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2020.02.06 | iNano
From minus to plus – new magnet technology enhances green power
There are magnets in virtually all modern electrical equipment. However, the current versions are often based on metals with heavy impacts on the environment. Associate Professor Mogens Christensen is researching a new and cleaner magnet technology; research which also opens up for new opportunities to exploit and store electricity.
2020.01.20 | iNano
DKK 8 million for research infrastructure
13 iNANO associated researchers have been granted DKK 8 million from the Carlsberg Foundation for research infrastructure
2019.12.20 | iNano
The Novo Nordisk Foundation grants DKK 36 M for iNANO researchers
Henrik Birkedal, Merete Bilde, Tobias Weidner, Thomas Boesen, Rikke Louise Meyer, and Alexander Zelikin receive DKK 36 million in total from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for infrastructure for studying bone structure, studies in microbial aerosols, and the battle against antimicrobial resistance.
2019.12.19 | iNano
Safe reactions with dangerous gases
Professor Troels Skrydstrup has been interviewed by Chemistry Views (Wiley) about his successful work in organic synthesis, organometallic chemistry, and especially running safe reactions with dangerous but very useful gases, like carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide. Hear about his research plans and why Denmark is a nice place to do research.
2019.12.19 | iNano
Injecting ‘solar cells’ into the body to regenerate brain cells
Associate Professor Menglin Chen has received a major grant from the Carlsberg Foundation to develop a completely new method of regenerating brain and heart cells. The method uses water-based nanofibers coated with organic photovoltaic nanomaterials to create light controlled neural stimulating scaffolds inside the body.
2019.12.13 | iNano
Researchers create synthetic nanopores made from DNA
A scientific collaboration led by researchers at iNANO/Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Aarhus University and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen has resulted in the construction of a synthetic DNA nanopore capable of selectively translocating protein-size macromolecules across lipid bilayers.
2019.12.10 | iNano
Poul Nissen receives the Lundbeck Foundation's professor grant
The Lundbeck Foundation is awarding grants worth DKK 232 million (USD 34 million) to six leading neuroscientists. The LF Professorships programme is the Foundation’s largest grant allocation to date.
2019.12.10 | iNano
Metal-organic sponge to convert CO2 into fuel
Associate Professor Nina Lock from the Department of Engineering and iNANO associated has received a grant of DKK 4.3 million (EUR 0.6 mill.) from the Carlsberg Foundation to develop an entirely new material which, through electrocatalysis, can transform CO2 into useful products.
2019.12.05 | CADIAC
Molecular catalysts with great prospects for use in converting CO2
Assist. Prof. Xinming Hu and Prof. Kim Daasbjerg from Carbon Dioxide Axtivation Center (CADIAC) at Aarhus University describe the state-of-the-art of the electrochemical CO2 reduction promoted by molecular catalysts and discuss an important recent discovery published in Nature. Read the Nature News & Views article by Hu and Daasbjerg here.
2019.11.29 | iNano
iNANO researchers honored with business acceleration award
The discovery of a unique technology to detect small molecules in blood, and the potential of being able to secure a more correct and safe treatment of certain patients, led iNANO researchers to establish the startup company, MedicQuant. The team behind the company has just won the Bioinnovation Institute (BII) Acceleration Award.