Tubes with mussel glue will in the future be able to replace sutures and staples in the hospitals' operating rooms. Researchers at Aarhus University have copied the mussel glue production and improved it so much that they have established the spinout company Bioco Medico in order to get the glue brought to the market.

Congratulations to Jacques Chevallier, Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), who receives Faculty TAP Award 2017. Jacques Chevallier receives the award for his considerable efforts during forty years – both technically and academically.

Several both national and international online news platforms as well as the British Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have picked up on the news about the newly established ”patent-free playground”, the Open Science platform initiated at iNANO, Science & Technology, Aarhus University

On 23 August 2017 iNANO has once again been enriched with new students. This year is the 15th anniversary of the nanoscience programme and iNANO Director Jørgen Kjems and deputy director Trolle Linderoth were very happy to once again welcome the new nanoscience students to Aarhus University.

Developing new materials with special properties is of crucial importance for scientific progress in areas such as energy, construction, environmentally responsible technologies, transport and electronics. Aarhus University has therefore established the interdisciplinary Centre for Integrated Materials Research (iMAT), hosted by Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO), which opened on 15 August. iMAT will support a number of industries and generally meet some of the global challenges we face in the future.

On the 15th August iNANO will host the inauguration of Centre for Integrated Materials Research (iMAT),

which will play an important role in the development of national and international materials research collaborations.