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Alexandra Messerli

Surface velocities and hydrology a t Engabreen: Observations from feature tracking and hydro-meteorological measurements Academic advisors: Aslak Grinsted, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Nanna Karlsson

Quantum mechanic frequency filter for atomic clocks

In an atomic clock, electrons jumping from one orbit to another decides the clock’s frequency. To get the electrons to jump, researchers shine light on the atoms using stabilised laser light. However, the laser light ha…

Astronomers observe four images of the same supernova using a cosmic lens

Astronomers have for the first time observed a supernova multiply-imaged due to gravitational lensing. The light from the supernova is seen in four different images due to a cosmic phenomenon that causes light to be…

Astronomers observe four images of the same supernova using a cosmic lens

Astronomers have for the first time observed a supernova multiply-imaged due to gravitational lensing. It is published in the scientific magazine Science in a special issue celebrating the centenary of Einstein’s Theory…

Astronomers find dust in the early universe

Dust plays an extremely important role in the universe – both in the formation of planets and new stars. But the earliest galaxies had no dust, only gas. Now an international team of astronomers, led by researchers from…

Astronomers find dust in the early universe

Dust plays an extremely important role in the universe – both in the formation of planets and new stars. But the earliest galaxies had no dust, only gas. Now an international team of astronomers, led by researchers from…

Astronomers find dust in the early universe

Dust plays an extremely important role in the universe – both in the formation of planets and new stars. But the earliest galaxies had no dust, only gas. Now an international team of astronomers, led by researchers from…

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…

Two researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute receive large ERC grants

Two researchers in astrophysics - Sune Toft, associate professor at the Dark Cosmology Centre and Jes Jørgensen, associate professor in Astrophysics and Planetary Science have each received 15 million kroner (approx. 2…

Alisa Javadi

Quantum electrodynamics with 1D arti cial atoms: from Purcell enhancement to single-photon nonlinearities Supervisor: Prof. Peter Lodahl

Jan W. Thomsen receives annual teaching award at NBI

“For more than five years, Jan Thomsen has captivated class after class as he takes students on a journey into the world of optics,” reads the justification from the students for recommending Jan Thomsen for the Niels…

Snapshot of cosmic burst of radio waves

A strange phenomenon has been observed by astronomers right as it was happening – a ‘fast radio burst’. The eruption is described as an extremely short, sharp flash of radio waves from an unknown source in the universe.

Snapshot of cosmic burst of radio waves

A strange phenomenon has been observed by astronomers right as it was happening – a ‘fast radio burst’. The eruption is described as an extremely short, sharp flash of radio waves from an unknown source in the universe.

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…

Johanne Aagaard

Measurements of total air content of ice from EUROCORE, Greenland Supervisors: Thomas Blunier & Bo M. Vinther

Atoms queue up for quantum computer networks

In order to develop future quantum computer networks, it is necessary to hold a known number of atoms. To do this, researchers from NBI have developed a method with a trap that captures the atoms along an ultra thin…

Maria Cavallius

Dark energy parametrization driven bias in cosmological parameter estimation Academic Supervisors: Steen H. Hansen and Stefania Pandolf

Florentin Reiter

Dissipative preparation of entanglement in quantum optical and solid state systems Academic advisor: Anders S. Sørensen

ERC grants for two researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute

Two researchers from NBI, Albert Schliesser, Assistant Professor in Quantum Optics and Oliver Gressel, Assistant Professor in Astrophysics and Planetary Science has received grants totalling more than 21 million kroner…

Allison Man

Galaxy Evolution Over the Past Eleven Billion Years: Mergers and Quiescence Advisor: Sune Toft Co-advisor: Andrew Zirm

Heng Shen

Spin squeezing and entanglement with room temperature atoms for quantum sensing and communication Academic supervisor: Prof. Eugene S. Polzik

Malte Nordmann Winther

Continous measurements of Nitrous Oxide isotopomers produced by nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria Supervisors: Anders Svensson & Paul Vallelonga

Green light for construction of the E-ELT

The ESO Council has now decided to start building the new large European telescope E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope) on 1 January 2015. This begins the first phase of construction of the world’s largest…

Congratulations to Antje Fitzner

Congratulations to Antje Fitzner from Centre for Ice and Climate who succesfully defended her PhD thesis on December 1st. 2014 and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.