27 FEB Major prize for portable ultrasound Innovation Fund Denmark awarded five new prizes at the EliteForsk conference on 23 February. Four current and former DTU researchers were among the recipients. Electronics Wind energy Image analysis Hardware and components Software and programming Computer calculations Innovation and product development Entrepreneurship Health technology
16 JAN DTU spin-out wins Danish Tech Challenge 2016 Bifrost Communications, headed by former DTU employee Jesper Bevensee Jensen, won this year's first prize of DKK 500,000 (EUR 67,000) in the entrepreneurship competition... Hardware and components Telecommunication
11 NOV Prestigious EU prize for the world’s fastest data signal DTU researchers have been awarded the prestigious Horizon prize of EUR 500,000 for a technology that allows optical data transmission with ultra-high capacity and presents... Hardware and components IT systems
11 MAR No need to lie still in the scanner of the future Senior Researcher Oline Vinter Olesen is working on transforming a seven-year-old idea into a business, backed by DTU, Harvard, and Rigshospitalet. Health technology Medical equipment and systems Hardware and components Image analysis
27 JAN New sensor detects faults before they happen A completely new optical and highly sensitive sensor that can withstand extreme environments. Wind energy Optics Hardware and components Fossil fuels Sensors Entrepreneurship Innovation and product development
26 NOV Detailed wind knowledge DTU Wind Energy has worked for such a long time with large calculations of wind movements that the department is now on its fifth supercomputer—called ‘Jess’—which was... Computer calculations Hardware and components Data analysis Wind energy
26 NOV Denmark’s biggest computer specially designed for life science It took thirteen years—from 1990 to 2003—and cost USD 3 billion to map the human genome. Today, using a small sample of human DNA—from a person living or dead—we can... Computer calculations Data analysis Hardware and components Genes and genomes Bacteria and microorganisms
26 NOV Supercomputers given optimal conditions Passing Risø DTU Campus, one is immediately drawn to the impressive row of wind turbines. However, something equally impressive and significant is now beginning to take... Computer calculations Data analysis Hardware and components Systems and data security
13 APR People meet and companies arise Things moved very quickly indeed when a group of young researchers with a couple of patents under their belts was paired with an experienced entrepreneur. Together, they... Entrepreneurship Innovation and product development Food quality Food production Catalysis Organic chemistry Hardware and components Enzymes and proteins Bacteria and microorganisms
06 OCT Enzyme research using graphics cards Researchers from DTU Chemistry are trying to penetrate the human body’s ‘control centre’ by studying a group of enzymes using computer modelling and experiments. Hardware and components Computer calculations Enzymes and proteins