News archive 2017 – University of Copenhagen

The University of Copenhagen contributes to the largest global restoration of forests and forest landscapes in history

2017.06.26

The University of Copenhagen collaborates with the international movement, “The Bonn Challenge” in…

New ice core drilling in Northeast Greenland to help us prepare for climate change

2017.06.26

The East Greenland Ice-Core Project – EastGRIP – is led by the Centre for Ice and Climate at the…

Paracetamol during pregnancy can inhibit masculinity

2017.06.22

Paracetamol during pregnancy can inhibit the development of "male behaviour" in mice. New research…

High School Students! Don't cheat! You'll get busted eventually

2017.06.21

More than 6% of the Danish high school pupils cheat with assignments or at their final exams. Some…

Minister was external examiner for PhD defence

2017.06.19

The importance of camel milk was emphasised when the Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Professor…

Statistics professor named Teacher of the Year at SCIENCE 2017

2017.06.14

TEACHER OF THE YEAR Professor Susanne Ditlevsen at the Department of Mathematical Sciences is so…

Priority partnership with the University of Sydney

2017.06.14

The University of Copenhagen has entered into a three-year priority partnership with the University…

Process Analytical Technology creates smart production

2017.06.14

Many manufacturing companies still base their production on a few seasoned employees who have a hig…

Exercise improves learning retention for kids

2017.06.13

University of Copenhagen study demonstrates that exercise immediately after learning improves…

New research provides practical cooking tips for your red wine sauce

2017.06.06

Can you get intoxicated by pouring beer or wine into your sauce or stew? This question is important…

New research will provide better quality of dairy products with plant polyphenols

2017.06.06

Associate Professor Marianne Nissen Lund at Department of Food Science (FOOD) and Department of…

New map of life on Earth shows how we can halt the worlds sixth great extinction

2017.06.06

International study examines a bold new approach to halting the world’s sixth great extinction.

Quick measurements and mathematics combat waste in Danish biotech companies

2017.06.02

Food researchers from the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen combat waste i…

Inge Lehmann - the first lady to be commemorated on Frue Plads

2017.05.16

Inge Lehmann, a seismologist who in 1936 discovered that the inner core of the Earth is solid and…

Australian Avril and Thomas receive scholarship from the Crown Princess

2017.05.04

On Wednesday, HRH Crown Princess Mary awarded The Crown Princess Mary Scholarship to Avril Francis…

Scythian horse breeding unveiled: lessons for animal domestication

2017.04.27

A new study led by Professor Ludovic Orlando and published in Science unveils the secrets of horse…

UCPH tops the Nordic bill in Nature and Science

2017.04.25

The University of Copenhagen is the leading research institution in the Nordic region when it comes…

New centre for basic research to shed light on the history of privacy

2017.04.19

The Danish National Research Foundation is ready to grant up to DKK 235 million to four new centres…

New astronomy center will reveal the cosmic dawn

2017.04.19

Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) is a new basic research centre funded by the Danish National Research…

An important step towards new malaria medicine

2017.04.12

An international research team, led by Sergey Kapishnikov and Jens Als-Nielsen from the X-ray and…