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New fundamental property of the Argonaute proteins discovered

Argonaute proteins are molecular machines required for the function of microRNAs whose discovery was the basis for the 2024 Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology. microRNAs bind to Argonaute proteins thereby programmin…

Niels Fabrin Nymand

Radar investigation of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream - Deriving the crystal orientation fabric Supervisors: Dorthe Dahl-Jensen and Christine S. Hvidberg

Forskere: Arven fra landbrugsjorden skal tænkes ind i trepartens skovrejsning

"Bliver det til skov, fordi man planter træer på landbrugsjord. Joe, men ikke til "de skove du kender".

Journal cover to Ph.D. student for encapsulating Ibuprofen

PhD student, Charalampos Tsekeridis in the X-ray and Neutron Science group at the Niels Bohr Institute, has got a journal cover for his work on creating microantibubbles to encapsulate Ibuprofen.

Siri Stenstrup Hjermind

Title: Numerical Simulations of Superconducting Qubits Supervisor: Morten Kjaergaard

StemScreen researchers present progress in disease modelling and drug screening

Researchers representing seven of the proof-of-concept projects in the StemScreen network presented their rationale, progress, and plans. Screening models are being developed for diseases including glaucoma, Parkinson’s…

Amin Doostmohammadi receives Carlsberg Foundation Infrastructure Grant

Amin Doostmohammadi receives Carlsberg Foundation Infrastructure Grant

Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic people to sacrifice unique "sun stones"

4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists and climate scientists from the University of Copenhagen can now show…

Gonzalo Prieto-Lyon

The emergent properties of the first ionizers - Lyman-Alpha and ionizing photon production at the edge of reionization Supervisor: Charlotte Mason

Quantum sensor for MRI mentioned by Erhvervsstyrelsen in new publication

Quantum sensor for MRI mentioned by Erhvervsstyrelsen in new publication

New discoveries on intestinal epithelium maintenance

Now, a paper has been published by Professor Kim Bak Jensen’s group at the Copenhagen node of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, in the journal Developmental Cell that provides new…

Carlos F. D. Faurby

FUSION-BASED QUANTUM COMPUTING WITH QUANTUM EMITTERS AND PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Supervisor: Prof. Peter Lodahl

Chronic enteropathy in dogs affects the quality of life in both dogs and their owners

This paper examines the Quality of Life (QoL) of dogs with chronic enteropathy and how their owners and veterinarians assess it.

Benny Lautrup In Memoriam

With great sadness we have learned that Benny Lautrup passed away last Friday. Benny Lautrup was an important figure at the Niels Bohr Institute and he was one of the founders of the theoretical particle physics group a…

Coastal Conflicts presents findings to Policy Fellows at Queen Mary Center

How do we deal with rising water levels and storm surges in Denmark? This question was raised by current and former policy fellows as the Queen Mary Center at UCPH gathered the alumni network at the Danish Architecture…

Historic Drilling Campaign Reaches more than 1.2-Million-Year-Old Ice

It is expected that the 2,800 meter deep ice core drilling down to the bedrock under the Antarctic ice sheet for the first time will reveal crucial details about the earth's climate and the history of the atmosphere mor…

Clinical trials using human pluripotent stem cells worldwide

Human pluripotent stem cells can self-renew indefinitely in culture while maintaining the ability to become any cell type in the human body. Over the last decade, a growing number of clinical trials using these stem…

Unlocking the protein digestibility of Nordic tempeh

A sample of tempeh made from fava beans that had been fermenting longer than intended has revealed how to improve the product’s protein digestibility—without altering its taste or texture.

Webb provides a new detailed look into the formation of the first galaxies

An international team of researchers, led by astronomers at the Cosmic Dawn Center in Copenhagen, have published the first, large-scale study of more than 600 galaxies observed within the first billion years after the…

Weria Pezeshkian receives 2024 Frank Blaney Award

Weria Pezeshkian receives 2024 Frank Blaney Award

Welcome to our new PhD Fellows

The OxyMiST project greets our two new PhD fellows today – Niels Gudmand Christiansen and Marie Hesse.

Behavioural and physiological indicators of hoof trimming stress

Field study in juvenile stabel- and forestborn Konik Polski horses showing that restraint may affect equine behavioural and cardic stress indicators.

Ethicists' commentary on appropriate professional actions for a complex situation

Ethical question of the month, October 2024 You are a recent graduate working in a resort town with no overnight emergency hospital. A client on vacation in a motor home brings in a small dog that is having difficulty…

Look up in January

Read here (in Danish) about interesting objects to see the stellar sky in December.