News about Nature and environment

Earth was created faster than we thought. This makes the chance of other habitable planets in the Universe more likely

Over the past decades, researchers thought Earth was created over a period of more than 100 million years. However, a new study from UCPH suggests that the creation of Earth was much more rapid, and that water and other…

New PhD Student at UCPH

NEW STAFF Xingyun Yi started as a PhD Student in Associate Prof. Mette Nicolaisen's group. Read about her project here

Study finds weedy seadragons genetically connected across the Great Southern Reef

Common, or weedy, seadragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) are iconic fish in their native waters of the Great Southern Reef, the southern coastline of Australia. They are beloved by SCUBA divers and aquarium visitors…

Study finds weedy seadragons genetically connected across the Great Southern Reef

Common, or weedy, seadragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) are iconic fish in their native waters of the Great Southern Reef, the southern coastline of Australia. They are beloved by SCUBA divers and aquarium visitors…

Foodnavigator Europe: Rapeseed cake can be altered to become an alternative protein source, study shows

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton 11-May-2023 - Last updated on 12-May-2023 at 12:45 GMT By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton 11-May-2023 - Last updated on 12-May-2023 at 12:45 GMT Rapeseed is very high in protein. The rapeseed cake…

Danish innovation to convert nutrients and CO2 from shrimp and fish farming into seaweed

Instead of polluting the sea and contributing to global warming, nutrients and CO2 from land-based shrimp and fish farming will be used to produce sea lettuce – a green protein and valuable high-fiber seaweed species –…

UCPH FOOD is leading a project that will convert nutrients and CO2 from shrimp and fish farming into valuable seaweed

Instead of polluting the sea and contributing to global warming, nutrients and CO2 from land-based shrimp and fish farming will be used to produce sea lettuce – a green protein and valuable high-fiber seaweed species –…

We are renovating the paths in the Botanical Garden

The paths in the Botanical Garden will be renovated over the next few years. The first stage starts now, and until medio December 2023 the main entrance at Nørreport will therefore be the only entrance and exit to the…

Science.ku.dk: Researchers close to unleashing rapeseed’s protein power for human consumption

Press release from Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen on DynaMo centers latest research, which was published in Nature.…

Videnskab.dk: Dansk opdagelse åbner for »kæmpe uudnyttet potentiale« på rapsmarker

In this Videnskab.dk press release Professor Barbara Ann Halkier from DynaMo Center talk about the latest breakthrough research, which was published in Nature. The journalist is Lise Brix from Videnskab.dk…

Scientists turn protein-rich waste product into plant-based food

Discovery of method to remove bitter compounds from protein-rich seeds - Nature publication

International research team: World's climate plans make for a worrying read

According to the climate plans submitted to the UN by 50 countries, 12 gigatons of CO2 per year will continue to be emitted by 2050 – and need to be removed from the atmosphere. Among other things, countries are betting…

Animals go extinct on Mauritius. That puts the ecosystem at the island at risk

When an ecosystem is threatened, new species cannot necessarily replace those that disappear, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen.

Diversity of surface-active arthropods in young forests in Denmark – Comparing the effec

Anna K. Zimmermann successfully defended her thesis

Benedicte Lütken defended her thesis

This Thursday Benedicte Lütken defended her thesis.

New Master Student at UCPH (PLEN)

NEW STAFF Hilde Boe Andersson started as Master Student in Associate Prof. Mette Nicolaisen's group. Read about her project here

One more new Master Student at UCPH

NEW STAFF Mathilde Blume Sommer Nielsen started as Master Student in Associate Prof. Mette Nicolaisen's group. Read about her project here

Contraception is the future of rat control

University of Copenhagen researchers have gotten yeast cells to brew triptolide, a substance typically extracted from a rare Chinese plant. Their research makes it possible to control rats with the substance on a large…

Contraception is the future of rat control

University of Copenhagen researchers have gotten yeast cells to brew triptolide, a substance typically extracted from a rare Chinese plant. Their research makes it possible to control rats with the substance on a large…

Elite Research winner: “You shouldn’t count yourself out just because you don’t think you are quite there yet”

Today, newly appointed Professor Eline Lorenzen receives the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Elite Research Prize for her research in biodiversity and environmental changes and her capacity for…

Elite Research winner: “You shouldn’t count yourself out just because you don’t think you are quite there yet”

Today, newly appointed Professor Eline Lorenzen receives the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Elite Research Prize for her research in biodiversity and environmental changes and her capacity for…

BBC Interview with Maria Pettersson

Maria Pettersson, partner in the FutureArcticLives project, in interview with BBC News about the plight of reindeer herders in the face of the Arctic industry boom.

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