News archive 2016

News archive 2016

Superfast light source made from artificial atom

2016.04.26

New research results from the Niels Bohr Institute show that light sources can be made much faster…
Danish diabetes expertise reaches Mexico

2016.04.18

The University of Copenhagen has signed an agreement with the Mexican health authorities about…
Arla Foods and University of Copenhagen consolidate ambitious collaboration agreement

2016.04.18

Today, Arla Foods and University of Copenhagen celebrate the renewal of a strategic framework…
The Faculty of Social Sciences is investing heavily in social big data

2016.04.14

The Faculty of Social Sciences is opening a new research centre for social big data: Copenhagen…
Obese people can maintain stable weight loss

2016.04.14

Maintaining a stable weight loss is the biggest struggle for obese individuals, yet new research…
Researchers find key to zinc rich plants to combat malnutrition

2016.04.11

The diet in many developing countries is lacking zinc, but researchers have just solved the riddle…
Aspiring researchers are budding

2016.04.11

246 upper-secondary-school students participate in this year’s junior researcher project. Emphasis…
Plant gasses can counteract arctic climate change

2016.04.05

Plant gasses possibly dampen the temperature rise in Greenland. Plants emit compounds to deter pest…
Biotech breakthrough: Sunlight can be used to produce chemicals and energy

2016.04.04

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered a natural process they describe as…
Only a few small study programmes to survive cuts

2016.04.04

Several small study programmes to close at the Faculty of Humanities. Some may continue as elements…
Danish professor new vice-president of the CERN Council

2016.04.01

Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, a professor of particle physics and head of the Subatomic research group at…
New bachelor programme in chemistry opens doors to international jobs

2016.03.30

University of Copenhagen Department of Chemistry is establishing a new chemistry undergraduate…
For the first time scientists can observe the nano structure of food in 3D

2016.03.30

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland have,…
Gatekeepers of cell membranes studied one at a time with revolutionary nanotechnology

2016.03.25

All cells protect themselves from the environment using very thin but ultra-strong membranes. In…
Easter can be calculated with greater accuracy using new ‘old’ astronomical method

2016.03.18

Easter can fall early and late, in fact, the timing can fluctuate by an entire month from late Marc…
University of Copenhagen spin-out presents air cleaner in Beijing

2016.03.17

A novel technology to clean air is now presented in the Chinese capital Beijing...
Cleaning air with light proven to be uniquely versatile

2016.03.17

A novel invention using light to remove air pollution has proven to be more versatile than any…
Breakthrough: Microbes protect plants with plant hormones

2016.03.17

Researchers from the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at University of Copenhagen hav…
Climate variations analysed 5 million years back in time

2016.03.16

When we talk about climate change today, we have to recognise the natural variations to be able to…
University of Copenhagen spinout opens advanced air laboratory

2016.03.10

Danish air quality company “Infuser” is now inaugurating what promises to be Europe’s, and possibly…

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