News archive 2014

News archive 2014

Americas only Clovis skeleton had its genome mapped

2014.02.12

They lived in America about 13,000 years ago where they hunted mammoth, mastodons and giant bison…
Dental care in school breaks down social inequalities

2014.02.11

A new global survey documents how dental care in the school environment is helping to assure a…
Law professor receives prestigious award for giving developing countries a hand up

2014.02.06

Law Professor Morten Broberg has been awarded the EliteForsk research award for his work to…
A "smoking gun" on the Ice Age megafauna extinctions

2014.02.05

It was climate that killed many of the large mammals after the latest Ice Age. But what more…
New UCPH study programme to become an expert on Global Development

2014.01.31

The University of Copenhagen offers a new MSc study programme in Global Development.
Designer proteins provide new information about the bodys signal processes

2014.01.30

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen can radically alter the properties of proteins by…
Major EU research grant focused on stem cell-based treatment of diabetes

2014.01.29

A new project will contribute significantly to better treatment and quality of life for the…
Researchers motivate diabetics to adopt healthy lifestyle

2014.01.27

By means of so-called health coaching, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have helped a…
Afro-Jewish band dominated Nazi-occupied Denmark's music scene

2014.01.27

During the Nazi occupation of Denmark 1940-1945, the jazz orchestra Harlem Kiddies, which boasted a…
Blue eyes and dark skin, thats how the European hunter-gatherer looked like 7,000 years ago

2014.01.26

A 7,000 years old individual from the Mesolithic Period, whose remains were recovered at La…
Mining no shortcut for Greenland

2014.01.24

Greenland would benefit most by permitting a limited number of mines, operational for a limited…
Climate change research is globally skewed

2014.01.22

The supply of climate change knowledge is biased towards richer countries - those that pollute the…
If overweight, your child will be less active

2014.01.21

A new study from the University of Copenhagen’s OPUS Research Centre reports that being overweight…
Demand for improved insulation materials spawns new collaboration

2014.01.13

Better insulation materials are a money and energy saver for all. A new collaborative project is se…
Researchers pursuing arthritis protein

2014.01.10

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have investigated a special protein that appears in…
Cancer drug protects against diabetes

2014.01.09

New research shows that low doses of a cancer drug protect against the development of type 1…
Marine bacteria to fight tough infections

2014.01.08

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen is studying a new form of treatment based on marine…
Stem cells on the road to specialisation

2014.01.07

Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have gained new insight into how both early embryonic…

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