A so-called circular RNA molecule, which is thought to be carcinogenic, is not present in cancer cells after all. A Danish research team has published…

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted DKK 15 million from its interdisciplinary synergy programme to project DRAMA. With researchers from both Nat…

The research initiative LifeTime represents more than 50 European universities, including Aarhus University. A new Perspective article in Nature,…

Introduced species are reshaping how plants and animals interact in ecosystems worldwide

This year, Natural Sciences welcomes 966 new science students. Due to corona, orientation days are different than usual, and yet still the same.

As of 1 September 2020, Peter Balling has been appointed Professor of Experimental Physics

A recent study in eLife shows a new mechanism in the fish eye that boosts the retina´s oxygen supply more than 10-fold and enhances eye´s ability to…

Tinna Stevnsner has been appointed Professor of Molecular Ageing Research at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Aarhus University…

Researchers from Aarhus University challenge one of the cornerstones of biochemistry, the Michaelis-Menten equation. They show that many enzymes in…

Anne E. B. Nielsen has received the H.C. Ørsted Selskabet research talent award for her ground-breaking work within electromagnetism and quantum…

99 botanists from 19 countries – including three from Denmark – have mapped plant life on the world's second-largest island, New Guinea, and so far…

Legume plants know their friends from their enemies, and now we know how they do it at the molecular level. Plants recognize beneficial microbes and…

An international team of researchers led by Aarhus University are the first to determine the crystal structure of an exopolysaccharide receptor. The…

The immune system protects us from attacks from external enemies such as bacteria and viruses, but sometimes the body fights so fiercely against…

20 per cent more students will be offered a place at Natural Sciences this year. There are also still vacant places, because the university has…

Professor Jørgen Kjems and the consortium Virofight has received funding from the EU FET-OPEN program to advance novel antiviral treatment. Instead of…

25% more have chosen one of Aarhus University’s IT programmes as their first priority. The three programmes at the Faculty of Natural Sciences -…

As expected, applications to Denmark’s higher education degree programmes have increased this year – this also applies to Aarhus University, which has…

Ebbe S. Andersen is awarded a DKK 10 million Ascending Investigator Grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Research Leader Programme. The research…

The natural science journal Aktuel Naturvidenskab and the natural science lecture series "Offentlige foredrag i Naturvidenskab" have been granted DKK…

Retirement is approaching for Professor Niels Peter Revsbech from the Department of Biology, and tomorrow, 1 July, he is passing on one of his biggest…

For the first time, the Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded grants within the research programme NERD, which is targeted at ambitious and wild…

A new paper from Jørgen Kjems' group at iNANO and MBG describes how expression of non-coding RNA changes during epileptic seizures in rodents. The…

More students are to have the opportunity to study a natural science degree programme at Aarhus University, and after the summer holidays, 152 more…

Recent paper in ACS Nano reveals surprising electronic properties in the new two dimensional semiconductor rhenium diselenid. Søren Ulstrup of IFA is…

Innovation Fund Denmark supports the CoronaLytics project with 4 M DKK. From University of Aarhus, Professor Kaj Grønbæk of the Department of Computer…

Joseph Lyons is one of the nine talented researchers who will become a Lundbeckfonden fellow in 2020. And the grant that comes with the appointment…

We need new guidelines to shield whales from human-made noise to ensure them some peace and quiet. It is no good keeping whale-watching boats out of…

An international research team has used new X-ray techniques to describe how the architecture of healthy human bones is built up. The team has…

Researchers from the Department of Geoscience at Aarhus University are participating in a new research project, ECOTIP, which will investigate the…

It is difficult wage war without causing collateral damage , and the same goes for our immune system when it has to fight viral infections, such as…

Aarhus University and Esbjerg Municipality join forces to establish an observatory at Mandø. This is happening as part of Esbjerg Municipality 's…

After three years as head of the internationally recognised Centre for Water Technology (WATEC) at Aarhus University, Professor Niels Peter Revsbech…

Mikkel Slot Nielsen from the Department of Mathematics has been awarded Aarhus University Research Foundation's PhD Award 2020. The prize will be…

Daniel Otzen and collaborators, Jørgen Kjems and Victoria Birkedal from the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and the company Fida…

Independent Research Fund Denmark (IFRD) grants DKK 97.6 million to 23 research projects at Natural Sciences.

