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AI method reveals millions of dead trees hidden among the living before California’s historic 2020 wildfires

University of Copenhagen scientists may have found a new explanation for the California wildfires of 2020. Applying AI to detailed aerial photos, they created a unique dataset detailing mortality down to single trees fo…

Archaeologists to contribute to major new research project on ancient DNA

Professor Eske Willerslev has been awarded a grant of up to DKK 585 million by Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Wellcome Trust to study ancient environmental DNA. Researchers from the Near Eastern Archaeology section wil…

Eske Willerslev's latest book chronicles key collaboration with ROCS

Eske Willerslev's latest book chronicles key collaboration with ROCS

Morten Axel Pedersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen presented at UCPH Spring Festival

On May 31st Morten Axel Pedersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen presented on 'the festival feeling' at UCPH Spring Festival

The Cresco Capital Award 2024

Congratulations to Marie Louise Dornonville de la Cour Bergmann for being awarded with the Cresco Capital Award 2024

Exploring the role of root microbiome in plant domestication

In a new research project funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Assistant Professor Jazmín Ramos Madrigal will dive into the pivotal role of the root microbiome in plant adaptation and evolution during domestication to…

Exploring the role of root microbiome in plant domestication

In a new research project funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Assistant Professor Jazmín Ramos Madrigal will dive into the pivotal role of the root microbiome in plant adaptation and evolution during domestication to…

Our new professor of radiopharmaceutical chemistry

We celebrated the inauguration of Professor Matthias Herth as our new professor of radiopharmaceutical chemistry on May 31.

A Surge of Attention - Presentation at POLLEN conference

On the 10th of June, the Coastal Conflicts project presented preliminary research findings at the POLLEN conference at the University of Lund, Sweden. The presentation revolved around a study of political and social…

Human activity contributed to woolly rhinoceros’ extinction

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from the University of Copenhagen and University of Adelaide, used computer modelling to make the discovery, shedding light on a mystery that has captivated…

Best poster presentation - Sarah Nissen

Post doc Sarah Nissen wins poster presentation prize at the European conference Atrial Signals in The Nederlands

Ingi Poulsen

Ingi is an Icelandic attorney with over 15 years of experience in litigation, focusing on environmental law and human rights law.

Denmark's youngest female Professor is new member of royal academy

Professor Isabelle Augenstein has been elected as a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters - and at a young age to boot. Here she will participate in the academy's work to ensure favourable condition…

Jun Jia

Towards Minimal Quantum Noise - Conditional broadband quantum noise reduction with negative mass spin oscillators Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eugene S. Polzik

Kirkeby Group is the first lab to obtain bronze LEAF certification

Everyone in the lab has contributed to being able to meet the requirements, but a special thanks to Bob and Anika, who have taken the lead on this. In addition, lab management has been instrumental to achieving this…

Our 2024 Summer Party

We celebrated summer by gathering for an evening of classic Danish hotdogs, hygge, and some fun games.

Annual BBQ 2024

The annual BBQ was held again this year on Constitution day, the 5th of june. The theme for this year was Denmark. Group photo of the group and their partners.

Jakob Skytte Thorsen - new PhD student!

PhD project on rapeseed cake as the novel food crop

Popular chatbot is a politically left-leaning EU supporter

LlamaChat, a popular AI chatbot alternative to ChatGPT, leans left and holds pro-European views. This is demonstrated by a University of Copenhagen study in which researchers tested the model on EU policy issues.…

"Translating climate science for international law": COPE hosts the second multidisciplinary workshop in Copenhagen

After kicking off their collaboration in Amsterdam in June 2023, a multidisciplinary group of scholars working in the fields of Climate Science and International Law got together in Copenhagen on 23 and 24 May 2024 to…

Large household survey conducted in the four small towns

The household survey, with more than 1200 respondents in total, was conducted in the four small towns in Ghana and Burkina Faso during April and May 2024.

Understanding the interactions between gut microbiome and host epigenetics

Recent research highlights a complex and dynamic relationship between the gut microbiome and host epigenetics, suggesting a bidirectional "epigenome-microbiome axis" that could revolutionise our understanding of health…

Making energy bars from rapeseed side streams

Sensory scientists from Department of Food Science have recently tested a variety of energy bars made with rapeseed press cake, potentially marking the beginning of using the plentiful but inedible plant as a…

Avocados are 'bad' and vegans are ridiculous: How we justify eating too much meat

Those of us who find it difficult to eat less meat for the sake of climate tend to apologize or justify ourselves in social contexts. And… shaming vegans isn’t off limits. This, according to a new University of…