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Food scientists: We can detect much more food fraud

Researchers from the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen point out that “non-targeted” methods of analysis can reveal far more food fraud than we are currently detecting. The analytical…

CO2 stored under Icelandic rocks

CO2 can be mineralized in only two years - suprisingly fast also for researchers at University of Copenhagen.

New Professor in Dairy Process Technology

Lilia Ahrné has since 1 April been a full professor at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Food Science. In this interview she shares her thoughts on the position and the areas she will focus on. For example…

Head chef of Nordic Food Lab wins Sardinian Prize

Roberto Flore, head chef of Nordic Food Lab at University of Copenhagen, won the Sardinian award “Manos in Pasta” for sending a message about true Sardinian gastronomic heritage to the rest of the world.

Salts in the brain control our sleep-wake cycle

Danish research is behind a new epoch-making discovery, which may prove decisive to future brain research. The level of salts in the brain plays a critical role in whether we are asleep or awake. This discovery may be o…

The Faculty of Social Sciences is investing heavily in social big data

The Faculty of Social Sciences is opening a new research centre for social big data: Copenhagen Centre for Social Data Science (SODAS).

For the first time scientists can observe the nano structure of food in 3D

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland have, for the first time, created a 3D image of food on the nanometer scale. The method the scientists used is called…

Gatekeepers of cell membranes studied one at a time with revolutionary nanotechnology

All cells protect themselves from the environment using very thin but ultra-strong membranes. In order to let useful molecules (nutrients etc.) go through the membrane, cells use ‘gatekeeper molecules’ called…

Physicist Peter Lodahl receives prestigious EliteForsk Award

Peter Lodahl, professor of quantum physics at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen has received the prestigious Danish elite researcher award, the EliteForsk Award 2016. Peter Lodahl works with…

New research centre DABAI will create innovation through Big Data

In a large alliance with Danish universities, public and private organisations, the Computer Science Department at University of Copenhagen has engaged in a new data research centre, DABAI, which will provide research…

Disordered proteins could hide secret to develop crops with high stress resistance

A group of researchers at the University of Copenhagen will unveil the mysteries of disordered proteins thanks to a 7 million kr grant from the Villum Foundation Young Investigator Program. Unravelling their unusual…

When leaders tweet

Leaders and diplomats tweet diligently - also from closed negotiations. Rebecca Adler-Nissen will research what this means to the diplomacy and its ability to create peaceful solutions on iternational tensions.

FOOD works towards the formation of a European food innovation alliance

Department of Food Science at University of Copenhagen is part of the consortium "FoodNexus" (formerly Foodbest), which is currently developing an application for the status of a European innovation alliance – a…

In search of excellence in food science

Since 1 December 2014, Colin Ray has been leader of the Dairy, Meat and Plant Product Technology section of the Department of Food Science (FOOD), University of Copenhagen. With the appointment of Colin to this position…

New professor in socio-economic structures and living conditions in development countries

Niels Fold has commenced as professor at Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management at University of Copenhagen.

New blood test can predict future breast cancer

By analysing a simple blood sample, scientists from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in predicting if a woman will get breast cancer within two to five years. The method – a metabolic blood profile – is still…

New blood test can predict future breast cancer

By analysing a simple blood sample, scientists from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in predicting if a woman will get breast cancer within two to five years. The method – a metabolic blood profile – is still…

Developing an app for smart food choices

In a new research project, FoodSMART, European scientists are working together to create an app to optimise the food choices made by consumers.

Prestigious Human Frontiers Science Program grant goes to DynaMo researcher Hussam Nour-Eldin

The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) has awarded one of their highly competitive Young Investigator grants to plant molecular biologist Hussam Nour-Eldin from the University of Copenhagen and two international…

Big ERC grant for DIKU’s professor Kasper Hornbæk

Professor Kasper Hornbæk from the Dept. of Computer Science has received a 5 year Consolidator Grant, amounting to 14 million DKK (approximately € 1.9 m) from the European Research Council (ERC) in order to improve huma…

New superconducting hybrid crystals developed at the University of Copenhagen

A new type of ‘nanowire’ crystals that fuses semiconducting and metallic materials on the atomic scale could lay the foundation for future semiconducting electronics. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen are…

Cloned Christmas trees can help reduce pesticide use

A new method makes it possible to clone Nordmann firs – the Danes’ Christmas tree of choice. Robust, beautiful trees can now be grown without pesticides or any other form of chemical treatment used to help regulate tree…

Breakthrough in light sources for new quantum technology

Future quantum circuits are photonic circuits, i.e. circuits based on light (photons) instead of electrons. Now scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute have succeeded in creating a steady stream of photons emitted one at…

The FANTOM project charts an atlas of gene activity over the human body

In 2003, the human DNA sequence was determined in the human genome project. Now, scientists in the FANTOM project determined exactly where in the body each gene encoded in DNA is active. This is important, because it i…