Research news
2012.10.29 | Research, Forside au.dk lille
Living cables explain enigmatic electric currents
The enigma of electric currents in the seabed is solved. Scientists from Aarhus University have sensationally discovered bacteria that function as living electrical cables. Each of the centimetre-long ‘cable bacteria’ contains a bundle of insulated wires leading an electric current from one end to the other.
2012.10.22 | Research, Forside au.dk lille
Danish researchers release ground-breaking knowledge about calcium pumps in cells
Danish researchers release ground-breaking knowledge about calcium pumps in cells When animals and plants are exposed to influences such as bacterial attack, odour and cold, calcium ions flow into the cells. The calcium provides the cells with a signal about what is going on outside, but as high concentrations of calcium are toxic to the cells,…
2012.10.22 | Research, Forside au.dk
Effective treatment helps Danes with personality disorders
A study conducted by Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences and the Clinic for Personality Disorders at Aarhus University Hospital shows that modern psychoanalytic therapy has a good effect on patients with severe personality disorders. The treatment enables a number of patients to start working or start an education.
2012.10.16 | Research, Forside au.dk
Aggregation of proteins in cells may result in diseases
Changes in the structure of proteins can lead to various diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, type 2 diabetes and corneal dystrophy. A research team from Aarhus University has now discovered how a particular protein can damage cells. These results may lead to the development of drugs to treat corneal dystrophy in the future.
2012.10.02 | Research, Grants, Media, Forside au.dk
Can health claims and symbols lead to healthier eating habits?
Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences participates in a new EU-funded project that aims to investigate how consumers interpret food labels, and how it affects their shopping and consumer behaviour.
2012.10.02 | Research, Forside au.dk lille
Length matters in gene expression
A research team at Aarhus University reveals a surprising interplay between the ends of human genes: If a protein-coding gene is too short it becomes inactive! The findings also explain how some short genes have adapted to circumvent this handicap.
2012.09.18 | Research, Forside au.dk lille
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, Forside au.dk lille
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, Forside au.dk lille
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, Knowledge exchange, Media, Forside au.dk
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…
2012.08.17 | Research, Forside au.dk
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, Forside au.dk, Public, Media
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, Research, Forside au.dk lille
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, Media, Research, Knowledge exchange, Forside au.dk
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, Forside au.dk lille
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…
2012.07.13 | Knowledge exchange, Research, Forside au.dk
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, Research, Forside au.dk
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, Forside au.dk
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, Forside au.dk
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, Forside au.dk lille
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.