Nature, Numbers & Technology

Innovative medication to shatter blood clots with light

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:30:00 +0200

One in five die when a blood clot detaches from an artery to get stuck in heart or brain. Now chemist...

Chemistry breakthrough sheds new light on illness and health

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:15:00 +0200

Danish chemistry researchers set to revolutionize medical imaging. If only someone would use their invention....

Information technology amplifies irrational group behaviour

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:30:00 +0200

Web tools and social media are our key sources of information when we make decisions as citizens and...

New centre to focus on harvest and storage of solar energy

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:45:00 +0200

Paint which combines the properties of solar cells and batteries is the ultimate goal for chemist Morten...

They swam north to survive

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:30:00 +0200

Many of the large land mammals, such as mammoths and woolly rhinos, didn’t survive the last ice-age....

Darwinian Evolution of new Chemistry and Nano-Medicine

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0200

An entirely new way of thinking about pharmaceuticals – this is the goal of Morten Meldal...

Monster from the deep hits the surface

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100

The giant squid is one of the most enigmatic animals on the planet. It is extremely rarely seen, except....

Volunteer divers benefit marine research

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:00:00 +0100

Many volunteer SCUBA divers collect data on the marine environment every year. Now research shows that...

Mobile phones have given the Chinese a voice

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0100

A new PhD thesis presents several case studies on the use of the mobile phone for political participation...

Experts to calculate potential of Greenlandic mineral wealth

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:00:00 +0100

A joint Greenlandic and Danish university committee will seek to identify how best to use Greenland’s...

University of Copenhagen partner in online learning platform

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:30:00 +0100

The University of Copenhagen is now an official partner in the world's most important platform for online...

This is why it takes so long to get over tendon injuries

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:00:00 +0100

By combining the nuclear tests of the 1950s with tissue samples and modern technology, a research collaboration now...

Scientists make racehorses fertile

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:00:00 +0100

Ten percent of mares have difficulties conceiving. Professor Anders Miki Bojesen and veterinarian Morten...

Grants attract top researchers to Copenhagen

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Two international researchers have each been awarded a Novo Nordisk Foundation Laureate Research Grant...

Groundbreaking air-cleaner saves polluting industrials

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:15:00 +0100

An aircleaning invention from the University of Copenhagen has proven its ability to remove difficult...

A new centre to analyse future disasters

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:15:00 +0100

A new centre at the University of Copenhagen and CBS will equip relief aid organisations, authorities,...

Wallace's century-old map of natural world updated

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:00:00 +0100

Until today, Alfred Russel Wallace's century old map from 1876 has been the backbone for our understanding...

Common house plant threatened by climate change

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:15:00 +0100

The purple flower African violet is a popular house plant in most of the world. Scientists from the University...

Drought in the Horn of Africa delays migrating birds

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:00:00 +0100

The drought last year in the Horn of Africa caused the extremely late arrival into northern Europe...

International research team become the first to map pig genome

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Together with an international team of scientists, researchers from the University of Copenhagen are...

Solar system's birth record revised

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:30:00 +0100

New research suggests that our solar system is not quite as special as once believed.

The modern view of nature has religious roots

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:00:00 +0200

All over the planet, people are fighting to save animals and plants from extinction. In a new book, University...

Danish researchers release ground-breaking knowledge about calcium pumps in cells

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:00:00 +0200

Researchers have now shown that calcium pumps in the cell’s outer membrane adjust the pump speed...

New research into species extinction under climate change

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:00:00 +0200

Nine researchers from University of Copenhagen are awarded the prestigious Sapere Aude grant.

Ancient stinging nettles reveal Bronze Age trade connections

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:00:00 +0200

A piece of nettle cloth retrieved from Denmark's richest known Bronze Age burial mound may derive from...

New simulation method produces realistic fluid movements

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:00:00 +0200

What does a yoghurt look like over time? The food industry will soon be able to answer this question...

Gut bacteria could cause diabetes

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:00:00 +0200

New research shows that the composition of a person’s intestinal bacteria could play an important...

Botanical Garden - renewed and beautified

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 07:00:00 +0200

From 2009 to 2012 the Botanical Garden in Copenhagen has been transformed, and now it appears more beautiful...

New Danish fungal species discovered

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0200

A new fungal species has been discovered in Denmark during a mushroom-hunting tour headed by postdoc...

The mystery of dark matter may be near to being deciphered

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:45:00 +0200

With the latest observations from the Planck satellite, researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, among...

