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2025.09.01

13 contemporary artists challenge the monument tradition of the University of Copenhagen

In August, the University of Copenhagen will open the doors to RECAST, a large group exhibition organised to mark the 150th anniversary of women's admission to university. The exhibition challenges the university's…

PARTICLE PHYSICS

2025.08.15

Intergalactic experiment: Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever trick

Physicists use magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe black holes in their search for a particle that has stumped scientists for decades.

Climate change

2025.08.14

Arctic Reindeer Face Drastic Decline

By the year 2100, reindeer populations in parts of the Arctic could decline by up to 80 percent. This is the alarming conclusion of a new international study led by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the…

Politics

2025.08.14

How we can improve online political debates

With a few adjustments, the quality of online political debates can be significantly improved, according to new research. However, a better tone of debate does not necessarily change people's attitudes, the researchers…

ISOTOPES

2025.08.07

Chemical detective work could be the solution to stolen and repackaged medicine

Medicines have a unique chemical fingerprint. Researchers say this knowledge can be used to trace counterfeit or stolen medicine.

Microbiome

2025.08.01

Microbiome breakthrough: Gut bacterium may hold key to future treatments for widespread chronic diseases

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Copenhagen has discovered a common gut bacterium that lowers body weight and blood sugar while increasing bone density. The finding could pave the…

Psychology

2025.07.23

Americans prefer a more diverse society

A new study challenges the notion that Americans fear ethnic and religious replacement. On the contrary, the majority want a more diverse United States.

Staphylococcus

2025.07.17

Bacteria from cows show promising results in treating MRSA infections

New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that signaling molecules from a specific Staphylococcus bacterium can treat MRSA infections as effectively as antibiotics.

ANCIENT DNA

2025.07.09

Large-scale DNA study maps 37,000 years of disease history

A new study maps infectious diseases across millennia and offers new insight into how human-animal interactions permanently transformed our health landscape.

Inge Lehmann discovered earth's inner core in her free time

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