News archive 2014

News archive 2014

Christmas present of the year: 550 m from private foundations ensures new museum of natural history.

Through generous donations from VILLUM FONDEN, The Novo Nordisk Foundation, The Obel Family…

International team maps "Big Bang" of bird evolution

The genomes of modern birds tell a story of how they emerged and evolved after the mass extinction…

New green strategy puts UCPH in the sustainability Champions League

The University of Copenhagen has set out ambitious new targets for sustainability designed to make…

Fungus-growing ants selectively cultivate their crops

Ever since agriculture evolved ca 10.000 years ago, plants have been artificially selectedto become…

Nature’s ingenious systems:

Celldivision induces tissue ordering

If there is a blood clot preventing blood from flowing across the endothelial cells, they begin to…

Christmas trees

Cloned Christmas trees can help reduce pesticide use

A new method makes it possible to clone Nordmann firs – the Danes’ Christmas tree of choice. Robust…

The world’s largest telescope

Green light for construction of the E-ELT

The ESO Council has now decided to start building the new large European telescope E-ELT (European…

Steiner tree, Algorithmics

The Steiner tree research at DIKU experiences a revival

Early December, DIKU researchers travel to the east coast of the USA to participate in the…

Cosmic distances:

Using supermassive black holes to measure cosmic distances

One of the major problems in astronomy is measuring very large distances in the universe. The…

POISONOUS LUNCH

Vultures evolved an extreme gut to cope with disgusting dietary habits

How is it that vultures can live on a diet of carrion that would at least lead to severe…

Selenium compounds boost immune system to fight against cancer

Cancer types such as melanoma, prostate cancer and certain types of leukaemia weaken the body by…

Innovation Award

Innovation award for inventor of natural air cleaner

University of Copenhagen has presented its Innovation Award 2014 to Matthew Johnson who is a…

CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING

Innovative Hindi instructor named 2014 teacher of year

The University of Copenhagen’s teacher of the year for 2014 is known for taking students out of the…

Low vitamin D levels increase mortality

New research from the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital shows that low…

JUNIOR RESEARCHERS PROJECT

Junior researchers take unconventional routes

All four winners of this year's Junior Researchers Project and Minister of Education Christine…

Minister and universities agree on dimensioning model

Even though the University of Copenhagen must still reduce enrolment by 883 student places, a new…

Early European history

Ancient genomes show the European meta-population

DNA recovered from a 36,000 year old fossil skeleton found in Russia shows early divergence of…

Climate changes

New professor is going to take part in uncovering the consequences of climate changes in the Arctic

1 December 2014 Per Ambus will commence as professor in arctic isotope geochemistry at Center for…

High-fat diet postponing brain aging

New Danish-led research suggests that signs of brain aging can be postponed in mice if placed on a…

At the forefront with Nobel Prize winning microscope

The invention of super resolution microscopy won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry - a…