New DNA-method tracks fish and whales in seawater

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 07:00:00 +0200

Danish researchers at University of Copenhagen lead the way for future monitoring of marine biodiversity...

Sweet building blocks of life found around young star

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:15:00 +0200

Life is made up of a series of complex organic molecules, including sugars. Astronomers from NBI...

Successful landing on Mars

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:15:00 +0200

"It has succeeded, it has landed”, it sounds from head of the Danish Mars research group, Morten...

New technology eliminates plant toxins

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:00:00 +0200

A team of researchers has developed a method to hinder unwanted toxins from entering the edible parts...

Warming and melting on top of the Greenland ice sheet

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:45:00 +0200

On top of the approximately 3 km thick ice sheet in Greenland the temperature is normally around minus...

Aerial photos reveal dynamic ice sheet

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:00:00 +0200

Despite the current and rapid melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, it remains far from certain just when...

Gene technology helps deceive greedy pest insects

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 08:00:00 +0200

New research has helped develop a method to deceive the greedy diamond-back moth, which could help...

Rise in temperatures and CO2 follow each other closely in climate change

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:15:00 +0200

New research from the Niels Bohr Institute indicates that, contrary to previous opinion, the rise in...

The Clovis First Theory is put to rest at Paisley Caves

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:00:00 +0200

New international research shows that people of another culture were present concurrently or even previous...

Breakthrough - the Higgs is found

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:15:00 +0200

So there it is – the Higgs, the mysterious particle that causes all things to have a mass. After...

Denmark can triple its biomass production and improve the environment

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:00:00 +0200

Scientists have published an extensive report that shows how we can increase the production of biomass...

Discovery of material with amazing properties

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 10:30:00 +0200

Normally a material can be either magnetically or electrically polarized, but not both. Now researchers...

South African daffodils may be a future cure for depression

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:00:00 +0200

Scientists have discovered that plant compounds from a South African flower may in time be used to treat...

Planets can form around different types of stars

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:00:00 +0200

New research from NBI, among others, shows that small planets can form around very different types of...

Breaking the limits of classical physics

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:00:00 +0200

Researchers from NBI have made a simple experiment that demonstrates that nature violates common sense....

New understanding of terrestrial formation has significant and far reaching future implications

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +0200

While plate tectonics can shed light on processes up to 3 billion years ago, the theory isn’t...

Blanch your weeds

Thu, 31 May 2012 13:30:00 +0200

PhD project shows that six treatments throughout the summer with either boiling water, steam or...

Old aerial photos supply new knowledge on glaciers in Greenland

Tue, 29 May 2012 07:00:00 +0200

New research shows that the glaciers in Southeast Greenland can actually recuperate within a short timeframe...

Baby galaxies grew up quickly

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:15:00 +0200

Baby galaxies from the young Universe more than 12 billion years ago evolved faster than previously thought,...

Particle physics professor appointed dean

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:00:00 +0200

John Renner Hansen, Head of the Niels Bohr Institute, will become the new dean of the Faculty of Science....

Leeches are DNA bloodhounds in the jungle

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:00 +0200

Researchers have developed a new and revolutionary, yet simple and cheap, method for tracking mammals...

Dietary changes help some children with ADHD

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0200

Researchers have just completed an extensive report that shows there are potential benefits in changing...

New forage plant prepares farmers for climate changes

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:30:00 +0200

Researchers have developed a new type of the corn-like crop sorghum, which may become very significant...

Glacier-fed river systems threatened by climate change

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:00:00 +0100

As glaciers vanish due to global warming, so will those species dependent upon the icy runoff. The alarming...

Protein researchers unravel the molecular dance of DNA repair

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:00:00 +0100

The results of a new study will help unravel exactly how chemotherapy affects cells´ workings and...

New Danish centre to explore the Earth's interior

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:30:00 +0100

To solve the mantle plume mystery Professor Hans Thybo and colleagues will lower advanced seismographic...

Sustainability threatened by rising demand for livestock products

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0100

A major new European research project aims to identify and develop innovative solutions and technologies...

The Blue Planet's new water budget

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:00:00 +0100

Researchers from University of Copenhagen and Stanford have examined 3.8 billion year old minerals from...

Sturdy Scandinavian conifers survived Ice Age

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:00:00 +0100

New research shows that some Scandinavian conifers survived the inhospitable ice age climate likely for...

Birds sing louder amidst the noise and structures of the urban jungle

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0100

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Aberystwyth have discovered that besides...

