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FOOD SCIENCE

2022.01.26

X-rays will make plant diets of the future more tasty

X-rays can be used to examine the tiniest parts of food and provide us with fresh knowledge about what makes yogurt feel soft and what it takes for chocolate to have just the right snap. According to researchers at the…

Geography

2022.01.24

Satellite images reveal a nexus between war, cropland abandonment and food insecurity in South Sudan

A new study sheds light on a complex interaction of armed conflict, cropland abandonment and implications to food security in war-ravaged South Sudan.

Mathmatics

2022.01.24

Researchers will enlighten us about insurance and pensions

With DKK 45 million (€6M) over the next 12 years, the University of Copenhagen has landed a historically large agreement for additional research and educational programming in the insurance and pension field that will…

The brain

2022.01.20

Four universities and Lundbeck Foundation boost Danish brain research and talent development with a new neuroscience academy

With a programme grant of DKK 187 million from Lundbeck Foundation, the framework is established for an ambitious new growth dynamo for neuroscience in Denmark – the Neuroscience Academy Denmark (NAD).

Epigenetics

2022.01.20

You can feel this acid when you work out. Now it may help increase knowledge of cancer medicine

New research shows that specific enzymes can remove lactic acid marks. This finding may increase our understanding of cancer medicine and how physical exercise, among other things, can affect human epigenetics.

Collaboration

2022.01.20

UCPH establishes investment company to boost entrepreneurship activities

The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) has established a limited company with the main aim of investing in the University’s own spin-out companies. It is the first time that a Danish university establishes an investment…

Geology

2022.01.19

The early Earth may have behaved more like Venus

A new study from the University of Copenhagen suggests that there may have been another form of tectonics on Earth 3.7 billion years ago, meaning that the way in which Earth’s crust formed and behaved was significantly…

INEQUALITY

2022.01.13

Men’s health more vulnerable after breakups, divorces, and living alone, than women’s

A new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen establishes a connection between increased risk of inflammation in men and both breakup and living alone for a number of years.

DNA

2022.01.06

Which animals exist right here? Now researchers are able to find the answer out of thin air

Using a new technique, researchers are able to vacuum animal DNA from the air and identify the species that live nearby. The researchers expect to be able to use it to map threatened and invasive animal species.

Grants

2022.01.05

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Recent news

X-rays will make plant diets of the future more tasty

Satellite images reveal a nexus between war, cropland abandonment and food insecurity in South Sudan

Researchers will enlighten us about insurance and pensions

Four universities and Lundbeck Foundation boost Danish brain research and talent development with a new neuroscience academy

You can feel this acid when you work out. Now it may help increase knowledge of cancer medicine

UCPH establishes investment company to boost entrepreneurship activities

The early Earth may have behaved more like Venus

Men’s health more vulnerable after breakups, divorces, and living alone, than women’s

Which animals exist right here? Now researchers are able to find the answer out of thin air

New intervention to strengthen efforts against diabetes in Vietnam

Will infants in sync with their parents develop better social skills?

Healthy shopping peaks in January

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