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On 21 August, new students at UCPH could attend the first ever online matriculation held at UCPH due to COVID-19 restrictions. As a special addition, it included a concert by the Danish pop diva Jada.

Two international Master’s degree students at UCPH, Andrew Stratton and Grace Lee, discovered a community when launching a new sustainable beer that seeks to preserve wild nature in Denmark, in cooperation with Nørrebro…

Based on new research, researchers from the University of Copenhagen believe it may emerge in connection with the formation of planets.

Sorting huge amounts of data is a bottleneck in protein research, a field that is crucial to make use of the gene-editing technology CRISPR and fully understand diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Now,…

Within the scientific community, it is estimated that artificial intelligence — otherwise meant to serve as a means to effectively combat climate change — will become one of the most egregious CO2 culprits should curren…

Ants have been farmers for tens of millions of years and successfully solved a riddle that we humans have yet to. A new study by researchers at the University of Copenhagen reports that ants are pros at cultivating…

Research at the University of Copenhagen will investigate which groups are most vulnerable to COVID-19 and which risks pregnant women contracting COVID-19 face.

Contrary to expectation, treatment with statins has a different effect on blood cells than on muscle cells, a new study from the University of Copenhagen reveals. Today, statins are mainly used in the treatment of…

Algorithms that assess the risk of citizens becoming unemployed are currently being tested in a number of Danish municipalities. But according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen, gaining employment is not…

Researchers have found a method to correct a certain type of biological images and make the biologists' work easier.

University of Copenhagen researchers have pioneered a method to transform pig blood into a neutral tasting protein powder for the food industry. Every year, 60,000 tons of blood are left over from Danish pork production…

Most of the world’s leopards are endangered and generally, the number of these shy and stunning cats is decreasing. However, according to a recent study by a researcher from University of Copenhagen and colleagues from…

Analysing 12 ancient Egyptian papyri fragments with X-ray microscopy, University of Copenhagen researchers were surprised to find previously unknown lead compounds in both red and black inks and suggest they were used…

Researchers from UCPH have discovered how MCM proteins protect the human cells against DNA instability, which can cause devastating diseases including cancer.

There are far more trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel than most would expect. A combination of artificial intelligence and detailed satellite imagery allowed a team from the University of Copenhagen and…

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a sabre-toothed cat.

Researchers have long been stumped for an explanation of how tens of millions of years-old giant crystals known as glendonites came to be on the Danish islands of Fur and Mors. A recent study from the University of…

New research shows that a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle almost cuts the risk of age-related dementia in half.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified new potential drug targets for treatment of epilepsy. In the largest single cell dataset for a brain disease published so far, researchers pinpoint the…

Rethinking what we eat is essential if we hope to nourish ourselves sustainably and mind the climate. One option is to seek out alternative food sources from the sea. All the way at the bottom, where algae, cephalopods…

Professor David Dreyer Lassen will take up a new position as Prorector at the University of Copenhagen on 1 January 2021. He will be in charge of research, innovation and overall relations with foundations and…

Thunderstorms often provoke violent cloud bursts that can result in devastating flooding. But what actually spawns thunderstorms and cloud bursts? This question has spurred a new study by researchers at the University o…

The 2021 Sonning Prize goes to the Belarusian author and dissident Svetlana Alexievich. She is recognised for her novels that are based on personal stories from Soviet citizens. After the presidential election in Belaru…

Trial and error define today’s approach to developing new pharmaceutical drugs. But with their enormous computing power, quantum computers are expected to solve important and complex problems in medicine, biology and…

A University of Copenhagen chemist has invented a cutting-edge green technology that uses CO2 to convert seawater into drinking water — within minutes. The plan is to use the desalination technology to replace…

New research from the University of California and the University of Copenhagen into COVID-19 redefines the known mechanism of infection of human cells.

Scientists have found evidence of hot springs near sites where ancient hominids settled, long before the control of fire. The proximity of the hot springs indicates to the researchers that early humans could have used…

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen are introducing a new biological concept in the fight against diabetes: glucagon resistance. Glucagon resistance or decreased sensitivity to the hormone glucagon increases…

New research from the University of Copenhagen show that Viking genomes contain lots of genes from Southern and Eastern Europe, which also implies that they had dark rather than blond hair.

PRECISION MEDICINE Researchers from University of Copenhagen and Herlev and Gentofte Hospital have discovered a biomarker that might predict the course of the disease in patients with biliary tract cancer (BTC).