Promising new compound for treating stroke

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:15:00 +0100

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have designed, produced and patented a new chemical compound...

Rainforest plant combats multi-resistant bacterial strains

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Researchers have discovered a natural substance in a Chilean avocado plant that is active in combination...

Synthetic protein amplifies genes needed for stem cells

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0100

Scientists have found a way to generate and maintain stem cells much more efficiently by amplifying...

New international genome research centre to open in Denmark

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:30:00 +0100

BGI Europe, a subsidiary of the leading Chinese genomic organisation, will open its first European genome...

Leading University of Copenhagen scholars honoured as Elite Researchers

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Danish Ministry awards two of its five prestigious Elite Researcher Awards to leading scholars at the...

Cooling semiconductor by laser light

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0100

Researchers at the NBI have combined two worlds – quantum physics and nano physics, and this has...

The biodiversity crisis: Worse than climate change

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0100

University of Copenhagen leaves imprint on new UN panel in effort to preserve world nature.

Research prevents eco-fraud

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:15:00 +0100

In recent years, the growing demand for organic food products has led to the faking of food and fraud....

A wealth of habitable planets in the Milky Way

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:15:00 +0100

Astronomers from the Niels Bohr Institute have discovered that most of the Milky Way’s 100 billion...

Niels Bohr Institute gets top researcher from Harvard

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:45:00 +0100

A grant of 38 million from the VILLUM FOUNDATION paves the way for a brand new professorship at the Niels...

Discovery of the first planet the size of Earth

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:30:00 +0100

Astronomers from the NBI have participated in the first discovery of a planet the size of Earth. Using...

New research platform paves way for future bio-based society

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0100

The Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation is donating DKK 112 million for a new platform bringing...

Breastfeeding promotes healthy growth

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:30:00 +0100

A PhD project from LIFE – the Faculty of Life Sciences – has shown that breastfed children...

Scientists turn to protein clues to recreate mammoth DNA

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:45:00 +0100

For the first time ever scientists have been able to work backwards by using 126 proteins from...

University of Copenhagen creates new super faculties

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

University of Copenhagen has decided to merge four of the University’s eight faculties into two....

Robert Feidenhans'l receives 20 million for food product research

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0100

Professor Robert Feidenhans'l has received a large grant of almost 20 million kroner from the Danish...

Extra weight loss from dietary fibres extracted from seaweed

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:45:00 +0100

A new research project conducted shows that dietary fibres from brown algae boost the sensation of satiety,...

A lake fauna in a shot-glass

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:15:00 +0100

Danish research team leads the way for future biodiversity monitoring using DNA traces in the environment...

Danish mushroom inspires cancer researchers

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0100

Researchers have explored the active principles of a Danish mushroom and found that some of the substances...

Chemistry student working for climate-friendly fridges

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:30:00 +0100

Coolants used in refrigerators have been revealed to be disruptive to earth climate. Now a student of...

New research project to examine the transatlantic slave trade

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0100

A new research project will bring together an unprecedented range of young researchers to examine the...

Mysterious Christmas star explosion

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:30:00 +0100

Christmas Day 2010 the Swift satellite observed a very strange gamma-ray burst in the distant universe....

Predicting future threats for global amphibian biodiversity

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0100

New research shows that amphibian populations are declining worldwide, and their declines far exceed...

Ancient stars shed light on the prehistory of the Milky Way

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:30:00 +0100

Some of the oldest stars in the Milky Way – a kind of stellar fossils contain abnormally large...

Billions in savings in health costs through reduced air pollution

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:45:00 +0100

Air pollution causes people to get sick, and illness costs society money. A report from CEEH shows that...

Research in cellular memory

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0100

Associate Professor Anja Groth has recieved an ERC Starting Grant and has been selected for EMBO's Young...

Nano-tech makes medicine greener

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:30:00 +0100

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen are behind the development of a new method that will make...

Unraveling the causes of the Ice Age megafauna extinctions

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0100

Was it humans or climate change that caused the extinctions of the iconic Ice Age mammals? University...

Giant star explosion casts light on distant galaxies

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:00:00 +0100

Astronomers including members from the NBI have used light from a distant gamma-ray burst to investigate...

Two giant grants from the EU to the Niels Bohr Institute

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:15:00 +0200

The Niels Bohr Institute has received two large research grants totalling 35 million kroner from ERC....

Tracing the first North American hunters

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:00:00 +0200

An astonishing new chapter has been added to North American prehistory with research showing that...

