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Center Coordinator retreat 2025

From September 1, 2025, the new Center of Gravity funded by the Danish National Research Foundation will officially start.

NQCP Quantum Demonstrator lead

Role description In close collaboration with Quantum Foundry Copenhagen (QFC) and international partners, we aim to pioneer fabrication methods for state-of-the-art quantum processors. The results of this combined…

Galactic dust reveals hidden patterns in stunning new images from James Webb

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of researchers led by a Danish bachelor student has uncovered surprising new details about the fine structure of cosmic dust in nearby galaxies.

The 5th Scandinavian meeting on gravitational-wave science

The Scandinavian community has been producing exciting results in the field and met for the 5th Meeting on Gravitational Wave Science in Scandinavia on May 15 and 16 at the University of Copenhagen.

First light from student-built radio telescope

During the last six months, academic employee Gaurav Kumar, together with master students Kaj Grimstrup, Jiazhe Li, and Omar Rashdan, have built two radio telescopes. One of them now observed its first light, while the…

PhD Projects in quantum computing for chemistry and life-science (Algorithms & Applications)

NQCP invites applicants for PhD fellowships in the Algorithms & Applications (A&A) section within this area. Start date is 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The projects We are interested in developing …

Characterization Engineer at the NNF Quantum Computing Programme

NQCP is looking for an engineer to support our material characterization efforts. You will be working across multiple platforms, enacting characterization protocols for our novel materials and reliably and precisely…

Control Software Engineer

About us The Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme is establishing a team to create a cutting-edge quantum programme in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark. The long-term mission of the programme is to enabl…

Charlotte Fløe Kristjansen receives Villum Investigator Grant

Professor Charlotte Fløe Kristjansen, currently the Deputy Head of Institute for Research at Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) has been awarded a Villum Investigator grant of 20Mkr from the Villum Foundation to explore how…

Boosting high-frequency gravitational wave and ultralight dark matter searches

Boosting high-frequency gravitational wave and ultralight dark matter searches

Top Researchers Receive Multi-Million DKK Grants from Villum Foundation

How can we recycle plastic more effectively? And how can we transmit data using less energy? Eleven top researchers receive more than DKK 300 million from Villum Foundation for research that may help answer those…

Firuza Foundation Fellowship to NBIA

Thanks to generous support from the Firuza Foundation NBIA has been able to dedicate a 3-year Firuza Foundation Fellowship to new theoretical developments in Quantum Sciences. The initiative aims at capitalizing on …

Look up in May

Read here (in Danish) about which bright objects you can see on the night sky in May.

PhD Project in Laser Enhanced Fabrication of Quantum Devices

The project State-of-the-art quantum devices will need state-of-the-art fabrication tools. In this project we will combine methods of quantum optics to enhance tomorrow's fabrication tools. This challenging and…

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics to CERN LHC experiments

The Fundamental Breakthrough Prize has been awarded to all the physicists that have contributed to the success of the Large Hadron Collider experiments at CERN.

On the Trail of the Mystery of Time – New Book on Time for Non-Physicists

Associate Professor Troels Harmark has published a book, On the Trail of the Mystery of Time, which attempts to explain to ordinary people what the fascinating concept of "time" really is.

Staff Picks on Wolfram Community

Work by Strong Members is a Feature by the Staff Picks on Wolfram Community. The work, Forward ray tracing and hot spots in Kerr spacetime, was developed by Lihang Zhou a visiting student at Strong, Zhen Zhong, Yifan…

Cosmic whispers made LOUD by intervening matter

Every few minutes, somewhere in the Universe, a black hole encounters another and starts a fateless ritual around each other until their collision. Through this dance, space and time is excited, producing vibrations…

Johan Samsing recieves 2025 MERAC Prize

Johan Samsing receives this year's MERAC prize, which is awarded by the European Astronomical Society, for his pioneering work on ways to probe the origin of binary black hole mergers in the new era of observational…

Quantum Sensing

On January 20–21, a group of CBQS researchers from DTU — Sarah, Luca, Chu-Dan, and Alex — participated in a workshop on solid-state quantum sensing and hyperpolarization in Ulm. The event addressed both experimental and…

Kasper Elm Heintz among Berlingske’s Top 100 Talents

Congratulations to Kasper Elm Heintz, assistant professor at the Cosmic Dawn Center, who has been selected as one of the top 100 talents in Denmark 2025 in Berlingske’s annual award for his discoveries in observational…

Strong field gravity in India

Vitor visited colleagues Kothawala, Mishra and Sriramkumar at Chennai and delivered the Chandrasekhar Lecture

James Webb discovers earliest sign of the Universe becoming transparent

The first galaxies in the Universe were born enshrouded in a “foggy” gas, and could not be seen clearly until they had cleared up this fog. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of researchers led by astronomers…

János Takátsy and Lorenz Zwick receive EU MSCA Fellowships

2 EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships