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Sound Signals in Computer Chips – Almost Without Signal Loss

Assistant Professor Xiang Xi and Professor Albert Schliesser at the Niels Bohr Institute have managed to get vibrations to travel around a membrane with almost no loss. In fact, so little loss that it is far better than…

Ethicists’ commentary on euthanasia for a healthy companion dog

Ethical question of the month, April 2025 You are presented with a 5-year-old Labrador retriever by owners who are requesting euthanasia because the dog has bitten their granddaughter twice without warning. The owners…

Dangerous Variant of Salmonella Still Not Eradicated

The infectious and multi-resistant cattle disease Salmonella Dublin can be fatal to both humans and animals and causes significant losses for farmers. Although Denmark has attempted to eradicate the disease since 2008,…

Here are the flowers that both bees and humans like best

Botanists from the University of Copenhagen and the UK set out to find the best flower combinations for bees and hoverflies. The results make it easier for garden owners and municipalities, among others, to plant the…

New chemistry teaching material coming to high school!

Free chemistry lessons for high school! New sustainable material ready 1 August at alterkemi.dk - perfect for STX and HTX.

Screen time: Passive and solitary use makes us most dissatisfied

What lies behind our dissatisfaction with our screen use – and why does the dissatisfaction rarely lead to action? A new Danish study sheds light on this.

CLIMA researcher Ana Stella Ebbersmeyer awarded Carlsberg Foundation Internationalisation Fellowship

Dr. Ana Stella Ebbersmeyer has received a Carlsberg Foundation Fellowship for her Arctic cruise tourism law-science project, EMBARC.

New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential

Designed proteins are anticipated to have groundbreaking impact on a range of issues from treating disease to tackling environmental problems. With a DKK 700 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and headed by…

Good deals - bad for the climate: Supermarket volume discounts lead to food waste

A new study reveals an unfortunate effect of supermarkets' popular “2 for 1” offers: Not only do they make us buy more, these offers also lead to food waste at home.

Good deals - bad for the climate: Supermarket volume discounts lead to food waste

A new study reveals an unfortunate effect of supermarkets' popular “2 for 1” offers: Not only do they make us buy more, these offers also lead to food waste at home.

Mahesha M. Poojary receives a Sapere Aude: DFF Starting Grant

Associate Professor Mahesha M. Poojary receives a prestigious Sapere Aude: DFF Starting Grant which he will use to investigate the chemical changes in plant-based foods when heavily processed, and these new molecules’…

Nine Sapere-Aude grants for SCIENCE researchers

From microbe research in both PFAS and colorectal cancer to the formation of stars in galaxies, and to the evolution and domestication of dogs. Nine researchers from the Faculty of Science have each received one of the…

Nine Sapere-Aude grants for SCIENCE researchers

Together with eight other researchers from the Faculty of Science, Assistant Professor Jun Yang has received one of the prestigious Sapere Aude DFF Starting Grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

A new declaration makes it easier to manage generative AI in exams

How should students declare their use of generative AI in exams? Now we have a concrete tool.

New Head of Department at DIKU: “There must be room for curiosity-driven research”

As of 1 July 2025, Associate Professor Ken Friis Larsen will take up the position as Head of Department at the Department of Computer Science (DIKU), following a period as Acting Head of Department.

The Genomic Organization of Superorganismal Ant Colonies

Worker ants increase their reproductive success by caring for their siblings instead of producing their own offspring. A new international study, initiated and co-directed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen…

University of Copenhagen ranked No.1 in Europe for HCI research over the past decade

The HCI researchers at the University of Copenhagen have achieved a significant milestone: their research has been ranked No. 1 in Europe according to the latest data from CSRankings.org.

Debut for reNEW at People’s Political Meeting – Folkemødet

Professor and Node Director Kim Bak Jensen and Associate Professor Agnete Kirkeby participated in the dialogue meetings speaking about the exiting ongoing stem cell research and how far the research has come.

Ružica's M.Sc. defense

On 20th of June, Ružica successfully defended her M.Sc. thesis titled "Vibrational Spectroscopy of Monohydrated Radical Cation Complexes". Ružica will continue working in the group as a research assistant. In the pictur…

New paper: "BROAD DATA: Ethnographic methods in the age of interdisciplinary collaboration"

On the 17th of June the DISTRACT researchers Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Clara Rosa Sandbye and Morten Axel Pedersen published a new paper entitled “BROAD DATA: Ethnographic methods in the age of…

Our 2025 Summer Party

Great weather, good food, and even better company.

Lauritz Brorsen wins AI Award for innovative skin cancer project

Postdoc Lauritz Brorsen recently won the AI Award at the AI and Pharmacology – now and in the future symposium hosted by Altinget 3 June.

New research warns of digital dependency in primary schools

Danish primary schools have become dependent on Google technologies. This threatens privacy, democracy, and educational autonomy, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen.

Summer holiday at the Øresund Aquarium

Come and enjoy fun and exciting activities during the summer holiday and experience sea creatures up close.