News about Physics

Irene Tamborra receives Elite Research Award

Irene Tamborra joined NBIA in 2016 as Knud Højgaard Foundation Assistant Professor. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017 and Professor in 2021. Irene Tamborra has established the AstroNU group at NBIA with …

Lightning on exoplanets: Benefits to learning physics outside the solar system

Taking physics teaching several light-years away from our own planet can help students understand that the laws of physics are universal.

Uncovering the final steps of black holes’ swing dance

Black holes are attractive objects, often preferring to live in couples. When left alone, these couples (known as “binaries”) pierce through the remainder of their long lives obeying a reassuring routine: they dance…

Simon Caron-Huot receives Lars Kann-Rasmussen Prize

On the February 7th, former NBIA Asisstant Professor Simon Caron-Huot received this year's Lars Kann-Rasmussen Prize.

Aaron David Schneider

Bridging Atmospheres and Interiors: Exploring Exoplanetary Gas Giants Supervisor: Uffe Gråe Jørgensen

DIANA Quantum Centre inauguration at the Niels Bohr Institute

On January 11th, 2024, we celebrated the start of the initial cohort of 6 companies joining the Deep Tech Lab-Quantum Accelerator and introduced the DIANA Quantum Center and Test sites as part of the Danish quantum…

Award-winning researcher dreams of stellar explosions and strives for equity and inclusion in academia

She studies the giant explosions of dying stars and dreams of experiencing and extracting data from a supernova close to Earth. Professor Irene Tamborra from the Niels Bohr Institute also tirelessly promotes equity and…

Alessia Platania and Apoorv Tiwari receive Villum Young Investigator grants

New Assistant Professor Alessia Platania joins NBIA with a Villum Young Investigator grant entitled "Non-perturbative strings, asymptotic safety, and the swampland". Alessia Platania is currently post-doctoral research…

Researchers aim to advance quantum sensing to transform disease diagnosis and prevention

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of DKK 150 million to establish the Copenhagen Center for Biomedical Quantum Sensing, under which an international research collaboration aims to develop novel quantum…

Einstein Waves: a Strong network

The Strong Group is now part of a European network set to study nonlinear aspects of Einstein equations. The effort is funded by a Marie Curie RISE project: 101131233 — EinsteinWaves. Other nodes in Europe include…

The quantum potential of point defects

Senior R&D Engineer at NQCP Jim Webb answers questions about his recent Villum Experiment project exploiting point defects and their quantum potential.

Quantum Hub Annual Meeting 2024 Program Launch

The UCPH Quantum Hub is ready with the program for this years Annual Meeting 2024. The Annual Meeting offers students and scientists alike to gain an insight into the latest quantum research at the University of…

Helle Kiilerich (1943-2024)

It is with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of Helle Kiilerich, and we extend our heartfelt sympathy to Helle's family. The world has lost a remarkable human being, who has left a lasting imprint on the…

Vasiliki Angelopoulou

Super- and Subradiance of Quantum Dots by Photon-Mediated Coupling Supervisor: Prof. Peter Lodahl

Anirudh Bhatnagar

Title: Probing Quantum-Gravity Decoherence in High-Energy Neutrinos from the Active Galaxy NGC 1068 Supervisor: Mauricio Bustamante

NBIA signs Memorandum of Understanding with APCTP in Korea

NBIA Director Poul H. Damgaard has signed an Agreement of Cooperation for three years with the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) in Pohang, Korea.

Patrik Isene Sund

Photonic Quantum Information Processing with Quantum Dot Single-Photon Sources Supervisor: Prof. Peter Lodahl

GWverse: the Action that looked up

In 2017, the European COST Action CA16104 Gravitational waves, black holes and fundamental physics (GWverse) was started, chaired by Prof Cardoso, and linking 3 scientific communities that were largely disjoint: one…

LISA moves into adoption stage

LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, has passed a major review with flying colours: the entire concept – from the definition of the overall mission and operations to the space hardware to be built – stood up t…

What even non-geniuses can still learn from Einstein 

Professor Richard Staley offers his insights on some of the defining qualities of Einstein that everyone can aspire to.

Ida Sternberg Holk

Title: Characterization of formaldehyde as molecular tracer in protostellar regions Supervisor: Jes Kristian Jørgensen

Linea Stausbøll Hedemark

Title: Tau Neutrino Appearance in the IceCube Upgrade Supervisor: David Jason Koskinen

Alexander Buhl

Title: Development and Testing of ASIC Based Readout and Control System for Large Silicon Photomultiplier Arrays Supervisors: Ian Bearden

Jade Omotoyosi Nina Brauns

Title: Investigating the dynamics of cusp bifurcations: A conceptual model for glacial-interglacial cycles Supervisor: Peter Ditlevsen