Structural DNA nanotechnology is about using oligonucleotides as structural building material to create shapes and patterns with nanometer-scale precision. DNA nanotechnology studies in Gothelf Lab result in three papers where DNA constitute the architectural blocks of functional nanostructures.

Not only is this year the 15th anniversary of the Nanoscience educational programme, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO) could also celebrate MSc in Nanoscience no. 200. 

Prof. Hammer (Depart. of Physics and Astronomy and iNANO) was awarded the Aarhus University Anniversary Foundation Prize of Honour for Pedagogics in recognition of his outstanding and groundbreaking teaching at Aarhus University.

Chemists from The Carbon Dioxide Activation Center have recently published a paper in Nature Communications with the title “Scalable carbon dioxide electroreduction coupled to carbonylation chemistry”.

Researchers from Aarhus University, including assist. prof Thomas B. Poulsen have discovered a metabolite that reveals how the fatty acid metabolism of the body protects against the harmful effects of sugar. In general, the researchers have discovered that the fatty acid metabolism in the cells causes a detoxification of the harmful substances from the blood sugar, which can ward off the damages that may lead to age-related diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's and cancer. (Article presently only in Danish)