Research news
2011.10.11 | Grants, Research, Science and Technology, Forside au.dk
Two new basic research centres at Aarhus University
The Danish National Research Foundation has granted two new Centres of Excellence to Aarhus University. Professor Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard has been awarded DKK 55 million for the Stellar Astrophysics Centre and Professor Bo Barker Jørgensen has received DKK 59 million for the Centre for Geomicrobiology
2011.09.21 | Research, Science and Technology, Forside au.dk
Quantum physics problem was a hard nut to crack
Researchers at the Department of Physics and Astronomy have finally solved an old problem in quantum physics about when certain atoms and molecules can bind to each other.
2011.09.16 | Research, Science and Technology, Forside au.dk
Aarhus University researchers get photons to interact with each other via just a few atoms
A team of only three researchers from the Ion Trap Group at Aarhus University has demonstrated that it is possible to switch on and off the passage of individual photons through a medium consisting of a few hundred cold atoms using quite weak light fields.
2011.09.09 | Events, News from the management, Forside au.dk, Awards, Research
Aarhus University honours researchers and students at annual celebration
Aarhus University makes Lene Vestergaard Hau honorary alum of the year in connection with the traditional annual celebration. The university is conferring awards and honorary titles to ten prominent researchers and students.
2011.09.07 | Research, Science and Technology, Forside au.dk
Digital lab bench now being used in a laboratory
Researchers at iNANO, Aarhus University, have just started using a combined computer and laboratory bench. This will not only streamline their research, but also kickstart the transition to the paperless laboratory.
2011.08.31 | Awards, People, Research, Science and Technology, Forside au.dk
Flemming Besenbacher receives distinguished American chemistry award
Professor Flemming Besenbacher has been awarded the Langmuir Lecture Award 2011.
2011.08.30 | Research, Science and Technology
Efficient use of nature’s packed lunch
Newly hatched chicks use the packed lunch they bring with them from the egg best if their first meal is postponed.
2011.08.29 | Research, Science and Technology, Forside au.dk
A new spin on topological insulator surfaces
A team of researchers headed by Aarhus physicist Phillip Hofmann has discovered that properties of the topological insulator bismuth selenide could provide the solution to how a new computing technology called ‘spintronics’ can work at room temperature.
2011.08.22 | Research, Science and Technology
New protein complexes shed light on quality control in human cells
Researchers at Aarhus University have identified and characterised two novel protein complexes associated with the human RNA exosome, an important player in the cell's quality control of RNA.
2011.08.15 | Research, People, Awards, Talent development
PhD student wins international engineering competition
Lasse Bjerg, a PhD student at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO) and the Centre for Energy Materials (CEM), Aarhus University, has won the title of EUSPEN International Challenge Winner 2011 at the Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing, UK.
2011.08.08 | Research, Science and Technology
Millions of small RNAs paint a bigger picture of human gene activity
Scientists have discovered the origin of a new group of small RNAs (sRNAs) that contain genetic information.
2011.08.08 | Research, Forside au.dk
Sea ice in the Arctic is far from stable
A new research project involving scientists at the Department of Geoscience, Aarhus University, has shown that the summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has been far from stable during the last 10,000 years.
2011.08.03 | Research, UNIvers
Digging Into the Past: AU excavation team finds history underground
An excavation team, led by Aarhus University professor Andres Dobat, heads to Germany to piece together a story of politics, violence and religion.
2011.08.01 | Research
Save money and increase yield with smart traffic in the field
A new decision support system can help farmers optimize their traffic in the field. The farmer can thereby increase machine efficiency, avoid soil compaction, save on pesticides whilst increasing yield.
2011.08.01 | Research, Awards
Prestigious award for trapping antihydrogen
The American Physical Society has awarded the John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research 2011 to Jeffrey Hangst and Paul Bowe, Department of Physics and Astronomy.
2011.07.08 | Research, News from the management, Awards, Forside au.dk
Statisticians from Aarhus University most cited in the world
According to a brand-new survey, the discipline statistics at Aarhus University ranks among the global elite.
2011.07.06 | Research, People, Forside au.dk
iNANO research is this month’s Thomson Reuters ”New Hot Paper”
An article in Nature Materials by Associate Professor Liv Hornekær and her research group has now been added to the Thomson Reuters list of ”New hot Papers” in Materials Science.
2011.07.01 | Research
Protein pumps copper, silver and gold
Researchers from Aarhus University are the first in the world to map the structure of a protein that pumps copper ions across the cell membrane.
2011.06.29 | Research
Important contribution to clarifying the biochemistry of the degradation of phosphonate compounds
Researchers have found that the bacteria's ability to degrade phosphonates takes place via a complicated complex of five different proteins.
2011.06.26 | Research, Forside au.dk, Media
Harold Bluetooth’s Vikings were Polish mercenaries
As part of an international team of researchers, archaeologists at Aarhus University can reveal that a large part of Harold Bluetooth’s Viking army consisted of foreigners – possibly from Poland.