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Dark Cosmology Centre in hunt for gravitational wave sources

Today it was announced that gravitational waves, a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, have been directly detected for the first time and astrophysicists from the Niels Bohr Institute’s Dark…

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…

The universe’s primordial soup flowing at CERN

Researchers have recreated the universe’s primordial soup in miniature format by colliding lead atoms with extremely high energy in the 27 km long particle accelerator, the LHC at CERN.

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…

Hannah Kleppin

Unforced climate transitions as a scenario for Dansgaard-Oeschger events Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Markus Jochum

Gabija Kiršanske

Electrical control of excitons in semiconductor nanostructures: from quantum dots in photonic-crystal devices to the exciton Mott transition in coupled quantum wells Supervisor: Prof. Peter Lodahl and Assoc. Prof. Søren…

The solar system’s ninth planet in sight

Two American researchers believe that they have found evidence that there is still a giant planet in our own solar system that we have never seen. It has long been known that the small dwarf planet Sedna moved in a…

Heidi Lundgaard Sørensen

A WAVEGUIDE PLATFORM FOR COLLECTIVE LIGHT-ATOM INTERACTION Principal supervisor: Prof. Eugene S. Polzik

Georgios Magdis receives grant from Villum Foundation

Georgios Magdis, an assistant professor at the Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, has received a grant of five million kroner from the Villum Foundation’s Young Investigator Programme.

Sofus L. Kristensen

Doppler-Free Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopy of Molecular Iodine Supervisors: Sigrid Skovbo Adsersen and Jan Westenkær Thomsen

Diana Juncher

Modeling the Cloudy Atmospheres of Cool Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Hot Exoplanets Supervisor: Uffe Gråe Jørgensen

Famous Danish computer scientist Professor Peter Naur dead

Peter Naur, a great Danish scientist and the first Danish professor in Computer Science at University of Copenhagen 1969-1998 died 3 January 2016 after a short period of illness.

Jean-Baptiste Sylvain Béguin

A one-dimensional quantum interface between a few atoms and weak light Principal supervisor: Prof. Eugene S. Polzik

Johannes Møller Astrup

Where Is The Galaxy Counterpart of DLA2225+0527? Supervisor: Johan Peter Uldall Fynbo

Mikkel Theiss Kristensen

Rare Emission-line Galaxies in the COSMOS Field Main supervisor: Johan Peter Uldall Fynbo, co-supervisor: Bo Milvang-Jensen

Very high silicon content surprises Mars researchers

New results from the Mars rover Curosity show that some rocks in Gale Crater have a high content of the element silicon. Since the accumulation of silica typically require a combination of both heat and water, this plac…

Troels Petersen from the Niels Bohr Institute receives Science Dissemination Award

‘A star in the area of communication’ – this is how Troels Petersen is described by colleagues, media and anyone who has experienced him talk about what he is passionate about – physics. Troels Petersen is an associate…

Astronomy archaeology – finding 120-year-old observations

In the basement under the Niels Bohr Institute building on Juliane Maries Vej in Copenhagen they have found astronomical observations that go more than 120 years back in time. The observations were recorded on thin…

Marius Gaudesius

Towards entanglement generation between Cesium-133 atomic ensemble and nanomechanical membrane resonator Supervisor: Prof. Eugene S. Polzik

CERN collides heavy nuclei at new record high energy

The world’s most powerful accelerator, the 27 km long Large Hadron Collider (LHC) operating at CERN in Geneva established collisions between lead nuclei, this morning, at the highest energies ever.

Mark Rudner receives ERC grant of nearly 12 million kroner

Mark Rudner, associate professor in Condensed Matter Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, has received a grant from the European Research Council, an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million…

The KIF Prize 2015 goes to Professor Jens Hjorth

The Danish Network for Women in Physics, KIF has awarded the 2015 prize to Professor Jens Hjorth, the director of the Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen.

Anja Andersen receives the Danish Physical Society’s Communication Award

Anja Andersen, associate professor at the Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has received the International Year of Light Communication Award from the Danish Physical Society.

The past shows how abrupt climate shifts affect Earth

New research shows how past abrupt climatic changes in the North Atlantic propagated globally. The study, led by researchers from The Niels Bohr Institute, shows how interaction between heat transport in the ocean and…