Researchers from Prof. Thomas Poulsen’s research group, in collaboration with scientists at the Research Unit for Molecular Medicine (MMF) at Aarhus…

Researchers at Aarhus University have discovered the secrets behind how plants move sugar using a protein called the SUC transporter. This…

Traditional medicines typically work by targeting the body in a non-specific way, which can lead to unnecessary side effects and the need for taking…

The spin-out company, MedicQuant, from Aarhus University raises more than DKK 12 million in capital to further develop a rapid analysis tool that will…

Researchers from Aarhus University and the Danish Technological Institute have developed a chemical process that can disassemble the epoxy composite…

Postdoc Esben Bjerregaard Svenningsen received the Danish award for ’Best PhD in Medicinal Chemistry 2022-2023’ last week.

Birgit Schiøtt is returning to her research as a professor of chemistry, and Karl Anker Jørgensen will take over as Acting Head of Department from 1…

The research group of Prof. Alexander Zelikin is vested in the development of synthetic cells and specifically the mechanisms of artificial…

Explosions, brightly coloured flames and foam sausages, all mixed with humour and infectious enthusiasm. The Chemistry Show has entertained and…

Researchers from Aarhus University and Berkeley Laboratory have designed RNA molecules, that folds into nanoscale rectangles, cylinders, and…

Revolutionary x-ray sources and collaboration across disciplines will create the possibility of seeing 3D structures in the body's cells and…

Profile of Dorthe Ravnsbæk (in Danish). Written by Susan Grønbech Kongpetsak for the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

Aarhus University and Troels Skrydstrup's research group have, as CETEC partners, contributed in developing a new technology that makes epoxy-based…

The Novo Nordisk Foundation have awarded a total of DKK 15 million to six researchers from the faculty. The objective of the grants is to support…

The need for energy storage is increasing, but with the present technology, there are not enough resources to produce the necessary batteries. On…

Independent Research Fund Denmark has granted a total of approx. DKK 8.6 million to three researchers from the Department of Biology, the Department…

Independent Research Fund Denmark has granted DKK 2.9 million to research into how to prevent cooling systems from exacerbating global warming.

Assistant Professor Alonso Rosas-Hernández is the first researcher to receive a Junior Group Leader grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation CO₂…

The Danish Chemical Society and Aksel Tovborg Jensen's Grant are hosting the Bjerrum-Brønsted-Lang Lecture in Copenhagen on 23 September at 3 pm.…

Last week, the International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP) awarded Postdoc Sarah S. Petters the Paul J. Crutzen…

With a grant of DKK 15 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Thomas Vosegaard (Professor and iNANO Director) and co-applicants will be able to…

Professor Merete Bilde has been elected as a new member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Prof. Niels Christian Nielsen and Prof. Henrik Birkedal from Department of Chemistry and iNANO each receive a Villum Synergy grant for their…

Associate Professor Tobias Weidner receives a VILLUM Experiment grant of 1,984,626 DKK (approx. $265,500).

Professor Jan Skov Pedersen receives an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo. The honorary…

Nature knows how to activate and deactivate enzymes on demand, without wasteful protein synthesis and degradation. Surprisingly, methods to do so…

Researchers at Aarhus University have developed a new and inexpensive way of breaking down polyurethane (PU) plastic into its original components,…

Geckos are an interesting species. They climb walls and ceilings and do not seem to have any problems with it. But how can that be? PhD Mette…

H.C. Ørsted Selskabet has granted this year's research award of DKK 50,000 to Professor Dorthe Ravnsbæk from the Department of Chemistry, while the…

The development of new types of drugs based on DNA and RNA is happening at a rapid pace. The mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are just one of many…

Researchers from ETH Zürich, Aarhus University (AU) and École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris have demonstrated that combination of clever pulse…

Professor Niels Christian Nielsen and Associate Professor Tobias Weidner have each received 10,000,000 DKK (approx. $1.400.000) from the Novo Nordisk…

Professor Torben R. Jensen and his research group publishes new, exciting results regarding lithium batteries in Angewandte Chemie.

Cloud formation and what actually happens inside clouds is one of the great mysteries in climate research. The solution to the mystery can be…

On 27 January 2022, the position of centre director at iNANO was advertised and could be applied for until 9 March. Acting Centre Director Thomas…

Niels Kristian Kjærgård Madsen from the Department of Chemistry receives AUFF's PhD prize, DKK 50,000, for his development of quantum chemistry…

Corona prevented chemistry professor Anja-Verena Mudring from using the travel budget from her VILLUM Investigator grant. Now she is instead using the…

The field of charge density research has evolved tremendously in the last decades, becoming a cornerstone of a field of broader scope – Quantum…

Yesterday, Anna Duncan started her new position as assistant professor (tenure track) at the Department of Chemistry.

On Saturday 28 May, Professor Merete Bilde will speak at Bloom Festival in Copenhagen - a festival about nature and science.

HydEM 2022 is a great point of reference for scientists of energy materials science, and the focus is on new hydrogen-containing materials for fuel…

Most drugs used today have only one mechanism of action and it is both difficult and expensive to manufacture drugs with multiple functions.…

The Novo Nordisk Foundation ​​​​​​​CO2 Research Center (CORC) invites staff and students at AU for an introduction of the center and its crucial…

Assistant Professor Jonas Elm receives award for his research in cluster formation and atmospheric chemistry.

We are delighted to present Katrine Mikkelsen as the new head of secretariat at the Department of Chemistry.