2019.10.21 — New research from Aarhus University shows that ants inhibit at least 14 different plant diseases. The small insects secrete antibiotics from glands in the body. On their legs and body, they also host colonies of bacteria that secrete antibiotics. It is probably these substances that inhibit a number of different diseases and researchers now hope to find biological pesticides that may conquer resistant plant diseases.
Fruit flies help in the development of personalised medicine
2019.10.21 — It is common knowledge that there is a connection between our genes and the risk of developing certain diseases. In a study on fruit flies, researchers from Aarhus University and Aalborg University have found that gene mapping can also be used to predict response to a given treatment.
PI-ICE - sampling bioaerosols in the Antarctic
2019.02.20 — When the sea is foaming there is more than water and salt involved
Offshore wind farms effect on marine mammals
2019.02.14 — New report details effects of an offshore wind farms impact on marine mammals at Kriegers’s Flak, Sweden. The 2018 report is based on studies done by scientist from DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy.
Baltic Sea Harbour porpoise foraging habitats
2019.02.14 — New report details the foraging habits of Harbour porpoises in the Baltic Sea. The report is based on a study done by scientist from DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy from 2010-2015.
DNA traces on wild flowers reveal insect visitors
2019.02.08 — Researchers from Aarhus University have discovered that insects leave tiny DNA traces on the flowers they visit. This newly developed eDNA method holds a vast potential for documenting unknown insect-plant interactions, keeping track of endangered pollinators, such as wild bees and butterflies, as well as in the management of unwanted pest species.
Growing interest in Danish biodiversity
2019.02.01 — An impressive more than 400 people turned up to the fifth Biodiversity Symposium, held at Aarhus University on 22 January. Researchers, managers, consultants and policy-makers gathered to take stock of biodiversity in the Danish countryside. The good attendance bears witness to a large and increasing interest in the topic.
Human mutation rate has slowed recently
2019.01.23 — Researchers from Aarhus University and Copenhagen Zoo have discovered that the human mutation rate is significantly slower than for our closest primate relatives. The new knowledge may be important for estimates of when the common ancestor for humans and chimpanzees lived - and for conservation of large primates in the wild.
Otoliths - the fish’s black box - also keeps an eye on the metabolism
2019.01.21 — For the first time ever, an international research team has shown that fish otoliths record information on fish metabolism. Analyses of old and new otoliths can therefore provide new knowledge about how different species of fish adapt to new conditions, including climate change.
Satellite images reveal global poverty
2019.01.08 — How far have we come in achieving the UN’s sustainable development goals that we are committed to nationally and internationally? Yes, it can be difficult to make a global assessment of poverty and poor economic conditions, but with an eye in the sky, researchers are able to give us a very good hint of the living conditions of populations in the world’s poor countries.
Conference: Partnerships for a sustainable future
2018.12.17 — Join us when Aarhus University invites to a conference about UN's 17 sustainable development goals, focusing on developing sustainable solutions in collaboration between the university, public authorities and companies.
2018.12.14 — The Distinguished Fellowship makes it possible for Dr. Thomsen to create a state-of-the environmental DNA research facility at the Department of Bioscience.