Sea levels will continue to rise for 500 years

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:00:00 +0200

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have calculated the long-term outlook for rising sea levels,...

Polar bears ill from accumulated environmental toxins

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0200

Industrial chemicals are transported from the industrialised world to the Arctic via air and sea currents...

Small molecules can starve cancer cells

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0200

Researchers from BRIC have found that a small molecule in our cells can block autophagy in cancer...

Aboriginals get new history

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:30:00 +0200

New reserach from the Willerslev group show, that the Aboriginal Australians were the first explorers....

Deans present rough outline for larger faculties

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:30:00 +0200

The University of Copenhagen Board has given Rector Ralf Hemmingsen and the University’s deans...

New piece to the puzzle of brain function

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:45:00 +0200

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have made a discovery that could form the basis for future...

Researchers on the trail of a treatment for cancer of the immune system

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:15:00 +0200

Danish researchers are the first in the world to block a bio-antenna of the memory cells of the immune...

Moon younger than previously thought

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:30:00 +0200

Analysis of a piece of lunar rock brought back to Earth by the Apollo 16 mission in 1972 has shown...

Large variations in Arctic sea ice

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200

For several thousand years, there was much less sea ice in The Arctic Ocean – probably less than...

Computational chemistry shows the way to safer bio fuels

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:15:00 +0200

Toxic alternatives to fossil fuel to be prevented using predictive mathematical modelling

Cancer gene therapy from camels

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:45:00 +0200

New research published in Journal of Controlled Release confirms that camel blood can help scientists...

Companies offered free licences for inventions

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:30:00 +0200

The University of Copenhagen has introduced the concept ‘Easy Access IP’, which makes it...

New Danish centre to boost knowledge about our cells

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:15:00 +0200

The Center for Advanced Bioimaging has been inaugurated at LIFE – the Faculty of Life Sciences...

African bulbous plant can help HIV patients

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:15:00 +0200

The South African plant, Tulbaghia can soothe oral fungal infections, which HIV/AIDS patients often...

15 million DKK for vaccine against pregnancy related malaria

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Doctors all around the globe have for years been looking in vain for a medical protection against malaria. Now...

CO2 makes life difficult for algae

Thu, 12 May 2011 07:30:00 +0200

New research shows that coccoliths, which are an important part of the sea environment, are dissolved...

Change is the order of the day in the Arctic

Wed, 11 May 2011 12:15:00 +0200

Climate change in the Arctic is occurring at a faster and more drastic rate than previously assumed,...

Novel ash analysis validates volcano no-fly zones

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Nanotech gives aviation authorities fact-based tool for air space risk assessment when volcanoes erupt....

Green sludge can protect groundwater from radioactive contamination

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Naturally occuring green rust could encapsulate and contain nuclear waste. This discovery should influence...

Denmark's university hospital for animals opens its doors

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Denmark now has one of Europe’s most well-equipped animal hospitals when The Veterinary Teaching...

Major grant to support development of cancer vaccine and genome mapping

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The University of Copenhagen and three other Danish universities are part of the largest grant ever awarded...

Research provides new findings on drug delivery with nanoparticles

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

New research has shown another great challenge in nanomedicine – the immune system – and...

Astronomers discover Earth-sized exoplanet

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

A solid planet approximately 1½ times the size of the Earth has been observed outside our solar...

Dietary recommendations no cure for obesity

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Large European diet study recommands high protein diet with low glycemic index

Strategic focus on plant science

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The University of Copenhagen is strengthening plant sciences and gathering researchers from three faculties...

Dopamine model could play role in treating schizophrenia and drug addiction

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Researchers have succeeded in creating a model of the way the brain releases dopamine, an important...

Bacteria to blame in asthma attacks in children

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Doctors have long known that viral infections can bring about asthma attacks and the shortness of breath,...

New invention saves energy, health, climate

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

A new invention could cut energy use in buildings by 25 percent by creating a better indoor climate....

Stress-factors can control our genes

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Cell biology Researchers from University of Copenhagen document that external stress-factors can control...

A new centre is attracting researchers worldwide

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Today, DNA researcher Professor Eske Willerslev and his team open the doors of their new Centre...

Artificial enzyme removes natural poison

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

For the first time ever, a completely man-made chemical enzyme has been successfully used to neutralise...

New molecular signaling cascade increases glucose uptake

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Scientists from Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen have in collaboration...

Important step towards quantum communication

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

For the first time, researchers from Harvard University and the Niels Bohr Institute have succeeded in...

