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2012.09.18 | Research
Colossal upheavals
Interdisciplinary collaboration is absolutely necessary to understanding the consequences of climate change at the top of the world. A new Arctic research centre gathers interdisciplinary research expertise from all over the globe, and its goal is nothing less than to become the foremost international centre for research in the field.
2012.09.19 | Research
X-rays reveal the self-defence mechanisms of bacteria
A research group at Aarhus University has gained unique insight into how bacteria control the amount of toxin in their cells. The new findings can eventually lead to the development of novel forms of treatment for bacterial infections.
2012.09.12 | Research
Chain reaction in the human immune system trapped in crystals
A research team from Aarhus University has revealed details of how a chain reaction in the human immune system starts. With these results, the researchers hope to promote the development of strategies aimed at alleviating suffering caused by unintentional activation of the immune system.
2012.09.10 | Research
Major investment in new digital laboratory at Danish university
On Monday, Danish Minister of Higher Education Morten Østergaard and Mette Thunø, chair of the DIGIHUMLAB steering committee, opened Denmark's first digital humanities laboratory. DIGHUMLAB is an ambitious new project that will usher in a new digital agenda for humanities research in Denmark. The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher…
2012.09.10 | Knowledge exchange
Prime minister’s visit to iNANO
On Thursday 6 September, Denmark’s prime minister took a look at nanotechnology and interdisciplinarity when she passed by students and staff at iNANO.
2012.08.17 | Research
Large new Danish diabetes research academy
New knowledge about diabetes and new ways to prevent and treat the disease. These are the long-term perspectives for the Danish Diabetes Academy, which is being launched on 1 September. More than 300 researchers will be affiliated with the academy, and Aarhus University’s representative on the Academy Board is Dean Allan Flyvbjerg.
2012.08.14 | Research
Macabre finds in the bog at Alken Enge
A fractured skull and a thighbone hacked in half. Finds of damaged human bones along with axes, spears, clubs and shields confirm that the bog at Alken Enge was the site of violent conflict.
2012.08.13 | Media
The bank packages are prolonging the financial crisis
The bank packages are prolonging the financial crisis A new survey from Aarhus University shows that financing difficulties are still – four years after the financial crisis – costing jobs. Even among the best-performing companies. According to Niels Westergård-Nielsen, Professor of Economics, Denmark is ready to move on, but the politicians are…
2012.08.13 | Grants
Novozymes awards major grant to Aarhus University
DKK 600,000 a year for seven years will ensure more exchanges between India and Aarhus University.
2012.08.10 | Research
Interdisciplinary studies of user participation will contribute to the IT of the future
IT is now an integral part of our social and cultural lives, and to an increasing extent we all contribute to shaping the technology to our own needs. Over the coming years, researchers from the Department of Aesthetics and Communication and from the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University will be exploring together aspects of and…
2012.08.07 | Future students
Aarhus University once again increases intake of new students
This year, a total of 7,160 applicants have been offered a study place at Aarhus University. The university therefore expects to admit more Bachelor's degree students than ever before, including 800 new exchange students.
2012.07.13 | Knowledge exchange
New partnership strengthens research and education in the Arctic
Rectors and directors from Aarhus University, the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and University of Manitoba met in Nuuk 8 July to sign a partnership agreement. The agreement strengthens international research in the Arctic regions and, at the same time, draws attention to education with respect to a number of Arctic issues.
2012.07.13 | Awards
Innovative research into internal crisis communication wins international award
Researchers from the School of Business and Social Sciences at Aarhus University are the first in the world to have focused on researching the communication that takes place internally at companies in crisis situations. They have now been presented with a prestigious international award for their results.
2012.07.03 | Research
An entire army sacrificed in a bog
The meadows of Alken are thick with ancient skeletons. At least two hundred have already been unearthed - and there are many waiting to be discovered. An entire army was sacrificed around the time of the birth of Christ and laid to rest in the Alken bog. Now archaeologists and other experts are working to shed light on this dramatic event.
2012.06.28 | Research
New cancer drug shows great promise
Danish researchers have developed a new drug against prostate cancer in collaboration with researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the biotech company Genspera in the USA.
2012.06.18 | Research
New model to improve understanding of price dynamics in commodity markets
Based on models from the worlds of physics and mathematics, researchers will now develop a new model class for the empirically correct description of commodity market price dynamics. The interdisciplinary project has received DKK 3 million in funding from Aarhus University.
2012.06.13 | Research
The Nordic model for lifelong learning: a solution to the crisis
Last week, Aarhus University hosted the international conference 'Learning Unlimited'. Participating Asian and European researchers in the field of education discussed the potential of the Nordic model for lifelong learning as a strategy for bringing societies through times of crisis.
2012.06.13 | Research
Relationship communication suffers in families with infants
New research shows that courses in relationship communication for parents-to-be do not have an effect on relationship satisfaction. After the arrival of the baby, couples do not have the energy to use the tools learned in daily life.
2012.06.20 | Research
New measuring equipment helps farmers
Thanks to AU research and to development work by the firm of WEBSTECH, farmers can now prevent their stacks of grain, silage and feed from rotting. The secret lies in small balls that measure temperatures within the stack, and communicate the information to the farmer.
2012.05.29 | Publication
New journal in expatriate management and global mobility
Researchers from Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences are the driving force behind a new international journal of major importance. The journal will focus on expatriate management and global mobility, which, despite being more relevant than ever, has so far not had its own academic journal.
2012.05.24 | People
New director at the Aarhus University School of Engineering
On 1 July 2012, Conni Simonsen takes up her position as the new director of the Aarhus University School of Engineering. She succeeds Thomas Vosegaard, who has been the acting director since February 2012.
2012.05.23 | Research
Research changes legal system
The Danish Court Administration has decided that the education of judges and the guidelines on courtroom interpreting must be changed following the publication of new research from Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences.
2012.05.18 | Research
Water speeds up hydrogen
Scientists have succeeded for the first time in observing how water affects hydrogen on surfaces. Water significantly speeds up the chemical processes that hydrogen is involved in – a discovery that can benefit a number of industries working with nanotechnology. The scientists responsible for the study include researchers at the Interdisciplinary…
2012.05.15 | Events
Aarhus University centres on Active Learning
Centre for Science Education at Aarhus University will in June gather Danish and international teachers and researchers for a symposium about teaching, which presents knowledge about and experiences with Active Learning, including the use of clickers.
2012.05.03 | Awards
Students came in second in the world’s largest case competition
A team consisting of a Full Time MBA in Sustainability and four MSc students from Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences recently came in second in the world’s largest and most recognised case competition, the Hult Global Case Challenge. The team from Aarhus has developed a business model aimed at offering poor children in developing…