News archive 2017
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21.12.2017
DKK 4.5 million for research into new rechargeable batteries
Associate Professor Dorthe Bomholdt Ravnsbæk from the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy has received DKK 4,490,359 from the Carlsberg Foundation for the development of cheaper and more energy efficient batteries.
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19.12.2017
Murres serving research
SDU has started collaborating with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the USA on researching marine birds’ hearing. The goal is to spare marine birds the noise from navy vessels, among other things.
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18.12.2017
Return from the deepest parts of the Kermadec Trench in The Pacific Ocean
Scientists exploring the Kermadec Trench believe they have retrieved the deepest ever sediment sample from the bottom of the ocean using a wire-deployed corer. The sample was obtained a week ago at 9994m deep in a mission that took six hours to complete.
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06.12.2017
How does it look when Earth is bombarded with dark matter?
A whole lot of zig-zagging: Perhaps that is what happens when the universe’s mysterious dark matter particles hit the Earth. SDU researchers can now show through simulations how it might look.
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01.12.2017
Sebastian Hofferberth receives prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant
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27.11.2017
The speed limit of muscles
When birds sing their elaborate songs, bats echolocate, rattlesnakes rattle and toadfish hum they use so-called superfast muscles, the fastest vertebrate muscles known. New research shows that these muscles have reached a maximum speed attainable in any vertebrate muscle.
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24.11.2017
Male trout are now real males again
The media has been telling us about feminised male fish for decades, but now researchers at SDU announce that this feminisation has completely disappeared in certain parts of Denmark.
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08.11.2017
ATLAS has opened
In April 2017, Susanne Mandrup received a grant of DKK 65 million from the Danish National Research Foundation to establish a Centre of Excellence. The Centre officially opened on Monday 6 November with a symposium held in auditorium O100 at SDU.
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30.10.2017
Surprising monkey study: Bad times do not cause group members to change behavior
Researchers have observed an unexpected behavioral pattern in monkeys in Puerto Rico. As the population density in the group rises, the group as a whole produces fewer babies – this is no surprise. But, to the surprise of researchers, it turned out that the group's individual members did not change behavior. How does this add up?
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26.10.2017
The sea turtle that refused to be beaten by the storm
When Eleanor the sea turtle was caught in a tropical storm off the coast of Florida, she coped surprisingly well. In fact, she hardly needed to use any extra energy during the four days the storm raged - and neither was she injured.
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25.09.2017
When he calls, she can’t hear him
Tiny Brazilian frogs are deaf to their own calls.
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22.09.2017
700 years old saint myth has been proven (almost) true
Scientists confirm that the age and content of an old sack is in accordance with a medieval myth about Saint Francis of Assisi.
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28.08.2017
We are Nordic champions in physics and geoscience
SDU is at the very top when it comes to research in physics and geoscience in the Nordic countries, according to a new report that compares research performance of the Nordic universities.
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17.08.2017
Poisonings went hand in hand with the drinking water in Pompeii
The ancient Romans were famous for their advanced water supply. But the drinking water in the pipelines was probably poisoned on a scale that may have led to daily problems with vomiting, diarrhoea, and liver and kidney damage. This is the finding of analyses of water pipe from Pompeii.
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01.08.2017
Bird with super senses inspires researchers
Not much surprises the oilbird. Its senses are super sharp and when combined, may function in a way that can inspire researchers to construct better drones and more advanced technology.
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27.07.2017
Anyone for crispy jellyfish?
The world needs new foods, and we are gradually getting used to the idea of having to eat seaweed and insects. So jellyfish on our plates would not put us off. Right?
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01.06.2017
New invention could save the lives of many laboratory animals
Mice, rats, pigs and dogs are just some of the animals used for testing new drugs which could potentially become medicine. SDU researchers have invented a new method that could make many animal experiments redundant.
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29.05.2017
New discovery: Cormorants can hear under water
For the first time, researchers have shown that a marine birds can hear under water. This offers new possibilities for the protection of marine birds in trafficked waters.
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22.05.2017
Fat can neutralise listeria
Certain fatty acids are not just part of a healthy diet. They can also neutralise the harmful listeria bacterium, a new study shows. This discovery could eventually lead to improved methods to combat dangerous and drug-resistant bacteria.
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08.05.2017
New way to detect ecstasy discovered
While building molecular machines, researchers stumbled upon a new method to detect ecstasy. The discovery can lead to more reliable drug tests.
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27.04.2017
The key to long female lives may be heterogeneity
In sparrowhawks diversity in frailty and robustness helps females live longer
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19.04.2017
New centre of excellence in obesity
Professor Susanne Mandrup from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology receives DKK 65 million to establish a centre of excellence to investigate obesity at the cellular level.
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30.03.2017
Melting sea ice may lead to more life in the sea
Every year an increasing amount of sea ice is melting in the Arctic. This can start a chain reaction, which leads to increased production of algae and hence more food for creatures in the sea.
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02.03.2017
Newborn harbour porpoises have the fastest hearing development among mammals
All mammals can hear – but it is not an ability that is fully developed at birth. Some mammals like humans take years to fully develop their hearing abilities, but for a newborn harbour porpoise it takes less than 30 hours. This is the fastest in any studied mammal.
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27.02.2017
Did seaweed make us who we are today?
Millions of years ago something happened, allowing early Homo sapiens to branch out from the primitive hominoid family tree. Was this crucial turn in human evolution partly driven by seaweed and its particular content of essential nutrients?
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12.01.2017
This bay in Scandinavia holds world record in carbon storing
Forests are potent carbon sinks, but also the oceans’ seagrasses can store enormous amounts of carbon. A little bay in Denmark stores a record amount of carbon. Here is the secret.
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05.01.2017
Better the devil you know
Common terns stay with the same partner for life even though they have poor breeding success
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01.01.0001
Into the abyss
Deep sea expedition leaves to explore the bottom of one of the deepest places in the ocean: The Kermadec Trench.