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Weria Pezeshkian publishes in Nature Communications

Together they have developed a software package designed to model and study biological membranes at the so-called mesoscale of living organisms. The software package is made publicly available and is likely to spark…

A new family tree revises our understanding of bird evolution

A team of researchers from the Bird 10,000 Genomes (B10K) consortium has reported a new bird family tree that promises to reshape our understanding of avian evolution. Published in Nature on April 1st, 2024, the study…

Economist: Tens of billions of dollars in forest products are being overlooked

Are we missing the forest for the trees? More than timber grows in forests – including products worth many tens of billions of dollars. Because these goods go unrecorded in official trade statistics, their economic valu…

Michele Betsill receives ISA award for her pioneering environmental policy research

For her contributions as a scholar, teacher and mentor in the field of environmental politics, professor Michele Betsill was named a Distinguished Scholar at this year's International Studies Association conference in…

Technologies of Ecological Mediation

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler has published the article 'Technologies of Ecological Mediation: Ethical Conflicts over Environment and Imagined Future in Bali'. The article will be published in the journal Science…

Jannik Höller

Development of a Deep Learning Approach for the Segmentation of Convective Cold Pools in Satellite-Observable Data Supervisor: Jan O. Härter

Sarah Pearson receives an ERC starting grant

NBI Assistant Professor has been awarded an ERC starting Grant from the European Commission.

Vadim Rusakov

Star formation in galaxies across cosmic time - Stellar Populations in Multiwavelength Photometric Observations Supervisor: Charles L Steinhardt

Zhen Li

The phenomenological study on alternative black holes and dark matter distribution Supervisor: Steen H. Hansen

Developing the hybrid cheese of the future

A new research project led by the Department of Food Science at University of Copenhagen is setting out to create hybrid cheeses that combine dairy and local plant proteins to significantly reduce the carbon footprint –…

Do key informants agree with representative households on climate exposure and resilience?

Ethiopia is facing increasing climate-induced hazards, such as droughts, especially in rural and agriculture-dependent areas. This poses significant development challenges that necessitate households to adapt and improv…

Mediterranean marine worm has developed eyes “as big as millstones"

Scientists are amazed at the discovery of a bristle worm with such sharp-seeing eyes that they can measure up to those of mammals and octopuses. The researchers from University of Copenhagen and Lund University suspect…

Visit from Chris Kenseth

Dr. Chris Kenseth, University of Washington, Seattle, visited our group April 8, and gave a presentation to the atmospheric chemistry group. There was also time for a bit of sightseeing and a visit to Dragør old town. …

Major study reports that people and environment both benefit from diversified farming, while bottom lines also thrive

Mixing livestock and crops, integrating flower strips and trees, water and soil conservation and much more: Massive new global study led by the University of Copenhagen and University of Hohenheim, has examined the…

PhD-student wins poster price at the SVEPM 2024 Conference

At the annual European conference in Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, SVEPM, PhD-student Helene Ane Jensen won the poster price.

“It’s ultimately about predicting everything” – theory could be a map to hunted quantum materials

A breakthrough in theoretical physics is an important step towards predicting the behavior of the fundamental matter of which our world is built. It can be used to calculate systems of enormous quantities of quantum…

“It’s ultimately about predicting everything” – theory could be a map to hunted quantum materials

A breakthrough in theoretical physics is an important step towards predicting the behavior of the fundamental matter of which our world is built. It can be used to calculate systems of enormous quantities of quantum…

Innovation project to increase well-being for patients and staff at super hospitals

A new innovation project aims to develop a technical solution to enhance the well-being and communication of patients and staff alike.

Computer scientists show the way: AI models need not be SO power hungry

The development of AI models is an overlooked climate culprit. Computer scientists at the University of Copenhagen have created a recipe book for designing AI models that use much less energy without compromising…

Global N2O emissions from our planet

N2O is a very potent greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. The production and therefore emissions are greatly influenced by anthropogenic activities such as agriculture...

Ethicists’ commentary navigating client requests to engage in “harmless” fraud or rule-bending

Ethical question of the month, January 2024 Your clients compete at international horse shows that have strict biosecurity rules. These competitions require preventative vaccinations that are recorded in passports with…

Dan Bodansky

Daniel M. Bodansky is a preeminent authority on global climate change whose teaching and research focus on international environmental law and public international law. He teaches courses in international law and…

Marica Minucci to join Strong

Marica Minucci will join the Strong Group as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow to work on the FundBHspec project: “Fundaments of Black Hole Spectroscopy” in collaboration with Rodrigo Panosso Macedo. This project is…

Avian Influenza Group participated in the SVEPM 2024 Conference

The avian influenza epidemiology research influenza group participated in the annual SVEPM conference in 2024 with 5 contributions. Yangfan Liu showcased her work on a mathematical model for the spread of avian influenz…