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Funds for physics contact across the Atlantic
2012.02.10 | NOT USED
The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation has awarded a grant of DKK 288,000 (approximately EUR 39,000) to physicist Nikolaj Thomas Zinner, Aarhus University, to set up permanent collaboration with three universities in São Paulo regarding research and education in theoretical physics.
Denmark’s largest research award goes to Klaus Mølmer
2012.01.23 | NOT USED
He compares quantum computers with bridal bouquets, and wave functions with violin strings. Professor Klaus Mølmer is a popular communicator and top researcher. On Monday 23 January 2012, he is receiving the Villum Kann Rasmussen Annual Award for Technical and Scientific Research. The research award is valued at DKK 2.5 million (approximately EUR…
Spil computer og hjælp forskningen
2012.01.20 | NOT USED
Ligesom andre i forskningsverdenen er Jacob Sherson i gang med at udvikle et computerspil, hvor almindelige mennesker kan 'lege' sig til et svar på forskningens vanskeligste problemer. Jacob Sherson, postdoc på Institut for Fysik og Astronomi, medvirkede i programmet Videnskabens Verden på P1, 17. januar 2012.
Prof. Flemming Besenbacher awarded ‘The Award for International Scientific Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’
2012.01.20 | NOT USED
The Award for International Scientific Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is the highest award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), People’s Republic of China. This award is to commend and honor those eminent foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to facilitate cooperation with CAS.
Fysikoverraskelse: Elektrisk spænding opstår spontant i tyndfilm af lattergas
2012.01.10 | NOT USED
Fysikere ved Aarhus Universitet opdagede ved et lykketræf, at enorme elektriske felter opstår spontant i tyndfilm af særlige materialer. Effekten kan muligvis udnyttes i nye former for sensorer.
Aarhus astronomers win ‘Science’s Top 5’
2011.12.21 | NOT USED
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard and Hans Kjeldsen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, have been selected by the Danish journal Ingeniøren (The Engineer) as winners of ‘Science’s Top 5’ – an annual competition to find the best Danish research results in engineering and science.
Carlsberg Foundation awards grant to Jeffrey Hangst for research into antimatter
2011.12.19 | NOT USED
The Carlsberg Foundation has granted DKK 3.3 million (approximately EUR 450,000) to Associate Professor Jeffrey Hangst, Aarhus University, to purchase new research equipment. Associate Professor Hangst is the spokesperson for the ALPHA group at CERN, the world leader in research into antihydrogen.
Nyt AU Ideas Pilotcenter: Pilot Center for Community-driven Research: Game Assisted Quantum Computing
2011.12.19 | NOT USED
Jacob Friis Sherson, Institut for Fysik og Astronomi, er bevilget midler til nyt pilotcenter. Der er i alt uddelt 65,5 mio. kr. til 15 pilotcentre, som i løbet af de næste 3-5 år skal skal arbejde med forskningsprojekter med henblik på at undersøge, om idéen kan udvikles til et egentligt forskningscenter.
Doctoral degree conferred on Ulrik Ingerslev Uggerhøj, Physics and Astronomy
2011.12.19 | NOT USED
On 14 December, Dean Brian Bech Nielsen, Science and Technology, and Head of Department Lars H. Andersen, Physics and Astronomy, conferred a doctorate on Ulrik Ingerslev Uggerhøj.
Cores of giant stars spin faster than their outer layers
2011.12.09 | NOT USED
Astronomers at Aarhus University have studied the interiors of giant stars and can ascertain that they behave quite differently from the Sun.