Climate is changing, and this will affect future energy systems based on solar and wind. But how? A new research project at Aarhus University will focus on this with a Sapere Aude grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Can changes in the tiniest branches of our cardiovascular system help doctors detect and prevent a number of diseases decades before they become serious?

Buildings are responsible for a large percentage of anthropogenic carbon emissions. In any kind of sustainable future, this percentage must be reduced drastically. Fortunately, this is possible, but it requires research and development and closer collaboration across the sector, says Steffen Petersen, who is a new professor at the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at Aarhus University.

Three engineering students have developed an ID tag that can be built into designer furniture and link it wirelessly on the internet. This can help prevent theft and receiving stolen goods across national borders.

Ice is a major problem for wind turbines in northern climates, costing wind farms millions of Euros annually. A new research project is developing autonomous drones that can automatically locate ice on the blades of turbines. The goal is to energy-optimise wind turbines and to make it possible to site wind turbines further north.

More than 450 different chemical substances are swirling around the air in Danish classrooms according to a new report from the large Mass Experiment on the indoor climate in Danish schools. Virtually all of the classes studied have concentrations above recommended levels.

Denmark's first test-scale plant to produce hydrogen by catalytic pyrolysis of biogas will be ready in three years. The technology can convert carbon - captured from the atmosphere via photosynthesis - into solid form and simultaneously produce hydrogen very energy-efficiently. A great match for Denmark’s leading role in the biogas area, says AU scientist behind the project.

The so-called forever chemicals, PFAS, are found in many places in nature, but remediation is problematic because their concentrations are extremely small. New research will make it easier and more efficient to remove these toxic substances.

AU Engineering is launching three new, cross-disciplinary and data-driven research projects funded by the Villum Foundation. Among other things, the new projects will help to limit the effects of environmental disasters and improve our understanding of how cells react to mechanobiological influences.

Pernille Klarskov Pedersen is a new associate professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Aarhus University. She is the head of the Terahertz Photonics research group, which, among other things, is developing technology to sort plastic waste and inspect the solar cells of the future.