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Award-winning researcher dreams of stellar explosions and strives for equity and inclusion in academia

She studies the giant explosions of dying stars and dreams of experiencing and extracting data from a supernova close to Earth. Professor Irene Tamborra from the Niels Bohr Institute also tirelessly promotes equity and…

Bridging climate science with humanities

A complex interplay between facts and emotions Do identity and political attitudes affect our perception of climate change and our incentive to act? According to PhD Andrea Veggerby Lind, the answer is a resounding YES…

DISTRACT Talk this Friday, March 1st, with Jelle Bruineberg

This Friday, March 1st, DISTRACT hosts the talk "Attending in the attention economy" with Jelle Bruineberg (Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen)

New article about udder health and antibiotic use

The udder health epidemiology subgroup has published an article explaining the latest study on udder health and antibiotics. Changing treatment procedures can potentially cut antibiotic use in half. Link to article

Robots, monitoring and healthy ecosystems could halve pesticide use without hurting productivity

Smarter crop farming that combats weeds, insect pests and plant diseases by integrating modern technologies like AI-based monitoring, robotics, and next-generation biotechnology with healthy and resilient agricultural…

Robots, monitoring and healthy ecosystems could halve pesticide use without hurting productivity

Smarter crop farming that combats weeds, insect pests and plant diseases by integrating modern technologies like AI-based monitoring, robotics, and next-generation biotechnology with healthy and resilient agricultural…

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen wins the EliteForsk Award

H. M. Queen Mary and Minister for Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund will today present the prestigious EliteForsk awards to Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, one of five young researchers who have distinguished…

Welcome to Caroline!

New PhD student working on the human ABCC-transporter family

Alessia Platania and Apoorv Tiwari receive Villum Young Investigator grants

New Assistant Professor Alessia Platania joins NBIA with a Villum Young Investigator grant entitled "Non-perturbative strings, asymptotic safety, and the swampland". Alessia Platania is currently post-doctoral research…

BRIC Pioneers Advanced Imaging Technology in Denmark

BRIC has received 2,385,000 DKK from the Kirsten and Freddy Johansens Foundation to establish a novel, cutting edge imaging technology, called live-3D-SIM in Denmark.

Professor Simon Rasmussen: "I want to bring this data back to life"

Simon talks about his ambitions at CBMR, the discoveries he is most proud of, and the power of bioinformatics and generative AI for developing precision medicine.

Researchers aim to advance quantum sensing to transform disease diagnosis and prevention

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of DKK 150 million to establish the Copenhagen Center for Biomedical Quantum Sensing, under which an international research collaboration aims to develop novel quantum…

DISTRACT research note: "Ukrainian refugee solidarity mobilization online"

In March 2023, DISTRACT researchers Hjalmar Bang Carlsen, Tobias Gårdhus & Jonas Toubøl published the research note "Ukrainian refugee solidarity mobilization online" in European Societies.

Einstein Waves: a Strong network

The Strong Group is now part of a European network set to study nonlinear aspects of Einstein equations. The effort is funded by a Marie Curie RISE project: 101131233 — EinsteinWaves. Other nodes in Europe include…

Navigating the online forest: information about stem cells in the era of AI

The internet has revolutionized the accessibility of information about stem cells, but it also presents challenges in discerning reliable sources from misinformation.

Social networks explored in new SODAS project

How do social networks actually emerge and how do different social behavioural strategies affect their structure? This is what Josefine Bohr Brask will explore with the support of a large grant from Novo Nordisk.

Lasse Egebjerg Ravn defended his MSc thesis, February 2024

"Soil profile development with time after afforestation of arable land investigated by natural stabile isotope analysis"

The quantum potential of point defects

Senior R&D Engineer at NQCP Jim Webb answers questions about his recent Villum Experiment project exploiting point defects and their quantum potential.

Birds have been adapting to human activity for millennia

Roughly 14,500 to 10,500 years ago, in the transition from the last glacial period, Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic peoples harvesting vegetation from the wetlands of eastern Jordan created a habitat for birds that would…

David Nogués Bravo: The global health burden of biodiversity loss

The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.

Quantum Hub Annual Meeting 2024 Program Launch

The UCPH Quantum Hub is ready with the program for this years Annual Meeting 2024. The Annual Meeting offers students and scientists alike to gain an insight into the latest quantum research at the University of…

Deon Digital's SFI system can revolutionise securities trading

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen has provided the research basis for a test programme of Deon Digital's Smart Financial Instruments system (SFI system), which shows promising results.

Helle Kiilerich (1943-2024)

It is with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of Helle Kiilerich, and we extend our heartfelt sympathy to Helle's family. The world has lost a remarkable human being, who has left a lasting imprint on the…

DISTRACT article: "How app companies use GitHub: on modes of valuation in the digital attention economy"

DISTRACT researchers Eva Iris Otto, Anders Blok, and Jonathan Holm Salka published the paper "How app companies use GitHub: on modes of valuation in the digital attention economy" in Journal of Cultural Economy in April…