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…

Several years ago, researchers from Aarhus discovered a curious form of electric life on the seafloor. Since then it has become increasingly clear…

The admission requirements will be introduced from summer 2019. This means that young people dreaming of a career within these fields, but who are…

The Egtved girl and Skrydstrup woman were probably born and raised within a few kilometres of the Bronze Age burial mound they were buried in.…

On 28 February, Professor Peter Teglberg Madsen from the Department of Bioscience received the Elite Research Prize at a ceremony at the Royal Opera…

Children who grow up without green surroundings have up to 55% higher risk of developing various mental disorders later in life. This is shown by a…

Lars Henrik Andersen, professor and former department head, will become acting dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology when Niels Christian…

Researchers from Aarhus University have discovered that insects leave tiny DNA traces on the flowers they visit. This newly developed eDNA method…

Research and education at Science and Technology point directly towards the themes in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This enables the…

The researchers get about 43 million DKK in total to go into depth with antimatter, examine the ultimate optical control of the light, and to develop…

Thursday 31 January, at exactly 13:00, Aarhus University officially entered the line of universities in the world that have a satellite in space.…

The Concordium Blockchain Research Centre at the Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University opens on 1 February 2019. The centre will be…

With major investments in laboratory equipment funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, three researchers from Aarhus University have been able to boost…

An impressive more than 400 people turned up to the fifth Biodiversity Symposium, held at Aarhus University on 22 January. Researchers, managers,…

Researchers from Aarhus University and Copenhagen Zoo have discovered that the human mutation rate is significantly slower than for our closest…

ST will be help students to come up with ideas for start-ups through an interdisciplinary Space Entrepreneurship Programme, which will teach students…

How far have we come in achieving the UN’s sustainable development goals that we are committed to nationally and internationally? Yes, it can be…

Professor and VILLUM Investigator Jens-Christian Svenning from the Department of Bioscience and the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics in a Changing…

The adverse health effects from air pollution, for example, are quite well known. But we do not know how exposure may develop into diseases over the…

Four young researchers from Science and Technology are among the 34 extraordinarily skilled researchers who together are to receive DKK 192 million…

The recipients of the coveted Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) have just been announced. Aarhus University has received…

Whales, dolphins, and porpoises have all evolved to use similar narrow beams of high intensity sound to echolocate prey. Far from being inefficient,…

An international team lead by researchers from University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University have discovered a 31-km wide meteorite impact crater…

Ejlskov A / S and Aarhus University work together to develop a faster, cheaper and easier method for cleaning contaminated soil without the need for…

We humans are exterminating animal and plant species so quickly that nature's built-in defence mechanism, evolution, cannot keep up. An Aarhus-led…

Professor with special responsibilities Jacob Sherson has a mission; he want to reinvent the way computers and humans interact. He’s reinvented…

A new interdisciplinary research project aims at promoting health by analysing up-to-the-minute data, for example from patients' smartphones, and…

The Villum Foundation is supporting bold technical and scientific research ideas for the second time. Researchers from Aarhus University are again on…

Associate Professor Tove Hedegaard Jørgensen from the Department of Bioscience and ST Learning Lab has been awarded the The Aarhus University…

At Aarhus University's annual celebration 2018, Karl-Emil Bilstrup, who is a master's degree student in IT product development, was awarded Her…

Parkinson's disease is the most common neurodegenerative disease; currently there is no cure. Aggregation of the protein ?-synuclein plays a key role…

What impact does the discharge of nutrients have on the pH balance in the sea and on eutrophication? Can more aquatic plants reduce nitrogen and…

Researchers at Aarhus University have discovered that a natural substance can kill aggressive cancer cells in a new and effective way. The substance…

Denmark's only whale, the harbour porpoise, makes use of the same high-frequency Morse-code-like clicking they use to find food to communicate with…

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Associate Professor Claudio Orlandi from the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University a…

Researchers from Aarhus University and University of Gothenburg have produced the most comprehensive family tree and atlas of mammals to date,…

Denmark has invested billions of DKK in state-of-the-art research facilities around the European Spallation Source (ESS) near Lund in Sweden. Bo…

Jacob Sherson has received a Semper Ardens grant of DKK 15 million from the Carlsberg Foundation for a project seeking to combine human intuition and…

Professor Ulrik Uggerhøj has been recruited as the new head of department

at the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He starts on 1 July 2018.

Strict regulations for Sulphur emissions call for improved catalytic processes of reducing Sulphur content in crude oil. Scientists from iNANO and…

Amin Salami Dehkharghani has helped to lay a foundation for understanding one-dimensional quantum systems. This may have major significance for the…

Professor Christensen-Dalsgaard is one of the most prominent contemporary stellar researchers. Since taking his PhD degree at Cambridge University in…

An international research group has shed new light on cable bacteria. Using laser light, researchers have followed electrons as they travel through…

Danish-Belgian collaboration headed by Aarhus University professor, Troels Skrydstrup, is the source of a an improved way to create certain…

A delegation from the China Geological Survey visited Aarhus University on 10 April to sign a cooperation agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) to…