News archive 2016

News archive 2016

Food scientists: We can detect much more food fraud

2016.10.05

Researchers from the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen point out…
Systems medicine – the future approach to diseases

2016.10.05

In his review in the acknowledged journal Nature professor and pioneer in the field of…
A million USD for intestinal flora research that could potentially prevent obesity

2016.10.04

The Department of Food Science (FOOD) at University of Copenhagen has received 6.3 million Danish…
Genes affect birth weight and risk of lifestyle diseases

2016.09.30

Researchers have identified 60 genes that are essential for babies' birth weight and can also…
The Carlsberg Foundation's Research Prize 2016 goes to two UCPH researchers

2016.09.29

UCPH professors in mathematics and in International Development Law received the Carlsberg…
Animals in human altered areas have higher risk of extinction

2016.09.29

Human activity has already transformed the surface of the Earth. A just published Science paper…
Tracking the amount of sea ice from the Greenland ice sheet

2016.09.27

By analysing ice cores drilled from deep inside the Greenland ice sheet, researchers have started t…
Carriers of the obesity gene can also lose weight

2016.09.21

The risk of becoming obese is 70% greater for carriers of the famous obesity gene, FTO, and on…
Acidity in atmosphere minimised to preindustrial levels

2016.09.19

New research shows that human pollution of the atmosphere with acid is now almost back to the level…
Danish researchers establish link between gene and ‘good cholesterol’

2016.09.08

Danish researchers are the first in the world to have finally established a link between the GALNT2…
The University of Copenhagen seeks a new Rector

2016.08.26

After almost 12 years, Ralf Hemmingsen will retire from his post as Rector of the University of…
Greenland sharks live for hundreds of years

2016.08.11

While the more than 5 meter long Greenland shark is one of the world's largest sharks, it is also…
Textbook story of how humans populated America is “biologically unviable”, study finds

2016.08.10

Using ancient DNA, researchers have created a unique picture of how a prehistoric migration route…
The long hunted sterile neutrino cannot be traced

2016.08.08

Some of the most abundant particles in the universe are the so-called ghost particles, neutrinos,…
Gentle cancer treatment using nanoparticles works

2016.08.02

Cancer treatments based on laser irridation of tiny nanoparticles that are injected directly into…
Optical magnetic field sensor can detect signals from the nervous system

2016.07.15

The human body is controlled by electrical impulses in, for example, the brain, the heart and…
Bacteria avoid age defects through collective behaviour

2016.07.14

As they age, more and more defects arise in most organisms. Researchers from the Niels Bohr…
Gut bacteria imbalance increases diabetes risk

2016.07.13

Currently, scientists think the major contributors to insulin resistance are excess weight and…
Genetics of type-2 diabetes revealed in unprecedented detail

2016.07.12

The world’s largest study of type-2 diabetes provides us with the most detailed picture of the…
Injured cartilage cannot heal itself

2016.07.11

New research on sports medicine reveals that worn down joint cartilage does not regenerate…

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