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International postdoctoral grant to study Arctic human–animal relationships

PhD student Emma Vitale has been awarded an International Postdoctoral Grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark to investigate how traditional technologies have shaped relationships between humans and animals across…

Climate change, extreme heat and health: From evidence to action

In December 2025, the School of Global Health and Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research brought together people to explore the impact of extreme heat on health in the context of climate change.

Jaime Redondo-Yuste Successfully Defends his Thesis

Jaime Redondo-Yuste successfully defended his thesis on Friday March 6th. He presented his work on Nonlinear Dynamics in General Relativity in the historic Auditorium A, summarizing his work on black hole and neutron…

Sold-out Black Holes event at Vin & Videnskab

On Wednesday February 25, 2026, Professor Marianne Vestergaard (DARK, Niels Bohr Institute) gave a presentation on supermassive black holes at a sold-out event of Vin & Videnskab, organized by the National Museum of…

Troels Harmark Discusses Art and Science at the Opening of Black Hole Artwork at ARoS

On March 6, 2026, artist Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm debuted her new interactive art installation “A black hole calling us” at the ARoS art museum in Aarhus which also inaugurated the new art square outside the museum.

Contact: CoG Meets ET

CoG group leaders represented the scientific front of gravitational wave physics at a danish delegation to the Einstein Telescope (March 2–3, 2026), joined by politicians, ambassadors and fellow scientists from around…

PhD course: Fish as experimental animals 2026

This course functions as an add on for fish to FELASA. Please distribute this flyer to relevant colleges or join the course yourself.

A Night at Brorfelde Observatory

Assistant professor Sarah Pearson (DARK, NBI) recently visited Brorfelde Observatory with Politiken’s science editor Lasse Foghsgaard.

Juno Chan Successfully Defends his Thesis

On 27 February, Juno Chan successfully defended his PhD thesis at the Niels Bohr Institute. His dissertation, From Searches to Inference: Towards the Discovery of Lensed Gravitational Waves, explores how gravitational…

Kathrine Mørch Groth receives a Villum International Postdoc grant to create an overview of neutrino sources in the Universe

Grant awarded for research project: Mapping the sources of neutrinos – the mysterious particles that bombard us without us ever noticing.

Hypersonic Weapons and International Law

Hypersonic weapons are becoming an increasingly prioritized capability among technologically advanced states. With their high speeds and manoeuvrability hypersonic technologies challenge the status quo.

James Webb finds surprisingly mature galaxies in early cosmic megastructure

Danish astronomy student leads new research: Some of the heaviest galaxy groups in the universe have evolved faster than expected.

Jose Ezquiaga receives the Lars Kann-Rasmussen Prize 2026

Associate Professor Jose Ezquiaga from Center of Gravity receives the Lars Kann-Rasmussen Prize 2026

New CMS Background Paper: Hypersonic Weapons and International Law

Hypersonic weapons are becoming an increasingly prioritized capability among technological advanced states, due to their high speeds and manoeuverability.

Newsletter volume 1

First newsletter from the ENSAFE group.

BendixLab on Biophysical Society’s 2026 Annual Meeting with “Physics of Living Interfaces”

BendixLab (University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute) has been featured at the Biophysical Society’s 70th Annual Meeting (BPS2026) in San Francisco, held February 21–25 at the Moscone Center, where +6000 of…

How horses whinny: Whistling while singing

A horse’s whinny is an unusually distinctive mix of sounds including both high and low frequencies. Researchers from Department of Biology demonstrate how horses produce high-frequency sounds that defy their large size…

Marie-Curie Skłodowska fellowship to explore how early embryos fuel their first days of life

The first days of embryo development remain a ‘black box’ in reproductive biology. To uncover what is happening inside this box, Dr. Johanna Gassler has been awarded a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship.

New book rethinks science education for young learners

New book on science education places students’ direct experiences with nature at the forefront.

Ny bog gentænker naturfaget for de yngste elever

Ny bog gentænker skolens naturfag og sætter elevernes naturoplevelser i centrum.

Plants in Permafrost Get Unexpected Help as the Arctic Warms

A new climate warming experiment shows that mosses and their bacteria can supply Arctic plants with extra nitrogen as temperatures rise – helping ecosystems stay productive in a warming world.

Intestinal structure drives cell maturation

It has long been known that tissue shape and cell function are closely linked. A new collaborative study from Professor Kim Bak Jensen’s group at reNEW Copenhagen and Professor Matthias P. Lütolf’s group at the Roche…

How to improve the performance of qubits: super-fast fluctuation detection achieved at NBI

Research at NBI pushes the detection speed of changes in qubits 100 times faster than previously possible, revealing previously invisible changes.

Sex change in the aquarium: Three cuckoo wrasse fish are undergoing a spectacular transformation

There were wide eyes and professional excitement among the Øresund Aquarium's animal keepers and marine biologists when they recently looked into one of the aquarium's tanks.