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Tracking the amount of sea ice from the Greenland ice sheet

By analysing ice cores drilled from deep inside the Greenland ice sheet, researchers have started to calculate how much Arctic sea ice there was in the past. The results have just published in the research journal…

Effective reflection of light for quantum technology

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have developed a new method where they create a very strong interaction between light and atoms, which means that the light can be controlled and reflected on a glass fiber.

First step in the Deep Space mission

Deep Space is a project that will use a new specially designed telescope to look far into space in order to observe radiation from the early universe. The equipment will be placed at Summit in the middle of the...

Mika Lanzky

Title: Ice core data from Renland - Investigation of firn cores, main cores and evaluation of isotope-enabled GCMs for Renland Supervisor: Bo Møllesøe Vinther

Acidity in atmosphere minimised to preindustrial levels

New research shows that human pollution of the atmosphere with acid is now almost back to the level that it was before the pollution started with industrialisation in the 1930s. The results come from studies of the…

Matteo Cataneo

Growth of Structure in Theories of Cosmic Acceleration Supervisors: Dr. David A. Rapetti Co-supervisor: Prof. Jens Hjorth

Congratulations to Corentin Reutenauer

Congratulations to Corentin Reutenauer who successfully defended his PhD thesis at Centre for Ice and Climate on August 23, 2016

Eugene Polzik on the steering committee for EU quantum technology flagship

The EU will launch a €1 billion innovative quantum technology project. In order to develop a program of research, a steering committee of senior researchers and business people has been established. From Denmark,…

Hans Lindbo Røpke-Haarslev

Alanine Dosimetry using MV Photon Beams Internal supervisor: Ian Bearden

Researchers unravel process for the formation of rainstorms

Violent thunderstorms can often cause torrential rain, which poses a threat for both humans and the infrastructure. Until now such extreme weather phenomena have been very poorly understood.

Samuel Stokholm Baxter

The Search for Right Handed Neutrinos using the SHiP Experiment Supervisor: Stefania Xella

Kasper Elm Heintz

Exploring New Methods of Selecting Quasars Supervisor:Johan P. U. Fynbo

Scientist Holger Bech Nielsen turns 75

Denmark’s most famous and beloved physicist Holger Bech Nielsen turns 75 on the 25th of August. Holger Bech Nielsen is professor of theoretical high-energy physics, which is the study of the basic structure and…

Star and planetary scientists get millions of hours on EU supercomputers

The universe is full of mysteries. Mysteries that cannot be solved by observation alone, but researchers can examine them using modelling. However, this requires enormous processing power and is very expensive.

Stavros Kitsios

Evaluation of the Muon Combinatorial Background at SHoP Experiment Supervisor: Stefania Xella

The long hunted sterile neutrino cannot be traced

Some of the most abundant particles in the universe are the so-called ghost particles, neutrinos, which travel through virtually anything on their journey through the universe. Researchers have identified three types…

Eva Brottmann Hansen

Early Atmospheric Muon Rejection with IceCube-PINGU Supervisor: Jason Koskinen

Adam Mielke

Exact Zero Modes in Coupled Chirac Systems Supervisor: Kim Splittorff

Optical magnetic field sensor can detect signals from the nervous system

The human body is controlled by electrical impulses in, for example, the brain, the heart and nervous system. These electrical signals create tiny magnetic fields, which can be used to diagnose various diseases.

Johanne Kristine Bork Øelund

Eddy fluxes in the Norwegian Current Supervisor: Markus Jochum

Sigrid Skovbo Adsersen

An Iodine Based Thermal Optical Frequency Reference using NICE-OHMS Detection Supervisor: Jan W. Thomsen

Corentin Reutenauer

Measuring the triple O2 isotopic composition of air trapped in ice cores and quantifying the causes of δ18Oatm millennial scale variations Academic advisor: Thomas Blunier

Warning from the past: Future global warming could be even warmer

Future global warming will not only depend on the amount of emissions from man-made greenhouse gasses, but will also depend on the sensitivity of the climate system and response to feedback mechanisms.

Congratulations to Rasmus Anker Pedersen

Congratulations to Rasmus Anker Pedersen at Centre for Ice and Climate who succesfully defended his PhD thesis on Monday, June 20, 2016 and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.