number of…
After a long period of illness, Søren Rud Keiding, professor and director of Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS), has passed away. He leaves…
Carsten Suhr Jacobsen will continue as head of the Department of Environmental Science at Aarhus University from 1 April 2023.
Aaron Hurst, PhD student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University, is lauded as a research talent at this year’s…
It has never been easier to find relevant teaching materials about the ocean than it is now. Through a fruitful collaboration with AU IT, the project…
Modern DNA technology now allows simple monitoring of the distribution of different fish species in remote Arctic areas. This is shown in a new…
Professor Doug Speed from Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics has received 2 mio € from the European Research Council’s Consolidator Grant…
Robots, drones, autonomous boats and smart probes. A cellar at Aarhus University holds an impressive collection of technological inventions for polar…
New research suggests that crops have different potential for protein extraction in biorefining.
Two talented researchers from the Faculty of Technical Sciences have each received DKK 6 million from the Villum Young Investigator programme under…
The veterinary medicine programme at AU Viborg is officially a reality. The Ministry of Higher Education and Science released a press statement…
Three researchers from Tech have received grants totalling DKK 9.5 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation's programme for research into plant,…
In collaboration with four small and medium-sized Danish companies, researchers from the Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering at Aarhus…
At the CIGR World Congress in Japan in December, Professor Claus Grøn Sørensen from the Department of Electrical and Computer engineering at Aarhus…
The results of a study on late blight show 100% resistance to one of the most important fungicides in potato production. Researchers find the…
With a big bag of cash from the EU, Danish researchers can develop their proposals for a new digital infrastructure for agriculture. This will further…
Eight researchers from three departments at Tech can go on a well-deserved Christmas holiday with new NOVA grants from the Aarhus University Research…
There are many things to look out for if you want a sustainable Christmas tree this Christmas, here's one expert's take on what to choose.
Funded by DANIDA, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the FLYgene project organized two national stakeholder workshops in Kampala (Uganda) and…
Aarhus University is currently developing two new degree programmes at AU Viborg, and from 2024 these will teach the labour force of the future about…
The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded DKK 6 million to new technical research projects at Aarhus University. The grants are to “support basic…
START - Centre for Sustainable Agrifood Systems - invites researchers from all the Danish universities to join the START HUB collaboration. The aim is…
Climate is changing, and this will affect future energy systems based on solar and wind. But how? A new research project at Aarhus University will…
In mid-November, Trine Nørgaard, an assistant professor at the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University, received DKK 2.8 million from the Inge…
Buildings are responsible for a large percentage of anthropogenic carbon emissions. In any kind of sustainable future, this percentage must be reduced…
Eat barley for your health, the environment and the climate. That's the message from researchers at Aarhus University, who in a new project want to…
Mikkel Tamstorf is appointed interim Head of Department at Department of Ecoscience (ECOS) from 1 January 2023.
The new collaborative platform, Plant2Food, will speed up the development of plant-based foods. On Plant2Food, researchers and companies will work…
Patrick Biller from the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering and Dominik Zak from the Department of Ecoscience have just received DKK 2.8…
Niels Kanstrup wants to steer hunting and wildlife management towards a sustainable, lead-free future. A 35-year career as an advisor, researcher and…
A new Horizon Europe project called Wet Horizons wants to promote feasible and more ambitious legislation towards protecting and restoring European…
After a long hot summer, the gravity of the climate crisis has begun to get under the skin of most people, and with the war in Ukraine, the world has…
Good transport connections to Viborg, good food all day and a strong social environment around the study programme. A wealth of good ideas were up for…
There may well be important research breakthroughs in what we previously thought of as a dead end. The Villum Experiment programme has encouraged…
Research into underwater communication is a vital part of our endeavour to better understand climate change, and it is in this context that Milica…
Kunstig hud fyldt med elektroniske neuroner og synapser skal bane vejen for proteser, der for eksempel kan føle solens varme stråler, sandet mellem…
Turbulent flows play an important role in many engineering systems, but high computational costs still make it virtually impossible to simulate these…
H.C. Ørsted Selskabet has granted this year's research award of DKK 50,000 to Professor Dorthe Ravnsbæk from the Department of Chemistry, while the…
1.5 degrees, 2 degrees or more? The Paris Agreement and the climate ambition of a carbon-neutral EU in 2050 have been put back by the war in Ukraine.…
This year, the Faculty of Technical Sciences has offered study places on engineering programmes and the Agrobiology programme to 1,115 applicants.…
A new Danish study shows that moths play an unexpected and important role as bee ‘assistants’ by pollinating flowers. The insects, which are perceived…
An international survey is being carried from the end of June to the end of July to examine the abundance and distribution of whales, dolphins and…
The number of applicants to engineering at Aarhus University increases once again. After a year of stagnation due to coronavirus, young people flock…
You wouldn’t think it, but the sewer can be a huge source of valuable resources in a future circular bioeconomic society. Massive flows of nutrients…
Astronauts find it difficult to maintain a natural circadian rhythm and generally complain a lot about their sleep. Aarhus University's Center for…
On Monday 13 June, the Novo Nordisk Foundation CO2 Research Center - CORC - was officially inaugurated at Aarhus University. Scientist, supporters,…
Danish researchers are developing new electrical solutions for the transport sector. The aim is to reduce the climate footprint significantly, and the…
Farshad Moradi, a new professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Aarhus University, has been inspired by the brain in his…
The Danish National Research Foundation, the Carlsberg Foundation, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Lundbeck Foundation and the VILLUM Foundation…
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