With a grant of DKK 6,181,260 (USD 900,000) from the Independent Research Fund Denmark, Associate Professor Bjørn Panyella Pedersen can now increase…

Danish National Research Foundation centre in Aarhus has a central role in some newly discovered details of the remarkable delta Scuti stars. To be…

Ever wondered if you could see through the body of a living organism and observe the dynamic interplay between cells and nanoparticles injected into…

A global research project has demonstrated that climate change entails a higher risk of freezing temperatures late in the spring. This can damage…

Areas of the planet home to one-third of humans will become as hot as the hottest parts of the Sahara within 50 years, unless greenhouse gas emissions…

The Earth’s core is not as isolated from the rest of the globe as previously believed. An international research group headed by Aarhus University has…

Else Marie Friis elected as Foreign Member of the Royal Society

On 1 April, Kristian Pedersen took up his position as the first dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. He is looking forward to getting down to…

Jan Piotrowski has been appointed head of Geoscience, where he has been acting head of department since the summer of 2019. Hans Brix has been head of…

Professor Bo Barker Jørgensen from Aarhus University is to become a member of the world's most prestigious science academy, the American National…

The healthcare system and the economy are under pressure in many parts of the world due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With fundings from…

New research by an international team of scientists reveals that endangered North Atlantic right whales are in much poorer body condition than their…

An international team of researchers has put together a new image of Neanderthals based on the genes Neanderthals left in the DNA of modern humans…

A Danish-German research collaboration may have found a solution to the large climate impact from the world's rice production: By adding electric…

According to an international group of marine scientists, it is not too late to restore the ecosystems in the world's oceans. If we follow their road…

The new dean at Faculty of Natural Sciences sends a greeting to employee sand students of the faculty.

Working and studying has been different in just as many ways as there are employees and students, and together, each in their own way, they are…

The automated SONG telescope in Tenerife does not require on-site staff to conduct the observations of stars, yet the Corona virus has forced the…

Professor Ira Assent from Department of Computer Science and Professor Birgit Schiøtt from Department of Chemistry and iNANO have received a VILLUM…

With more than a quarter of a billion DKK, and in close collaboration with more than 50 industrial partners, Danish researchers and experts are now…

No, we are not about to clone animals from the Ice Age tundra. An international research team has discovered that introduced (non-native) mammal…

Narcis Adrian Petriman, Ronja Driller and Jan Heiner Driller from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Aarhus University receive the…

Working with researchers from Health, the University of Copenhagen and Statens Serum Institut, as well as DKK 25 million (EUR 3.3 million) from the…

Aarhus University and several international pharmaceutical companies are joining forces in the Open Discovery Innovation Network (ODIN), a…

Professor of Computer Science Anders Møller from Aarhus University is among the recipients of the five Elite Researcher awards 2020, which will be…

The measurements are consistent with predictions for “normal” matter and pave the way to future precision studies

An international research team has been able to describe the overall structure of the antibody type IgE, which is the key molecule in allergic…

The VILLUM FOUNDATION has introduced a new programme, earmarked for excellent female researchers within the technical and natural sciences. In the…

The Faculties of Natural Sciences and Technical Sciences account for no fewer than 16 of the 23 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships reaped…

Results published by AU researchers reveal that surfactant-mediated unfolding and refolding of proteins are complex processes with several structures…

There are magnets in virtually all modern electrical equipment. However, the current versions are often based on metals with heavy impacts on the…

