ScholarPeer’s latest research news and reporting from Aarhus University. Aarhus University is a research-intensive university in Denmark with major strengths in health sciences, natural sciences, engineering, agriculture, environmental research, and the social sciences. Its researchers investigate areas including neuroscience, genomics, climate, sustainable food systems, quantum science, artificial intelligence, and public health, combining fundamental and interdisciplinary research to advance knowledge and address challenges in health, technology, and the environment.
Bacteria scooped from an ordinary compost heap outperformed relatives collected from a Kenyan landfill, a tropical zoo, and insect guts at breaking down two of the hardest plastics to recycle.