Tropical forests wiped out at alarming speed

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The forests around Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania are rapidly being reduced. Researchers from 12 different...

Bedrock of Greenland Ice Sheet reached

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Bedrock has been reached at the deep ice core drilling site NEEM on the Greenland Ice Sheet at the depth...

The ant queen's chemical crown

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

New research in ants has tracked down the elusive queen pheromone for the first time and revealed that...

Niels Bohr Science Park: The future home of science research

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Ramboll Denmark won the international project competition for the design of the new buildings for the...

Industry-university collaboration yields more effective medicines

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Thanks to a series of formal and informal agreements, the students at the University of Copenhagen have...

The Earth and Moon formed later than previously thought

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The Earth and Moon were created as the result of a giant collision between two planets the size of Mars...

Massive resources now directed at sustainable animal waste technology

Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The production and use of commercial fertilisers and animal waste is contributing significantly to global...

The fight is on to save Kenya's green lung

Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

"If the Mau Forest is destroyed, Kenya will die." This is the stark message of the scientist...

Link between 'climate footprints' and mass mammal extinction

Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

An international team of scientists have discovered that climate change played a major role in causing...

The Russian President Medvedev visits Green Lighthouse

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

President Dmitry Medvedev visits Green Lighthouse at the University of Copenhagen. In connection to the...

Varnish to replace the dentist's drill

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The results of an extensive study indicate that, in the future, it will often suffice for dentists to...

Brain connections for stress - lessons from the worm

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Did you ever wonder how you are able to perform complex tasks - even under stress? And how do emotions...

New tool developed for DNA research

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Novel method discovered by Department of Chemistry PhD could reveal new insights into the workings of...

Permafrost soil and laughing gas

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Laughing gas (N2O) is 300 times worse than carbon dioxide (CO2) in connection with the emission of greenhouse...

Danish researcher unravels one of science's great mysteries

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Climate scientists from all over the globe are now able to test their climate models under extreme conditions...

Overkill or Overchill?

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0200

15,000 years ago the northern regions of the planet, from the coast of Portugal, right across Eurasia,...

Copenhagen Plant Science Center

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

New centre puts Danish plant science among world's elite. The University of Copenhagen is investing in...

Secrets of the pea aphid unveiled

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Aphids are serious agricultural pests, not only because they consume plant saps, but also because they...

Plotting and treachery in ant royal families

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

New research suggests that ant queens are prepared to compromise the welfare of the entire colony in...

Waking the dead

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

For the first time an ancient genome has been reconstructed in detail. The innovative technique...

Breakthrough in preventing maternal malaria

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

For the first time researchers havebeen able to synthesize the entire protein that is responsible for...

Master of Disaster students flown to Haiti

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A special postgraduate degree course in disaster management has been run jointly by the University of...

Scientists begin search for super Aloe vera

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

From prehistoric times, Aloe vera has been know for its healing effects - now, using DNA technology,...

The mammoths' swan song revised

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Woolly mammoths and prehistoric horses grazed on the North American plains for several thousand years...

New York Mayor visits Green Lighthouse

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Yesterday New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited Denmark's first public CO2 neutral building. Green...

Focus on forests' importance to climate

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Forest & Landscape will be there when the international Forest Day 3 conference takes a close look...

If he knows where you live, he knows the colour of your lungs

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Major cities around the world use the modelling of Ole Hertel, when they want to asses how badly their...

Sustainable monoculture fungus-farming in termite societies

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Food production of modern human societies is mostly based on large-scale monoculture crops, but it now...

New global research programme to combat climate change

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

In the coming years, a large-scale research programme involving international research centres and universities...

Orphaned army ant workers help their neighbours

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

When the ant queen dies, colonies tend to disappear quickly. This has puzzled naturalists for a long...

Danish nanowires have great potential

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Danish nanophysicists have developed a new method for manufacturing the cornerstone of nanotechnology...

New artificial enzyme safer for nature

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Perilous and polluting industrial processes can be made safer with enzymes. But only a short range of...

Green Lighthouse is Denmark's first public CO2 neutral building

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Green Lighthouse was inaugurated today, 20 October, and is in more ways than one a shining example of...

Medical cooperation across the Öresund

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

A foundation of an industrially-oriented platform for education and training of PhD students and researchers...

Nanoresearchers challenge dogma in protein transportation in cells

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

New data on signalling proteins, called G proteins, may prove important in fighting diseases such as...

An atlas of climate impacts and adaptation priorities

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The University of Copenhagen hosts The International Scientific Congress on Climate Change