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Do you feel eco-guilt or eco-shame? Emotions reveal how much we care about the environment

Green choices related to everyday climate, environment and sustainability decisions are influenced by shame and guilt according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen. And the way one feels hinges upon one’s…

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Congratulations LIne!

PhD defence by Line Lykke Hansen on 13 September 2024.

Why is welfare pork so expensive?

Inspired by data from the Danish pork market, the present study seeks to identify cost drivers in the value chain of niche pork products.

New DNA Evidence Reveals How Early European Farmers Shaped Forest Ecosystems

Study traces ancient impact of early farmers on Central European forests using cutting-edge sedimentary DNA analysis.

New CMS Report: Drones, the Russo-Ukrainian War, and the Future of Armed Conflict

The war between Russia and Ukraine provides important lessons for future armed conflicts and illustrates the prominent role that drone technology will play in the future.

Renovation of buildings 10-4 and 10-5 at Panum

Notice from CAS Dear users at Panum building 4, 6, 10, 12 and 16 On 23 September 2024, the renovation of floors 4 and 5 in building 10 will begin, respectively. AEM and reNEW/BMI. Establishment of construction site The…

Spin Qubits: Characterization and Integration of Low-noise Building Blocks

Master Project Description At NQCP, we aim at developing quantum technology that can enable solving life-science relevant problems. Practical quantum computing will require millions of interacting and high-quality…

Laura Bassi award for Maggio

Elisa Maggio received the Laura Bassi Prize for early-career women in physics by the Italian Physics Society. She received the prize on September 9th at the national congress of the Italian Physics Society in Bologna…

Newsletter no. 39 is out

Read about the latest updates in Daisy, progress in the AgroEco-HPM project, the new PHISHES project, recent articles using Daisy, and more. All in the latest version of the quarterly Daisy newsletter.

Weak Leaks of Wave Dark Matter

Extensions to the Standard Model suggest the existence of new ultralight fundamental fields, potentially describing dark matter, that are up to 10^28 times lighter than the electron. In a Physical Review Letters,…

Azzurra d’Alessandro

Exoplanetary atmospheres, spectrum computations, and temperature inversions Supervisor: Uffe Gråe Jørgensen

Establishing new forests is not always straight forward

PhD student Kostantinos Georgopoulos, from the Institute of Biology at Leiden University, has been interviewed by Sciencenews.dk to discuss the findings and implications of his recent study…

New edited volume: “The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection”

Kristoffer Albris is the co-editor of the new edited book "The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of Disconnection" published on Nordicom

Trans-Himalayas are not Wastelands

By Charu Sharma, Munib Khanyari and Ajay Bijoor

BARC welcomes Egor Bakaev

BARC welcomes new PhD student Egor Bakaev to the team.

BARC welcomes Tuukka Korhonen

BARC welcomes new Postdoc Tuukka Korhonen to the team.

Black hole binaries may unveil new particles

Gravitational waves emitted by the merger of black holes could carry information about the existence of new particles in nature. The mechanism that makes this possible is called “superradiance”. In this process,…

Do chromosome ends shape gut microbiota-host interactions?

A new review explores the complex relationship between telomere shortening in gut tissues and changes in the microbiome, revealing how this dynamic interaction impacts inflammation, dysbiosis, and ultimately aging acros…

Scientific jargon, entrenched teaching methods and student roles stifle science engagement

Just as school kids get to test their hands at science in earnest during the sixth and seventh grades, they come face to face with entrenched teaching methods, coded language and a no-error culture. New research from th…

BARC welcomes Amik Raj Behera

BARC welcomes new PhD student Amik Raj Behera to the team.

Beatriz Maria Campos Estrada

From dusty tails to cloudy skies - Exploring exoplanetary environments through self-consistent modelling Supervisors: Uffe Gråe Jørgensen and Christiane Helling

How toxic are they? Researchers investigate the environmental consequences of new biotechnological pesticides

Biotechnological pesticides are a promising alternative to traditional chemical pesticides. But we have limited knowledge of how toxic they are to other organisms in the environment beyond regulatory assessments. A new…

The longest-living vertebrate genome

The Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus), an elusive dweller of the depths of the northern Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean, is the world’s longest-living vertebrate, with an estimated lifespan of about 400 years. An…