Nature, Numbers & Technology

Microbiology

2019.10.10

Friendly bacteria collaborate to survive

New microbial research at the University of Copenhagen suggests that 'survival of the friendliest' outweighs 'survival of the fittest’ for groups of bacteria. Bacteria make space for one another and sacrifice properties…

Biodiversity

2019.09.13

Why is Earth so biologically diverse? Mountains hold the answer

Life on Earth is amazingly diverse, and exhibits striking geographical global patterns in biodiversity. A pair of companion papers published September 13th in Science reveal that mountain regions—especially those in the…

Mathematics

2019.09.09

The ever-winning lottery ticket: Mathematicians solve a dusty mystery

After years of work, University of Copenhagen mathematics researchers have answered a mysterious half-century-old riddle. The mystery was all but forgotten until a Danish researcher heard about, and then decided to…

Climate

2019.09.06

Results of an eight-year climate experiment: Danish heath vegetation increases CO2 uptake as atmospheric concentration rises

In a unique experiment, researchers from the University of Copenhagen, DTU and Aarhus University have simulated future climate change on a heath in Jægerspris, Denmark. The heath was exposed to increased CO2, higher…

Plants

2019.08.28

New method reveals whether your potato is organic or not

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new approach that helps public agencies and commercial interests combat fraudulently-labelled organic foods. By looking at how organic plants are fertilised,…

machine learning

2019.08.27

Women are beautiful, men rational

Men are typically described by words that refer to behavior, while adjectives ascribed to women tend to be associated with physical appearance. This, according to a group of computer scientists from the University of…

Blockchain

2019.08.23

The Technology Behind Bitcoin May Improve the Medications of the Future

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a prototype of an app that may potentially prescribe the optimal dose of medicine for the individual patient, as well as prevent counterfeit products.

Forskning

2019.08.16

New research could provide better food and faster analysis of blood tests

Forskere fra Institut for Fødevarevidenskab på Københavns Universitet har fundet ud af, hvordan man ved at bruge deep learning hurtigere kan tolke analyser, der foretages ved hjælp af gaskromatografi. Da denne type…

regulation of blood sugar

2019.08.10

Reduction of carbohydrate intake improves type 2 diabetics’ ability to regulate blood sugar

Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate their blood sugar levels if they eat food with a reduced carbohydrate content and an increased share of protein and fat. This is shown by a recent study…

Tremor

2019.08.08

Brain Researchers Invent an Affordable Smartphone Measurement for Testing of Medications

Brain researchers from the University of Copenhagen have invented an inexpensive method to measure tremor as known from Parkinson's disease in mice. The method utilises the accelerometer in a smartphone to measure the…

PLANTS

2019.08.06

Houseplants ability to survive drought can provide useful knowledge for the climate change era

It has long been known that some plants tolerate drought better than others. As some of the first to do so in the past 100 years, Danish scientists have investigated the mechanisms behind the Aloe plant's ability to…

New professor

2019.07.01

Newly appointed professor is playing a significant role in the artificial intelligence revolution

In 2018, Christina Lioma became leader of the Machine Learning research section at the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen (DIKU). On 7 June 2019, she became the second woman to obtain a higher…

CLIMATE

2019.06.25

Climate change is already affecting food production worldwide

Research from the University of Copenhagen shows that crops around the world are already affected by climate change. This means a decrease in yield in almost half of the countries where food production is already…

2019.06.17

Danish researchers unravel how toxic almonds became edible

After more than 12 years of work, researchers can now reveal that only a single change in a gene has made the toxic almonds sweet and edible. Their discoveries are now published in SCIENCE and show the way to improved…

agriculture

2019.06.14

UCPH researchers on hunt for sustainable super crop recipe

Smarter food production is becoming an imperative as the world's population swells and climate changes. With the backing of a 203 million kroner grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, researchers at the University of…

Climate change

2019.06.03

New center at the University of Copenhagen to predict climate tipping points

Current climate models are unable to predict sudden and violent changes to climate, known as tipping points. This is a phenomenon that researchers fear more and more, and that the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel…

Initiative

2019.05.30

New institute to describe the diversity of humans and the Earth

Through research into the origins of life and the Earth, the distribution and genetic diversity of life as well as the interaction of humans with the Earth, scientists at the new Globe Institute will contribute to a…

Artificial intelligence

2019.05.29

Tempted to cheat on a written exam? Artificial intelligence is 90 percent certain to nab you

Combining big data with artificial intelligence has allowed University of Copenhagen researchers to determine whether you wrote your assignment or whether a ghostwriter penned it for you - with nearly 90 percent…

Health Data

2019.05.24

New Algorithm Uses Disease History to Predict Intensive Care Patients’ Chances of Survival

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet have used data on more than 230,000 intensive care patients to develop a new algorithm. Among other things, it uses disease history from the past 23 years…

GMO

2019.04.24

Risk and unnaturalness cannot justify EU’s strict policy on GMO

The EU’s policy on GMO is extremely strict and prevents new GMO crops from being authorized. The policy is based on arguments about the risk and unnaturalness of GMO plants – but these arguments cannot justify the…

Klima

2019.02.12

Melting ice sheet transports sand worth billions

Ny forskning viser, at den fortsat stigende afsmeltning fra Grønlands indlandsis fører til enorme sandaflejringer langs den grønlandske kyst. Og de aflejringer skaber en stor indkomstmulighed for landet, der kæmper med…

COLLABORATION

2019.02.07

New collaboration will improve quality and sustainability of food and agricultural production

A new strategic agreement between the University of Copenhagen and the analytics company FOSS will use machine learning, spectroscopy and structural analysis, among other things, to develop improved analysis methods for…

VIRTUAL REALITY

2019.01.08

In VR boys learn best when the teacher is a drone - girls learn better from virtual Marie

The teacher is just as important in a virtual learning environment as in a normal classroom, but a new study shows that boys and girls differ greatly in terms of how they learn best.