News about Physics

Charles Marcus honoured with the H.C. Ørsted Gold Medal

The Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science is awarding an H.C. Ørsted Gold Medal in physics to Professor Charles Marcus.

Quantum entanglement realized between distant large objects

A team of researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have succeeded in entangling two very different quantum objects. The result has several potential applications in ultra-precise sensing and quantum communication and is…

Study delivers new knowledge about what causes thunderstorms and cloud bursts

Thunderstorms often provoke violent cloud bursts that can result in devastating flooding. But what actually spawns thunderstorms and cloud bursts? This question has spurred a new study by researchers at the University o…

Tomorrow’s pharmaceuticals could be discovered by quantum simulators

Trial and error define today’s approach to developing new pharmaceutical drugs.

Villum Experiment grants for two young researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute

Two young researchers at the Niels Bohr Insitute are among the beneficiaries for the Villum Experiment grants 2020.

Microsoft and University of Copenhagen collaboration yields promising material for quantum computing

Researchers at the Microsoft Quantum Materials Lab and the University of Copenhagen, working closely together, have succeeded in realizing an important and promising material for use in a future quantum computer.

Extracting order from a quantum measurement finally shown experimentally

For more than a century, physicists have been aware of the link between the disorder in a system, and information obtained by measurement. Now, it has been demonstrated experimentally for the first time.

Young researcher talents get prestigeous career push

The ERC starting grant means a lot to me, as it provides an important step forward in my academic career, says Leonardo Midolo, Niels Bohr Institute.

Falk Oraschewski

Modelling of firn densification in the presence of horizontal strain rates Supervisor: Aslak Grinsted

Knowledge about the past can preserve the biodiversity of tomorrow

Climate change threatens plants and animals across the planet. Interdisciplinary research by, among others, climate and biodiversity researchers at the University of Copenhagen, has mapped responds of biodiversity cause…

Sissel Bay Nielsen

Title: Flavour Identification Techniques Supervisor: Mogens Dam

Proven: Historical climate changes occurred simultaneously in several parts of the world

A new study published by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and partner institutions has proven that repeated and abrupt climate changes during the last ice age occurred simultaneously in South America,…

Karoline Løve & Kristine Simone Nielsen

Expanding the Physics of Dark Matter Supervisor: Steen H. Hansen

Ryan Yde

Room temperature spin ensembles for precision measurements Supervisor: Prof. Eugene Polzik

Wiebke Margitta Kolbe

Testing the usage of neural networks in the shortwave radiation parameterization of the WRF model Supervisor: Eigil Kaas

Daniel Lawther

Clues to the inner workings of active galactic nuclei from spectral energy distributions, photoionization modeling and the rare subset of FeLoBAL quasars Supervisor: Marianne Vestergaard

New study warns: We have underestimated the pace at which the Arctic is melting

Arctic sea ice is melting more quickly than once assumed. Today’s climate models have yet to incorporate the steep rise in temperatures that have occurred over the past 40 years. This, according to a new study by…

Jacob Thornfeldt Hansen

Title: Motional Quantum States of Cesium Atoms Trapped Around a Nanofiber Supervisors: Prof. Eugene Polzik, Assoc. Prof. Jörg Helge Müller

Separating Gamma-Ray Bursts: Students Make Important Breakthrough

By applying a machine-learning algorithm, scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute, have developed a method to classify all gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), without needing to find an afterglow.

Margaret Mallory Harlan

Title: Continuous flow analysis of the Dye 3 ice core: New data from old ice Supervisors: Helle Astrid Kjær and Anders Svensson

Steffen Kristiansen

Title: Quantification of bipolar volcanic eruptions during the last glacial period (12-60 ka) based on Greenland and Antarctic ice cores Supervisor: Anders Svensson

Congratulations to Jesper Liisberg

Congratulations to Jesper Baldtzer Liisberg at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended his PhD thesis Friday 26 June 2020, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Maliha Khan

Forbush Decreases and Atmospheric Parameters Supervisor: Eigil kaas

Astronomical discovery: How novae light up the sky

An international team, including researchers from the University of Copenhagen, has for the first time demonstrated that most of their brightness comes from shockwaves created in a unique and a previously unknown…