Ice is a major problem for wind turbines in northern climates, costing wind farms millions of Euros annually. A new research project is developing autonomous drones that can automatically locate ice on the blades of turbines. The goal is to energy-optimise wind turbines and to make it possible to site wind turbines further north.

From 28 November to 2 December, an intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) summoned by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) will start negotiations on an international treaty to end plastic pollution. However, 13 leading plastics scientists point out that the final agreement will be ineffective in addressing the full suite of problems posed by plastics unless negotiators include all relevant chemical issues associated with plastics across the life-cycle.

The COVID-19 crisis caused broad segments of the public to support protests and feel concerned about their own political rights, according to new research from Aarhus University. Professor Michael Bang Petersen believes that the results of this new study could be used to improve how we handle other crises, for instance the energy crisis and the climate crisis.

This year, three researchers from BIOMED, a researcher from Public Health and a researcher from Clinical Medicine will receive Ascending Investigator grants from the Lundbeck Foundation. The grants will help to strengthen research in the field of neuroscience and the treatment of diseases relating to the nervous system.

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… An awesome blog post about how to make the most of the festive season in the City of Smiles 🎄

The Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) has awarded grants totalling DKK 105m to 37 research projects to support the green transition. Four of the grant recipients are researchers from Aarhus University, each of whom has received approx. DKK 2.8m to realise their projects.

The new collaborative platform, Plant2Food, will speed up the development of plant-based foods. On Plant2Food, researchers and companies will work together to explore complex issues within plant and food science and share new knowledge across sectors – without patenting the results. The Novo Nordisk Foundation will support the platform with up to DKK 200 million over the next five years.

Aarhus University is an amazing university which attracts equally amazing students. But sometimes it’s nice to have a bit of an intro to the university, who to speak to when there is an issue, and how to meet more people here, because everyone needs a helping hand sometimes 😊

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Professor Cecilia Ramlau-Hansen from Aarhus University receives, together with two colleagues from Norway and Germany, a Synergy Grant of approximately DKK 104 million from the European Research Council (ERC). The researchers will use the grant to investigate why fertility is falling, and why infertility affects different social groups in different ways.