News archive 2019 – University of Copenhagen

World leading mathematicians to solve mysteries at the interface of geometry and topology

2019.10.23

An array of fundamental and unanswered questions in mathematics lie at the intersection of geometry…

New center to replace oil and gas with sustainable chemistry

2019.10.23

The chemical industry requires new technologies as they phase out oil and gas in the years ahead.…

New technology to prevent future IT flops in the public sector

2019.10.22

University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a new technology to help public agencies and…

Friendly bacteria collaborate to survive

2019.10.10

New microbial research at the University of Copenhagen suggests that 'survival of the friendliest'…

Researchers are finding molecular mechanisms behind women’s biological clock

2019.10.09

Throughout life, women's natural fertility curve goes up and down, and in a new study led by the…

Chinese activists protest the use of traditional treatments - they want medical science

2019.10.04

In China, traditional Chinese medicine has the same status in the health system as modern medical…

New dean at the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen

2019.10.04

Katrine Krogh Andersen will be the new dean at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Science.…

Tech researchers honoured for making knowledge available to society

2019.10.04

This year’s three SCIENCE Business Prizes were awarded to a start-up that improves enzymes, a…

UN Researchers: Sustainable Development Goals Only Achievable Through Cross-Disciplinary Research

2019.09.24

It is not possible to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDG) if science does not contribut…

New discoveries map out CRISPR-Cas defence systems in bacteria

2019.09.24

For the first time ever, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have mapped how bacterial cell…

New insight as to how cells maintain their identity

2019.09.20

In the body's cells, some proteins are of vital importance as to which genes are active or turned…

Neurological signals from the spinal cord surprise scientists

2019.09.19

With a study of the network between nerve and muscle cells in turtles, researchers from the…

Overweight Danes are more likely to have overweight dogs according to new research

2019.09.18

A new study from the University of Copenhagen reports that the prevalence of overweight dogs is…

Quantum Alchemy: Researchers use laser light to transform metal into magnet

2019.09.16

Pioneering physicists from the University of Copenhagen and Nanyang Technological University in…

Why is Earth so biologically diverse? Mountains hold the answer

2019.09.13

Life on Earth is amazingly diverse, and exhibits striking geographical global patterns in…

Children of Refugees with PTSD are at Higher Risk of Developing Psychiatric Disorders

2019.09.13

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied what it means for children to have…

Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement

2019.09.13

An international collaboration of scientists in Iceland, Denmark and the Netherlands has for the…

The ever-winning lottery ticket: Mathematicians solve a dusty mystery

2019.09.09

After years of work, University of Copenhagen mathematics researchers have answered a mysterious…

Results of an eight-year climate experiment: Danish heath vegetation increases CO2 uptake as atmospheric concentration rises

2019.09.06

In a unique experiment, researchers from the University of Copenhagen, DTU and Aarhus University…

Repeated Periods of Poverty Accelerate the Ageing Process

2019.09.05

People who have found themselves below the relative poverty threshold four or more times in their…

International Cooperation Brings Heart Research into Gallop

2019.09.05

Together, researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Adelaide in Australia…

Danish museum wins international award

2019.09.04

The Medical Museion in Copenhagen, Denmark, has won the prestigious UMAC Award for the museum’s…

Researchers to map the social mobility of siblings

2019.09.03

The European Research Council has awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant worth DKK 11 million,…

Major grant strengthens leading Danish position in protein research

2019.09.02

Since its inauguration in 2009, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research has placed…

UCPH-spinout receives support for development of cancer-drug

2019.08.29

The biotech company ADCendo ApS, a spinout-company from the Biotech Research and Innovation Centre…

New method reveals whether your potato is organic or not

2019.08.28

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new approach that helps public agencie…

Women are beautiful, men rational

2019.08.27

Men are typically described by words that refer to behavior, while adjectives ascribed to women ten…

The Technology Behind Bitcoin May Improve the Medications of the Future

2019.08.23

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a prototype of an app that may…

New research could provide better food and faster analysis of blood tests

2019.08.16

Forskere fra Institut for Fødevarevidenskab på Københavns Universitet har fundet ud af, hvordan man…

Reduction of carbohydrate intake improves type 2 diabetics’ ability to regulate blood sugar

2019.08.10

Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate their blood sugar levels if they ea…