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Sledge dogs are much older and have adapted to Arctic conditions much earlier than previously thought. In a new study from the QIMMEQ project, researchers from the University of Copenhagen show that ancestors of modern…

The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be adversely affecting mental health. This is shown in a new review from the University of Copenhagen that gathers the current knowledge on mental symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the largest mapping of proteins ever to be conducted across different species, researchers have analysed and compared the proteins of 100 animal, plant and bacterial species.

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered an important gene in plants that could help agricultural crops collaborate better with underground fungi—providing them with wider root networks and helping…

In a new study at the Department of Economics, researchers have shown how recommendations to maintain social distancing affect our behaviour.

Since 1945, the vast majority of historically preserved dwellings in Denmark are architect-designed gems located in North Zealand, according to a study conducted by, among others, a University of Copenhagen researcher.…

The commonly used treatment for type 2 diabetes and obesity, GLP-1, does not cause pancreatitis. The treatment is known to increase two markers of pancreatitis, but now, a new study shows a harmless, physiological…

In the plant kingdom, the sexual organ of a male pollen grain grows up to a thousand times its own length as it sniffs its way forth to a female egg cell to deliver its two sperm cells. Now researchers at the University…

Astronomers have long believed that the bright light of novae comes from thermo-nuclear explosions. Now, an international team, including researchers from the University of Copenhagen, has for the first time demonstrate…

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet and Novo Nordisk have developed two new, accurate antibody tests for Covid-19.

Millions of years ago, the organism that evolved to become us humans was infected with a viral protein. According to researchers at the University of Copenhagen, it is quite likely that this virus endowed us with our…

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen are working on a vaccine against COVID-19. The vaccine has been tested in mice and shows promising results. The researchers hope to commence clinical trials before the end o…

According to a new study by an international team of researchers from the Caribbean, Europe and North America, the Caribbean was settled by several successive population dispersals that originated on the American…

By moving young cuckoos 1800 kilometres away from the nest in which they hatched, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shown that the cuckoo chicks have an innate, internal GPS. The study lays the…

Many international students at the University of Copenhagen have struggled with isolation, loneliness and anxiety during lockdown in Denmark, a new study shows.

Vitamins, pigment, touch. Our skin is a vital organ with many functions. Perhaps most importantly, it protects us against viruses and bacteria. But what happens when functions go wrong, and we get eczema, allergies and…

Stem cell researchers from the University of Copenhagen have designed a model of an early embryonic brain. The model can help accelerate development of stem cell treatments for Parkinson's Disease, epilepsy and dementia…

The Independent Research Fund Denmark supports three new research projects at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

After a long day of online meetings and classes, many people feel tired and exhausted. And with good reason because, when online, we are deprived of the many impressions and signals that help us to better understand wha…

The more the EU economy succeeds in dialing down greenhouse gas emissions, the more the rest of the world will turn them up – unless a similar level of green ambitions is shared by others. Up to 61.5% of the saved EU…

A new species of fungus has been discovered via Twitter and christened accordingly — Troglomyces twitteri. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen are behind the discovery of this unique fungal parasite that grows…

In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that penguins in Antarctica emit copious amounts of nitrous oxide via their feces. So much so, that the researchers went "cuckoo" from bein…

Devastation of ecosystems and climate change appear to affect how often viruses jump from animals to humans.

Rapid climate change and enormous amounts of ice and meltwater may have excavated a nearly 800-kilometer long canyon beneath Greenland's ice cap, the origins of which have long been the subject of discussion.

In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered two important functions of a protein called RTEL1 during cell division. The researchers hope that the new knowledge will help to find new…

A new method developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen allows anyone to print interactive 3D objects. These might include models of the brain, to be used as educational tools.

Neuroscientists from the University of Copenhagen have found neurons in the brain that control how the mice turn right and left.

An international team of researchers, University of Copenhagen researchers among them, has found new evidence in Australia that mature forests have limitations when it comes to converting increasing concentrations of…

A spinout company from University of Copenhagen enters into a license agreement with the company Bavarian Nordic. The agreement will accelerate the work with developing a vaccine against the infectious disease COVID-19.

Obese Europeans who are treated with cholesterol lowering drugs have a more healthy gut bacteria profile than those obese who are not prescribed statins.