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A New Upgrade for the IceCube Detector

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica is about to get a significant upgrade. The purpose of this huge installation is to detect neutrinos, the “ghost particles” of the Universe.

Congratulations to Ida Margrethe Ringgaard

Congratulations to Ida Margrethe Ringgaard at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended her PhD thesis Friday 28 June 2019, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Ida Margrethe Ringgaard

Sensitivity of Arctic sea ice change on climate in the coupled climate model EC-Earth Supervisors: Eigil Kaas, Shuting Yang, Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen

Conceptual model can explain how thunderstorm clouds bunch together

A new theoretical study from associate professor, Jan Härter, at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, presents a new mechanism for the self-aggregation of storm clouds, a phenomenon, by which storm clouds…

Peter Krogstrup receives Elektroprisen 2019

Professor Peter Krogstrup receives Elektroprisen 2019, annually awarded by The Danish Society of Engineers, IDA. Peter Krogstrup is professor in quantum physics at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,…

Floriane Océane Sudre

Sensitivity to Friction Changes: the Case of an Idealized Gullmarn Fjord Supervisors: Markus Jochum and Herbert Formayer

Partner meeting in Copenhagen

Project coordination and plans for the August and December field work was in focus for the meetings during a productive week. All project participants including the PhD students took part in the discussions. Additional…

The civics of urban greening: topics, tendencies and tensions from the frontlines of sustainable transition

As part of a new special issue, 12 articles on research from Department of Sociology have just been published in the online magazine ‘Discover Society.'

Elvira Caroline Jarmbæk Jacobsen

The effect of dephasing in waveguide QED Supervised by: Anders Søndberg Sørensen and Sumanta Kumar Das

Marta A. Mrozowska

On the connection between upwelling, opal deposit rates and atmospheric CO2 concentration Supervisor: Markus Jochum

Filippo Botta

The ecology of abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period Supervisor: Anders Svensson

Thomas Hummel

Multiphoton generation from a single quantum dot in a photonic nanostructure Supervisors: Ravitej Uppu & Peter Lodahl

Congratulations to Karl Nyman

Congratulations to Karl Nyman at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended his PhD thesis Thursday 6 June 2019, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Karl Nyman

Bifurcations of relaxation oscillations in models of the middle Pleistocene transition of glacial cycles Supervisor: Peter Ditlevsen

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.

Michelle Shu-Ting Lee

Climate proxies based on the NEEM ice core for the Holocene period 4000-7000 years B2K: An integrated CFA and IEC method for the NEEM brittle zone Supervisors: Helle Astrid Kjær and Paul Travis Vallelonga

Mirjam Martina Läderach

Continuous flow analysis on EastGRIP ice core: Optimization of optical dye method and results from acidity measurements on the EastGRIP ice core Supervisors: Helle Astrid Kjær and Paul Travis Vallelonga

Copenhagen researchers break quantum limit in the precision of force and position measurements

Researchers of the Schliesser Lab at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have pushed the precision of force and position measurements into a new regime.

Dorthe Dahl Jensen appointed Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Manitoba

Dorthe Dahl Jensen, Professor at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has been appointed Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Manitoba in Canada. Her…

Congratulations to Filippo Botta

Congratulations to Filippo Botta at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended his PhD thesis Monday 29 April 2019, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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…

Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists

Less than one-tenth the width of a human hair, the miniscule component makes it possible to scale up and could ultimately reach the capabilities required for a quantum computer or quantum internet.

Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists

University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits light particles carrying quantum information. Less than one-tenth the width of a human hair, the miniscule component makes it possible to…

Taus Munck Hansen

Multi-Messenger Probes of the Sources of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays Supervisor: Assi. Prof. Markus Ahlers Co-supervisor: Postdoc. Mohamad Rameez