Astrophysicist and AIAS fellow Thomas Tauris contributes to our understanding of how dead stars impact gravitational forces. Hereby we are one step…

Over the past year, Professor Lars H. Andersen has been acting dean at Science and Technology, not only as the head of the largest faculty at AU, but…

Karl Anker Jørgensen will be joining an impressive group of ground-breaking chemists from all over the world, including several Nobel Prize winners,…

After a thorough appointment process, Aarhus University has selected astrophysicist Professor Kristian Pedersen as new dean of the Faculty of Natural…

Three young research talents at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Aarhus University with ambitions to forge their own, independent research profiles…

The chess world was amazed when the computer algorithm AlphaZero learned, after just four hours on its own, to beat the best chess programs built on…

Jacob Sherson, professor with special assignments, has set out to future-proof implementation of the huge economic perspectives in breakthroughs in…

In the face of rapid climate change, it is important that plants can adapt quickly to new conditions to ensure their survival. Using field experiments…

Last week, the Departments of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Biology organised the 17th Danish semifinal in the Biology Olympiad for secondary…

1 January 2020 marks the start of two new faculties at Aarhus University. From this date, Aarhus University will consist of five faculties in total,…

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has just granted a total of DKK 75 million (EUR 10 million) to projects that can strengthen the infrastructure in Danish…

Yesterday, Aarhus University and Faculty of Science and Technology celebrated five new VILLUM Investigators at AIAS.

In a new collaborative project called BIOMAP, researchers, the business community and government agencies and institutions will utilize electrical…

Today, the European Research Council (ERC) is awarding a total of EUR 600 million to 301 top researchers throughout Europe. One of them is Associate…

A total of 134 outstanding researchers have received grants from the Carlsberg Foundation, of whom 12 are from Science and Technology. The grants are…

This week, the Independent Research Fund Denmark awarded a total of DKK 208 million to 35 excellent Sapere Aude research leaders. And six of these…

The Danish National Research Foundation has granted DKK 66.6 million (EUR 8.8 mill.) to Professor Thomas Pohl and the Center for Complex Quantum…

With DKK 67.4 million (EUR 8.9 mill.) from the Danish National Research Foundation, professor Liv Hornekær at Aarhus University will establish Center…

New research from Aarhus University shows that ants inhibit at least 14 different plant diseases. The small insects secrete antibiotics from glands in…

The VILLUM FOUNDATION has granted approx. DKK 16 million to eight research projects at Aarhus University. The eight researchers behind the projects…

The Aarhus University Anniversary Foundation Research Communication Prize 2019 goes to

senior consultant Jens Dybkjær Holbech, Faculty of Science…

Within a few years, it may be possible to better target the use of nitrogen by agriculture. Research at Aarhus University has resulted in a concept…

Our urine reveals our well-being and how we treat our body. A researcher at Aarhus University has developed an effective method of analysis for…

On Monday, students from 13 countries started a two-week intensive course in advanced and sustainable water management. The course at Låsby Kro has…

Admissions of women to IT degree programmes at Aarhus University have increased by 31 per cent since 2016. This is more than the general national…

114 young people have chosen Aarhus University's three new degree programmes as their first priority.

The processes behind the release and consumption of methane on Mars have been discussed since methane was measured for the first time for approx. 15…

Researchers at Aarhus University are developing new chemical technologies to reduce CO2 emissions and support the green transition in both public and…

Professor Daniel Otzen from the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) at Aarhus University has received DKK 10 million from the Lundbeck…

Independent Research Fund Denmark has granted a total of DKK 133.4 mill. to 39 research projects at ST, almost half of which are within technology and…

Collaboration between Novo Nordisk and Professor Kurt Gothelf’s laboratory at Aarhus University yields novel method to engineer large…

An international team of researchers have worked to clarify what rewilding actually is, and how best to design and implement rewilding as a practical…

Five professors in computer science, chemistry and physics have been selected as Villum Investigators, and each will receive between DKK 30 and 40…