News archive 2017

PARTNERSHIP

2017.12.22

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

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

Weight loss

2017.12.22

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

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

Cell Research

2017.12.14

Cellular Reprogramming fuels Wound Healing in the Intestine

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

archaeology

2017.12.13

The Roman period main harbour of ancient Corinth discovered

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

Elite Research

2017.12.13

Danish research wins a billion kroner from the EU

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

Funding

2017.12.12

Research project will create healthier infant formula

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

SCIENCE Dissemination Award 2017

2017.12.06

Fascinated by fish

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

archaeology

2017.12.05

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

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

Quantum computer:

2017.11.30

Qubits put into reverse

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

Settlement

2017.11.28

Settlement of professor dismissal

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

Neutrino research:

2017.11.23

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

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

wildlife trade

2017.11.22

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

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

STUDY ENVIRONMENT

2017.11.17

Innovation and togetherness challenge prejudice about studying law

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

Grant

2017.11.17

New Interdisciplinary Research Programme in Biomedical Innovation Law

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

2017.11.13

Yonsei-UCPH workshop in Seoul

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

egyptology

2017.11.10

Ink from ancient Egyptian papyri contains copper

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

Monday Aperitivo

2017.11.06

New lecture series at the Nordic Food Lab: Monday Aperitivo

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

Cycling

2017.11.01

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

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

The future of medicine

2017.10.31

Researchers map trends in drug development

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

Video

2017.10.30

Stem Cells Pave the Way for new treatment of diabetes

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