News archive 2016

climate change

2016.03.03

Professors in The Lancet: We need an analysis of the consequences of climate change beyond 2050

What if there is good reason to believe the greatest risks of climate change lie beyond 2050? This…

Cell treatment

2016.03.02

Cancer treatment on a cellular level

The most common treatments for cancer are radiation and chemotherapy. However they have side effect…

chemistry research

2016.03.01

Greener chemistry through renewable energy

A group of researchers, headed by chemists based at the University of Copenhagen, plan to use green…

chemistry research

2016.03.01

Chemical snapshot unveils path to greener biofuel

Chemists at the University of Copenhagen have taken a leap ahead in understanding how one family of…

Marie Curie

2016.03.01

Mapping the unknown: what is the function of non-coding RNA in plants?

Non-coding RNA could play an important role in plants’ ability to cope with temperature changes and…

On the edge of new territories

2016.02.25

Physicist Peter Lodahl receives prestigious EliteForsk Award

Peter Lodahl, professor of quantum physics at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of…

ELITE RESEARCH PRIZES 2016

2016.02.25

Elite Research Travelling Scholarship awarded to DIKU PhD Fellow in Computer Science

On 25 February 2016 the prestigious Elite Research prize awards celebrate their first decennium. Th…

Innovation project

2016.02.23

Innovation project will bridge the gap between industry and research

Three universities are joining forces to help Danish companies use brand new methods for product…

chemistry research

2016.02.18

Chemistry trick paves way for safer diabetes medication

Entirely new approach for designing insulin-based pharmaceuticals could open the door for more…

Life on Earth

2016.02.15

Oxygen was present in the atmosphere much earlier than previously assumed

Reconstructing the emergence and evolution of life on our planet is tightly linked to the questions…

RECORD

2016.02.15

New seal of approval to the University of Copenhagen

Top researchers from the University of Copenhagen have been awarded eight large grants from the…

Big Data, DABAI

2016.02.11

New research centre DABAI will create innovation through Big Data

In a large alliance with Danish universities, public and private organisations, the Computer Scienc…

Nature

2016.02.09

Experts urge extreme caution on “rewilding” to save wild places

Efforts to “rewild” the landscape have become increasingly popular, but a new paper led by the…

CERN

2016.02.09

The universe’s primordial soup flowing at CERN

Researchers have recreated the universe’s primordial soup in miniature format by colliding lead…

Plant science

2016.02.08

Anarchistic proteins could hide secret to develop crops with high stress resistance

A group of researchers at the University of Copenhagen will unveil the mysteries of disordered…

SAVINGS

2016.02.04

Massive layoffs to hit research and education

The University of Copenhagen is cutting deep into its staff in response to the Danish government's…

Visual science

2016.02.04

University kicks of battle of beautiful data

Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen and Faculty of SCIENCE are inviting researchers…

Ecology

2016.02.03

Hummingbirds provide insight into food specialisation across the Americas

The mapping of food specialisation in hummingbird communities across the Americas, has led to a rar…

Climate change

2016.02.03

Will climate change make the koalas’ diet inedible?

The koala could soon be even more endangered than at present, if it turns out that climate change…

Chemical award

2016.01.29

Torkil Holm prize for straddling chemistry and biology

Professor Dimitrios Stamou is awarded the Torkil Holm prize for work on borders between chemistry…