News archive 2017

CLIMATE

2017.06.26

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

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

Climate change

2017.06.26

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

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

Paracetamol

2017.06.22

Paracetamol during pregnancy can inhibit masculinity

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

ghost-writing detection

2017.06.21

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

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

dairy research

2017.06.19

Minister was external examiner for PhD defence

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

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

2017.06.14

Statistics professor named Teacher of the Year at SCIENCE 2017

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

Collaboration

2017.06.14

Priority partnership with the University of Sydney

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

Technology

2017.06.14

Process Analytical Technology creates smart production

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

Learning

2017.06.13

Exercise improves learning retention for kids

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

New research

2017.06.06

New research provides practical cooking tips for your red wine sauce

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

FUNDING

2017.06.06

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

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

BIODIVERSITY

2017.06.06

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

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

Chemometrics

2017.06.02

Quick measurements and mathematics combat waste in Danish biotech companies

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

FEMALE ROLE MODEL

2017.05.16

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

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

ROYAL REWARD

2017.05.04

Australian Avril and Thomas receive scholarship from the Crown Princess

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

ANCIENT HORSE BREEDING

2017.04.27

Scythian horse breeding unveiled: lessons for animal domestication

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

Excellence

2017.04.25

UCPH tops the Nordic bill in Nature and Science

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

BASIC RESEARCH

2017.04.19

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

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

New basic research center:

2017.04.19

New astronomy center will reveal the cosmic dawn

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

X-ray microscopy:

2017.04.12

An important step towards new malaria medicine

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