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Cancer

2020.10.22

Researchers solve long-standing ‘protein paradox’ and suggest way to exploit cancer weakness

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

TREES

2020.10.20

Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara

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…

Fossils

2020.10.15

A deadly long-distance hunter: DNA study reveals new insights about the scimitar-toothed cat

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

Geology

2020.10.14

Volcanic eruptions may explain Denmark’s giant mystery crystals

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…

Dementia

2020.10.08

Healthy lifestyle cuts the risk of dementia in half

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

Epilepsy

2020.10.07

Study identifies brain cells most affected by epilepsy and new targets for their treatment

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…

Sustainable diet

2020.10.05

Sprat, mollusks and algae: What a diet of the future might look like

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…

New Prorector

2020.09.30

Professor of social data is appointed Prorector

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…

CLIMATE

2020.09.25

Study delivers new knowledge about what causes thunderstorms and cloud bursts

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…

Quantum physics

2020.09.23

Tomorrow’s pharmaceuticals could be discovered by quantum simulators

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…

Chemistry

2020.09.23

Chemist uses CO2 to convert seawater into drinking water

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…

Coronavirus

2020.09.22

Coronavirus Uses Heparan Sulfate to Get Inside Cells

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

Human ancestors

2020.09.17

Did our early ancestors boil their food in hot springs?

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…

Diabetes

2020.09.17

The Hormone Glucagon May be a Warning Light for Diabetes

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…

Vikings

2020.09.16

Blonde Scandinavians or well-travelled Southern Europeans? New research busts myths about Vikings

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

2020.09.15

Biomarker reveals how aggressive biliary tract cancer is in patients

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).

Norms & Behavior

2020.09.14

Uncertain expectations beget stinginess and selfishness

The less we know about what is expected of us in a given situation, the more likely we are to act upon self-interest alone. According to the UCPH researcher behind the new study, this applies both to our degree of…

Wildlife

2020.09.10

The surprising rhythms of Leopards: Females are early birds, males are nocturnal

After 10 months of camera surveillance in the Tanzanian rainforest, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have become the first to conclude that female and male leopards are active at very different times of the…

Refugees

2020.09.09

Refugee Children in Sweden Do Better in School than Refugee Children in Denmark

Refugee children arriving in the Nordic countries at a late school age achieve better school results in Sweden than in Denmark. This is the conclusion of new research findings from the Nordic CAGE project, in which…

Coronavirus

2020.09.08

Top researcher and British COVID-19 key expert joins UCPH from Imperial College

The English researcher and disease-modeling expert Dr. Samir Bhatt will soon join University of Copenhagen. From his position at Imperial College London, he has been a key expert in the British COVID-19 response.

FOOD CULTURE

2020.09.07

Mold now associated with food quality

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied a range of perceptions among Danes about good, healthy and safe foodstuffs. Their findings report that mold prone foods are considered to be more natural than…

Teaching

2020.09.04

Lecturer takes laptops and smart phones away and musters student presence

Danish university lecturer experiments with banning screens in discussion lessons. In a new study, a UCPH researcher and her colleagues at Aarhus University analyzed the results, which include greater student presence,…

Computer science

2020.08.22

New study: Eyes linger less on 'fake news' headlines

A new study from the University of Copenhagen and Aalborg University reports that people spend a little less time looking at 'fake news' headlines than to factual ones — knowledge that could make it easier to sort…

CLIMATE

2020.08.21

Proven: Historical climate changes occurred simul­taneously in several parts of the world

A new study published by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and partner institutions has proven that repeated and abrupt climate changes during the last ice age occurred simultaneously in South America,…

Pets

2020.08.19

Bad behaviour isn’t what leads dog and cat owners to relinquish their pets

Bad behaviour isn’t what leads dog and cat owners to relinquish their little Fido or Daisy to the animal shelter. On the contrary, relinquishing a pet is often due to an owner’s poor health, housing problems or a lack o…

Premature death

2020.08.18

Study of One Million Danish Children: Childhood Adversity Increases the Risk of Early Death

Social adversity in early childhood appears to be a significant risk factor for death in early adulthood. This is the conclusion of a new large-scale study conducted at the University of Copenhagen.

Skin Immunology

2020.08.18

Danish Oxford Researcher Returns Home to UCPH

The Danish researcher Mads Gyrd-Hansen will soon be exchanging Oxford University for the University of Copenhagen, the place where his research career started.

Climate

2020.08.10

New study warns: We have underestimated the pace at which the Arctic is melting

Arctic sea ice is melting more quickly than once assumed. Today’s climate models have yet to incorporate the steep rise in temperatures that have occurred over the past 40 years. This, according to a new study by…

Technology

2020.08.04

Fitness watches generate useful information, but increase patient anxiety

How does measuring our sleep, exercise and heart rates using various apps and fitness watches affect us? Self-quantifying may better the understanding of our individual health, but according to a new study, it also give…

CRISPR

2020.07.29

Researchers map mechanisms in the largest CRISPR system

The largest and most complex CRISPR system has been visualized by researchers from the University of Copenhagen in a new study. The system may have potential applications in biomedicine and biotechnology, the researcher…