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Iason Tsiamis

Continuous Wave Single Photon Transistor with Rydberg Atoms Supervisor: Anders Søndberg Sørensen

New centre of excellence in algorithms research in Copenhagen

With a grant of DKK 40m from the VILLUM Investigator Programme, four international leading algorithms researchers from University of Copenhagen and IT University of Copenhagen will establish a new research centre: Basic…

Erik Bærentsen

Acquiring Accurate State Estimates For Use In Autonomous Flight Supervisor: Troels C. Petersen

Ida Vægter Rasmussen

Gravitational redshift in galaxy clusters with photometric surveys Supervisors: Jens Hjorth and Radoslaw Wojtak

Michael F. Hansen

Strong Lensing in Galaxy Clusters Supervisor: Claudio Grillo

Troels Bøgeholm Mikkelsen

Ice Sheets & Ice Cores. Data Analysis & Stochastic Modeling Academic advisor: Peter D. Ditlevsen

Congratulations to Malte Nordmann Winther

Congratulations to Malte Normann Winther at Centre for Ice and Climate who succesfully defended his PhD thesis on Tuesday 31 January 2017 and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

Caroline Heneka

Cosmological Structure Formation: From Dawn till Dusk From Reionization to galaxy clusters Supervisors: Dr. David Rapetti & Prof. Steen H. Hansen

Thomas Søndergaard Eriksen

Determining the driving processes of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation from CCSM data Supervisor: Markus Jochum

Carlsberg supports Danish Mars research

Morten Bo Madsen, head of the Mars Group at the Niels Bohr Institute, has received a grant of 2.5 million kroner from the Carlsberg Foundation for the project: A Field Trip 250 million km from home – Salary for Essentia…

First step towards photonic quantum network

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have now developed the first building blocks needed to construct complex quantum photonic circuits for quantum networks. This rapid development in quantum networks

Parisah Akrami

Ultra stable laser sources based on molecular acetylene Supervisors: Jan W. Thomsen and Martin R. Henriksen

Sara Buur Svendsen

A Search for Lepton Flavour Violation in Z → π μ decays at √ s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector Supervisor: Stefania Xella

Simon Holm Stark

Study of forward elastic pp'>pp pp scattering at s=8 TeV'>s √ =8 TeV s=8 TeV with the ALFA detector

The Sound of Quantum Vacuum

Quantum mechanics dictates sensitivity limits in the measurements of displacement, velocity and acceleration. A recent experiment at NBI probes these limits, analyzing how quantum fluctuations set a sensor membrane

Ivan Iakoupov

Enhancement of optical nonlinearities with stationary light Academic advisor: Anders S. Sørensen

Malte Normann Winther

Title: Trace gas evolution in the present and past atmosphere Supervisor: Thomas Blunier

Newly formed stars shoot out powerful whirlwinds

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have used the ALMA telescopes to observe the early stages in the formation of a new solar system. For the first time they have seen how a powerful whirlwind shoot out from...

Beans and peas increase fullness more than meat

Meals based on legumes such as beans and peas are more satiating than pork and veal-based meals according to a recent study by the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Nutrition, Excercise and Sports. Results sugges…

Christine Hvidberg new Head of Studies

Christine Schøtt Hvidberg, associate professor of geophysics in Ice and Climate at the Niels Bohr Institute, has been appointed as the new head of studies. She replaces Lise Arleth, who has been the head of studies sinc…

Mystery of ultra-diffuse faint galaxies solved

Over the last year, researchers have observed some very faint, diffuse galaxies. The galaxies are as faint as dwarf galaxies, but are distributed over an area just as large as the Milky Way.

University of Copenhagen partners with Microsoft to develop topological quantum computer

Professor Charles Marcus will build the world's first topological quantum computer at the Niels Bohr Institute in collaboration with the Technical University of Delft and Sydney University under a Microsoft...

Congratulations to Arianna Marchionne

Congratulations to Arianna Marchionne who succesfully defended her PhD thesis at Centre for Ice and Climate on 3 November 2016.

Emil Zeuthen

Electro-optomechanical transduction Quantum hard-sphere model for dissipative Rydberg-EIT media Supervisor: Prof. Anders S. Sørensen