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…

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…

Researchers at Aarhus University are developing a new method for making multifunctional drugs that can be assembled quickly and inexpensively…

PhD student, Mark Simkin, from the Department of Computer Science receives an Elite Research travel grant 2018 from the Ministry of Higher Education…

Most of us are unaware of the mathematics that lies hidden in our daily lives. Søren Fournais is an expert in describing the world through the…

A new study shows, for the first time, that porpoises flee from and stop feeding when disturbed by heavy ship noise.

Marie Sk?odowska-Curie program has funded new consortium, headed by professor Kurt Gothelf at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, with 4 million…

Professor at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and iNANO Jørgen Kjems is receiving the 2018 Novo Nordisk Prize for his pioneering…

A young Danish scientist succeeded in creating nothing less than a revolution in materials physics. Together with a group of American scientists he…

With four donations totalling more than DKK 40 million, Aarhus University's new Centre for Water Technology (WATEC) is off to a flying start and…

Associated Professor Cristiano Spotti, Department of Mathematics, receives the grant. The VILLUM Young Investigator grant is awarded to research…

In North-East Greenland, researchers have measured the loss of heat that comes up from the interior of the Earth. This enormous area is a geothermal…

A new study of a star almost identical to the Sun brings us closer to understanding the physical mechanism behind the solar cycle, and could help us…

Two researchers from Science and Technology have each received DKK 60 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme to establish two…

Researchers from the groups of Flemming Besenbacher and Nina Lock at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) at Aarhus University and…

Better magnets can help store renewable energy from solar cells and wind turbines in magnetic flywheels. The new technology for energy storage could…

How can small companies each individually use the world’s most powerful neutron and X-ray microscopes for product development? Researchers at Aarhus…