News archive 2016

FACEBOOK

2016.12.23

Facebook makes you #unhappy and #lonely

A study from the Department of Sociology shows that the constant streem of friends' happy status…

WEIGHT LOSS AND PSORIASIS

2016.12.22

Weight loss reduces psoriasis symptoms

Weight loss has a significant and prolonged positive impact on psoriasis symptoms and quality of…

underwater archaeology

2016.12.20

Archaeologists connect ancient Corinth's inner and outer harbours

Researchers from the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports and the University of Copenhagen are…

obesity

2016.12.19

Are all obese individuals unhealthy?

Why are some overweight people affected by conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases…

Stem cells

2016.12.16

How does the liver find its place in the body?

New research investigating how the liver finds its place in the body during development. In a…

dairy engineer

2016.12.14

Dairy engineer heads leading biotech center

The managing director of the research and innovation consortium BIOPRO, Jesper Bryde-Jacobsen, is…

ARCTIC RESEARCH.

2016.12.13

The Earth releases more CO2 to the atmosphere when temperatures rise

Understanding the Earth’s release of greenhouse gases is crucial to predicting how the atmosphere’s…

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

2016.12.08

2016 Junior Researchers seek to uncover stock fraud and the motivation to learn German

Four innovative upper-secondary-school students are the winners of this year's Project Junior…

pharmaceuticals

2016.12.07

New company to optimize pharmaceuticals

The newly started company GlycoDisplay has discovered how to alter the properties of proteins by…

origins of agriculture

2016.12.05

Prehistoric plant remains highlight diverse origins of cereal domestication

Recent archaeological studies have suggested that the cultivation of morphologically wild plant…

Pharmacology

2016.11.30

Danish research paves the way for new treatments of the brain

New research results from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of…

ANNUAL COMMEMORATION

2016.11.22

Innovation success honoured at the annual commemoration

The 2016 Innovation Prize was awarded to two researchers whose spin-out projects have raised…

AWARD

2016.11.21

FOOD Professor Rasmus Bro receives the first Nils Foss Excellence Prize

The first recipient of the Nils Foss Excellence Prize is Professor Rasmus Bro, who works with…

AWARD

2016.11.21

Bekzod Khakimov received the first Nils Foss Talent Prize

Bekzod Khakimov, from the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen, is the first…

New network

2016.11.21

The University of Copenhagen joins strategic alliance

The University of Copenhagen has been invited to join LERU, an exclusive European network of…

WHALE SHARK DNA

2016.11.21

Whale shark genetics revealed by water samples

How many whale sharks can fit into a liter of water? From just a few water samples collected off th…

ANCIENT MAIZE

2016.11.18

DNA study unravels the history of the world’s most produced cereal

Genome sequence of a 5,310-year-old maize cob provides new insights into the early stages of maize…

DEEP DNA

2016.11.17

Greenland deep sea DNA

From just a few liters of water it is now possible to examine the ocean’s fish down to one kilomete…

FOOD-Health

2016.11.11

New interdisciplinary research group at FOOD sees food science as a path to better health

In recent years, the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen has had an…

New Rector

2016.11.11

Experienced researcher and leader to be the new Rector

The Board of the University of Copenhagen has found the person to succeed Ralf Hemmingsen as leader…