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Cosmic grains of dust formed in supernova explosion

New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University shows that not only can grains of dust form in gigantic supernova explosions, they can also survive the subsequent…

Helle Astrid Kjær

Continuous chemistry in ice cores -Phosphorus, pH and the photolysis of humic like substances Academic supervisors: Anders Svensson and Matthew S. Johnson

Grants from FNU to Astrophysics and Biophysics

Two researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, Marianne Vestergaard at the Dark Cosmology Centre and Lene Oddershede in Optical Tweezers have both received grants of approx. 6-6½ million kroner from FNU

Rikke Lund Saust

Investigating the Nature of Damped Lyman-α Absorbing Galaxies Supervisor: Lise Christensen

FNU grants to Biophysics and Oceanography

Two professors at the Niels Bohr Institute, Mogens Høgh Jensen, Professor of Biophysics, and Markus Jochum, Professor of Oceanography, have both received a grant of 2.4 million kroner from FNU

Two NBI researchers receive Sapere Aude grants

Two NBI researchers, Charlotte Fløe Kristiansen, a professor in theoretical high energy physics and Albert Schliesser, an assistant professor in quantum mechanics have both received grants from the Danish Agency for…

The ALICE group at NBI receives 6½ million kroner to research primordial soup

The ALICE group at NBI has received a grant of 6½ million kroner from the Danish Council for Independent Research | Natural Sciences to research the universe’s primordial soup using collisions of atomic nuclei at the LH…

Ann-Sofie Bak Nielsen

Extinction curves and the total-to-selective extinction ratio for dust formed in the type IIn SN 2005ip Supervisor: Jens Hjorth

Asbjørn Arvad Jørgensen

Constructing an Extended Cavity Diode Laser for Iodine Spectrometry Supervisors: Jan Westenkær Thomsen and Bjarke Takashi Røjle Christensen

Karsten Bjerrum Dideriksen

A Laser System for a Deterministic Single Photon Source Supervisor: Prof. Eugene S. Polzik

Kasper Ejdal Lund

Quantum Phase Transition in an Ion Trap Supervisor: Anders S. Sørensen

Solvej Knudsen & Freja Thilde Pedersen

Producing adiabatic fiber tapers - Numerical simulations and measurements Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Jürgen Appel

Jacob Svensmark

Effect of asphericity in caustic mass estimates of galaxy clusters Supervisor: : Assoc Prof Steen H. Hansen

Yongbiao Weng

Title: Continuous Flow and Discrete Measurements of the Water Isotopes in an Firn Core from Greenland Supervisor: Bo Møllesøe Vinther

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, new adjunct professor of high energy astrophysics

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, USA, and he is also head of the Theoretical Astrophysics Santa Cruz Institute. He is now employed as adjunct professor at…

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen receives European Agassiz Medal

Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, head of the Centre for Ice and Climate at NBI, has been awarded the Louis Agassiz Medal by the EGU (European Geoscience Union). She is receiving the medal for her outstanding scientific…

Klaus Mosegaard new professor of geophysics - again

Klaus Mosegaard is a geophysicist and researches the Earth’s internal processes and the geological structure of the subsurface using mathematical modeling. Now he is back at the Niels Bohr Institute as professor and hea…

New insights into gamma-ray Burst afterglows

Gamma-ray bursts are powerful bursts of gamma radiation in connection with the explosive death of massive stars. The bursts themselves are short lived – typically less than a few minutes, but is followed by an afterglow…

Immo Nathanael Söllner

Quantum Dots in Photonic Crystal Waveguides: from efcient single photon sources to deterministic photon-photon interaction Supervisor: Professor Peter Lodahl

Cosmic collision creates mini-planet with rings

Until now, rings of material in a disc have only been observed around giant planets like Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and especially Saturn, which is known for its spectacular rings. Now astronomers from NBI, have observed…

Unavoidable disorder used to build nanolaser

Researchers at NBI have discovered that imperfect nanostructures can offer entirely new functionalities. They have shown that imperfect optical chips can be used to produce ‘nanolasers’, which is an ultimately compact…

Johan Samsing receives the prestigious Einstein Fellowship

Johan Samsing, who is just about to complete his PhD at Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute, has just been awarded one of the most prestigious research fellowships in astrophysics, the so-called ‘Einstein…

Hans Christian Stærkind

Experimental Realization of Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopy on 88Sr Supervisor: Jan W. Thomsen

Ultra sensitive detection of radio waves with lasers

When detecting radio waves ‘noise’ in the instrument limits how sensitive and precise the measurements can be. Now researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have developed a new method where they can avoid noise by means…