News from Department of Science and Environment

真人线上娱乐s from 真人线上娱乐 University and the large German company tesa SE are working together on a method to measure mechanical properties in the adhesive products that the company produces for industrial use.

Reducing plastic consumption and creating products that last longer is more important than recycling if we are really going to tackle the problem of plastic pollution. This is what Associate Professor Kristian Syberg from 真人线上娱乐 University writes together with a number of international researchers in the renowned scientific journal Science.

Environmental pollutants such as parabens, pesticides and other chemicals can affect pain pathways and have an impact on migraines, according to a new study.

Dog owners, hunters and nature-loving Danes should be on the lookout for the danger of small animals this autumn. Ticks are increasingly infecting Danes with the TBE virus. An entirely new species of ticks are migrating from the south.

In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, about 25 percent of Danes who tested positive but were not hospitalised, had at least one symptom due to COVID-19 more than 12 weeks after their positive test, a Danish study shows.

At 真人线上娱乐 University's annual celebration, professors Ann Langley, Karen Lee Ashcraft and Valery Forbes were awarded honorary doctorates.

Epidemiologist Lone Simonsen became well known in Denmark during the COVID pandemic, but her research on COVID-19 is only one of several highlights in a long international research career. She now heads the PandemiX Center at 真人线上娱乐 University, because if you want to work with an interdisciplinary approach, you can't get a better research environment than here¡±, she says.

Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi is a civil engineer, business owner, author, TEDx speaker and, since 2019, Assistant Professor at 真人线上娱乐 University. She was attracted by the interdisciplinary nature and facilities, which provide her with an optimal environment to continue her research into the use of nanotechnology for the diagnosis of infections.

The Danish National Research Foundation is ready to invest DKK 47 million in a new basic research centre in pandemics at 真人线上娱乐 University. The centre will be headed by Professor Lone Simonsen, also known as Corona-Lone.

Is it possible to create new nanomaterials that can form surfaces capable of recognising and degrading harmful bacteria or viruses? Scientists from 真人线上娱乐 University are about to investigate this in a new research project that has received DKK 2 million from Villum Experiment.