News archive 2016 – University of Copenhagen

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

2016.03.03

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

Cancer treatment on a cellular level

2016.03.02

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

Greener chemistry through renewable energy

2016.03.01

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

Chemical snapshot unveils path to greener biofuel

2016.03.01

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

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

2016.03.01

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

Physicist Peter Lodahl receives prestigious EliteForsk Award

2016.02.25

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

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

2016.02.25

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

Innovation project will bridge the gap between industry and research

2016.02.23

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

Chemistry trick paves way for safer diabetes medication

2016.02.18

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

Oxygen was present in the atmosphere much earlier than previously assumed

2016.02.15

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

New seal of approval to the University of Copenhagen

2016.02.15

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

New research centre DABAI will create innovation through Big Data

2016.02.11

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

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

2016.02.09

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

The universe’s primordial soup flowing at CERN

2016.02.09

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

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

2016.02.08

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

Massive layoffs to hit research and education

2016.02.04

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

University kicks of battle of beautiful data

2016.02.04

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

Hummingbirds provide insight into food specialisation across the Americas

2016.02.03

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

Will climate change make the koalas’ diet inedible?

2016.02.03

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

Torkil Holm prize for straddling chemistry and biology

2016.01.29

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