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Key building block missing to develop successful computer systems: Professor receives major grant to create it

The VILLUM Foundation is awarding Professor Kasper Hornbæk from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen DKK 30 million to make theoretical insights on usability part of computer science.

Top Researchers Receive Multi-Million DKK Grants from Villum Foundation

How can we recycle plastic more effectively? And how can we transmit data using less energy? Eleven top researchers receive more than DKK 300 million from Villum Foundation for research that may help answer those…

Firuza Foundation Fellowship to NBIA

Thanks to generous support from the Firuza Foundation NBIA has been able to dedicate a 3-year Firuza Foundation Fellowship to new theoretical developments in Quantum Sciences. The initiative aims at capitalizing on …

Annual bird trip to South Zealand

In late April 2025, the Avian Influenza Epidemiology Group went on a trip to South Zealand to improve our understanding of the real world.

Saving the Asian Unicorn – If It Still Exists

The saola, an antelope-like bovine, is one of the world’s rarest and most endangered mammals. In fact, it hasn’t been observed in over 10 years. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with…

Saving the Asian Unicorn – If It Still Exists

The saola, an antelope-like bovine, is one of the world’s rarest and most endangered mammals. In fact, it hasn’t been observed in over 10 years. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with…

USE Center summit lays groundwork for ambitious research plan: “A seminal moment” 

More than 50 education researchers from the USE Center and participating teaching faculty mapped the educational reality in their discipline. The results will inform concrete research projects with and for the teachers…

Ethicists’ commentary on Euthanasia on demand

Ethical question of the month, February 2025 You are a mixed-animal practitioner and are facing a recurring problem. When the initial appointment request is to euthanize an old failing animal or a very sick animal, you…

Look up in May

Read here (in Danish) about which bright objects you can see on the night sky in May.

New paper: ”Deconstructing screen time: The connections between digital use, dissatisfaction, and disconnection“

DISTRACT researchers Malene Hornstrup Jespersen, Kristoffer Albris and Helene Willadsen have just published the paper ”Deconstructing screen time: The connections between digital use, dissatisfaction, and disconnection“…

Maja Kirstine Dahl Jeppesen: Natural resources and rights for global health

Meet Maja Kirstine Dahl Jeppesen, a Postdoc at the Global Health Section, University of Copenhagen.

Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics to CERN LHC experiments

The Fundamental Breakthrough Prize has been awarded to all the physicists that have contributed to the success of the Large Hadron Collider experiments at CERN.

Fundamental mechanism of aging could improve IVF success

A paper published in the EMBO Journal by the Brickman Group uncovers a fundamental mechanism of ageing that could improve IVF success.

A dedicated and plant-focused leader says goodbye

After eight years as head of the Department of Food Science (UCPH FOOD), Anna Haldrup is now passing the torch to a new department head and retiring.

On the Trail of the Mystery of Time – New Book on Time for Non-Physicists

Associate Professor Troels Harmark has published a book, On the Trail of the Mystery of Time, which attempts to explain to ordinary people what the fascinating concept of "time" really is.

Experimental Microscopy Lab

The newly established Experimental Microscopy Lab hosted at CAB develops experimental and innovative microscopy techniques beyond the commercially available modalities, while at the same time contributing to sustainable…

Metabolism is a major player in early human development

A paper published in the Nature Cell Biology Journal by Żylicz Group uncovers how metabolism is a major player in early human development.

Anna Helene Kvist Møller defends PhD thesis

On the 11th of April 2025, DISTRACT affiliated Anna Helene Kvist Møller defended her PhD thesis entitled "Towards a Visual Social Data Science: An AI-Assisted Approach to Analysing Visual Collective Action." On the…

Women and girls continue to bear disproportionate impacts of heatwaves in South Sudan that have become a constant threat

Associate Professor Emmanuel Raju and PhD Fellow Nick Baumgart from COPE and the Global Health Section join their peers in this new study (featured on Climate Home News) titled "Women and girls continue to bear…

New essay in NYT on the systematic deletion of government data in the United States

Guest essay in The New York Times titled "Politicians Shouldn't Get to Delete Inconvenient Facts" co-authored by Associate Professor Nanna Bonde Thylstrup.

Johan Samsing recieves 2025 MERAC Prize

Johan Samsing receives this year's MERAC prize, which is awarded by the European Astronomical Society, for his pioneering work on ways to probe the origin of binary black hole mergers in the new era of observational…

A male Denisovan jawbone from Taiwan expands the known geographic range of this extinct human group

A team of international researchers based in Denmark, Japan and Taiwan has made a significant breakthrough in the field of paleoanthropology with the attribution of a Pleistocene mandible from Taiwan to a male Denisovan…

Marat Karatayev

Dr. Marat Karatayev is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow researching energy transitions, climate change, and sustainability, with a focus on policy, innovation, and the water-energy-food nexus.

New Research: Maternal Diet During Pregnancy Linked to Child Brain Development and Intelligence

A new Danish study reveals that what mothers eat during pregnancy may play a crucial role in shaping their child’s brain growth and cognitive abilities later in life. The findings highlight that early-life nutrition —…