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2012.01.23 | Awards
Denmark’s largest research award goes to the ‘voice’ of quantum mechanics
He compares quantum computers with bridal bouquets, and wave functions with violin strings. Professor Klaus Mølmer is a popular communicator and top researcher. On Monday 23 January 2012, he is receiving the Villum Kann Rasmussen Annual Award for Technical and Scientific Research. The research award is valued at DKK 2.5 million (approximately EUR…
2012.01.19 | Research
Healthy chickens the natural way
The Danish organic chicken, the Hellevad chicken, contains the key to egg production without the use of preventive medicine. Scientists from Aarhus University are mapping the genetic basis for the chicken's robustness. The research-based knowledge can be used commercially worldwide.
2012.01.19 | Awards
Prof. Flemming Besenbacher awarded ‘The Award for International Scientific Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’
The Award for International Scientific Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is the highest award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), People’s Republic of China. This award is to commend and honor those eminent foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to facilitate cooperation with CAS.
2012.01.17 | Talent development
UN and Business and Social Sciences launch global competition focusing on the leaders of tomorrow
In cooperation with UN, Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences now launches an ambitious competition that encourages students and lecturers worldwide to make suggestions for how the leaders of tomorrow should be educated.
2012.01.17 | People
Microscopic species named after Aarhus University biologist
Associate Professor Tomas Cedhagen – a marine biologist at the Department of Bioscience – Marine Ecology, Aarhus University – has been honoured by having a previously unknown organism named after him. This tiny single-celled animal is a foraminiferan (protozoa).
2012.01.17 | People
Doctoral dissertation gathers research on party competition
For years, Christoffer Green Pedersen, Professor of Political Science, has been doing research on the political agenda in Denmark, and now he is putting the pieces together in his doctoral dissertation entitled ‘Partier i nye tider’ (Political Parties in New Times).
2012.01.12 | Research
New technology helps house-owners overcome climate change
A new computer tool shows the consequences of climate change for ordinary house-owners, now and in future.
2012.01.10 | Research
Climate-friendly businesses need Europe
Danish companies cannot afford to go it alone in solving current climate issues. International collaboration is called for, as shown by the results of an MSc thesis from Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences.
2012.01.06 | Grants
Large grant for development of new drugs
Jørgen Kjems and Ken Howard are awarded a three-year grant of DKK 9,8 million from The Danish Council for Strategic Research for a project that focuses on the development of new drugs for cystic fibrosis and inflammatory bowel disease.
2012.01.03 | Research
Sweetened drinks can be dangerous
The risk of developing diabetes and cardio-vascular disease increases if you drink sucrose-sweetened beverages every day.
2012.01.03 | Education
New project creates entrepreneurial talents for the Danish business community
Researchers will provide students with certain skills in entrepreneurship which the business community will both fear and love. DKK 14 million from the Danish Council for Strategic Research will frame the new project, which is based at Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences.
2012.01.02 | Research
Carbon to be returned to the soil
Biochar may be one of the solutions to reducing emissions of harmful greenhouse gases from agricultural land and to improving soil fertility. These are the research objectives of the EU research project Refertil, which scientists at Aarhus University are participating in.
2012.01.03 | News from the management
Merger is a boost for engineering science
At the turn of the year Aarhus University merged with the Engineering College of Aarhus – a merger which both institutions have been looking forward to for some time.
2011.12.21 | Research
Ten years to become an international research brand
In 2011, the Centre for Corporate Communication has celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Ten years ago, the centre was humbly reading American textbooks - today it is writing the chapters.
2011.12.21 | Grants
ERC Starting Grant for research into inbreeding in spiders
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Trine Bilde, Department of Bioscience, an ERC Starting Grant of DKK 11 million (approximately EUR 1.5 million) for a research project called Ecogenomics of Inbreeding.
2011.12.21 | Research
Trust crucial for the survival of the welfare state
The survival of the welfare state depends on citizens trusting each other. New research shows that trust is crucial for society avoiding corruption and exploitation of the system, while giving the private sector greater freedom to increase productivity.
2011.12.20 | Research
Export companies should stand shoulder to shoulder
Results from a new PhD thesis from Aarhus University show that export companies which are members of a sector network can boost sales by more than 80% over four years.
2011.12.20 | Grants
Danish Council for Strategic Research awards major nano grants to Aarhus University
In the recent round of allocations, researchers at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO) at Aarhus University were successful in attracting five grants worth a total of DKK 50 million.
2011.12.20 | Grants
Carlsberg Foundation awards grant to Jeffrey Hangst for research into antimatter
The Carlsberg Foundation has granted DKK 3.3 million (approximately EUR 450,000) to Associate Professor Jeffrey Hangst, Aarhus University. He is the spokesperson for the ALPHA group at CERN, the world leader in research into antihydrogen..
2011.12.20 | Talent development
Two Novo Scholarships to students at Science and Technology
MSc student Maja Holch Nielsen, Medical Chemistry, and PhD student Lasse Bach Steffensen, Molecular Medicine, have been granted scholarships by Novo Nordisk and Novozymes in the Novo Scholarship Programme 2012.
2011.12.15 | Research
Immigration strengthens exports
Immigration is strengthening the international trade of Danish businesses. According to new research, their exports in particular benefit from foreign labour.
2011.12.15 | Research
Where should the boundaries of the state’s duty be drawn?
New PhD thesis examines the boundaries of the state’s duty to compensate disadvantaged citizens such as people with physical disabilities. The thesis fills a void in political theory.
2011.12.13 | Research
Progress on European ranking list for Business and Social Sciences
Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences is heading in the right direction according to the Financial Times ranking list for European business schools, on which it has moved up six places. Dean Svend Hylleberg believes that there is a chance of reaching top 20.
2011.12.09 | Research
Cores of giant stars spin faster than their outer layers
Astronomers at Aarhus University have studied the interiors of giant stars and can ascertain that they behave quite differently from the Sun.
2011.12.07 | Research
Aarhus University astronomers help find Earth-like planet
Astronomers using NASA’s Kepler space telescope have succeeded for the first time in finding a planet with a surface temperature that, in principle, is favourable for life. The newly discovered planet is 600 light years from Earth.