News archive 2017 – University of Copenhagen

UCPH and GTS in new partnership for the benefit of Danish businesses

2017.12.22

A new partnership agreement is to make research from the University of Copenhagen more accessible…

Study: Structured daily habits may be the key to lasting weight loss

2017.12.22

New findings from a small study at the University of Copenhagen suggest that people who structure…

Cellular Reprogramming fuels Wound Healing in the Intestine

2017.12.14

A large international collaboration headed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen has…

The Roman period main harbour of ancient Corinth discovered

2017.12.13

University of Copenhagen and Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities archaeologists and geoarchaeologist…

Danish research wins a billion kroner from the EU

2017.12.13

Danish research is in the European top class. The University of Copenhagen is among the best in the…

Research project will create healthier infant formula

2017.12.12

Many newborn babies are given infant formula, which is not as beneficial as natural breast milk.…

Fascinated by fish

2017.12.06

Camilla Trab Damsgaard, Associate Professor in child nutrition at the University of Copenhagen’s…

Archaeologists revise chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East

2017.12.05

New research by a team of scientists and archaeologists based at the Weizmann Institute of Science…

Qubits put into reverse

2017.11.30

A group of scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has figured out how to…

Settlement of professor dismissal

2017.11.28

The matter concerning the dismissal of Professor of Geology Hans Thybo has ended with an…

From deep under the Antartica-surface: IceCube has collected new knowledge about high-energy neutrino physics

2017.11.23

High-energy neutrinos ‘caught’ in Antarctica Scientists from NBI were part of an international team…

EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90 %

2017.11.22

Trade of wild birds has dropped about 90% globally since the EU banned bird imports in 2005. A stud…

Innovation and togetherness challenge prejudice about studying law

2017.11.17

This year's Study Environment Award goes to the association ‘Foreningen Argument’, which has helped…

New Interdisciplinary Research Programme in Biomedical Innovation Law

2017.11.17

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of DKK 35 million for a Collaborative Research…

Yonsei-UCPH workshop in Seoul

2017.11.13

The second Yonsei-UCPH workshop was held in Seoul on 1-2 November 2017. Pro-rector Thomas Bjørnholm…

Ink from ancient Egyptian papyri contains copper

2017.11.10

Until recently, it was assumed that the ink used for writing was primarily carbon-based at least…

New lecture series at the Nordic Food Lab: Monday Aperitivo

2017.11.06

The Nordic Food Lab at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen has started…

Riding the Bike to Work Is Just as Effective as Leisure Time Exercise

2017.11.01

A new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen shows that inactive, overweight people can…

Researchers map trends in drug development

2017.10.31

One third of all drugs on the American market act on the same kind of important cell receptor – the…

Stem Cells Pave the Way for new treatment of diabetes

2017.10.30

Watch video here: 415 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with diabetes. And the number…