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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…

Greenhouses cover more and more of Earth’s surface

Greenhouse cultivation is booming globally, especially in the Global South – and across one country in particular. This is revealed in a new study by researchers at the University of Copenhagen that deploys detailed…

Ethicists’ commentary on deciding whether to proceed with spaying an unexpectedly pregnant animal from a “no-kill” shelter

Ethical question of the month, March 2024 You provide veterinary services to a “no-kill” small animal shelter. A mature female bulldog crossbreed dog is presented for a spay procedure. The history supplied is that the…

NQCP Team Up with NYU to Advance Quantum Material Research

We have embarked on a collaborative effort with New York University’s Center for Quantum Information Physics (CQIP), to develop superconductor and semiconductor materials.

Advancing Quantum Collaboration: From California to Copenhagen

In late May, we at NQCP had the pleasure of hosting a delegation of 11 esteemed quantum researchers from Berkeley Lab in California here in Copenhagen.

Annual AIV field trip went to Amager Fælled

In May 2024, the AIV epidemiology group went to Amager Fælled.

Invisible Galaxies, Through a Scientist’s Eyes

Glimpsing into the galaxies of the past: that is the daunting task that students from the University of Copenhagen have undertaken by analysing so-called Lyman-α emission.

New report published on Danish nature

New report from Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate shows concrete ways to ensure Denmark's biodiversity by creating large, interconnected natural areas.

James Webb discovers record-distant galaxy, again

With the confirmation of two galaxies seen around 300 million years after the Big Bang, we are now closer than ever before to the epoch of the formation of the first galaxies.

Local bright spot among melting glaciers: 2000 km of Antarctic ice-covered coastline has been stable for 85 years

A whaler's forgotten aerial photos from 1937 have given researchers at the University of Copenhagen the most detailed picture of the ice evolution in East Antarctica to date. The results show that the ice has remained…

Ny rapport: Mere, bedre og større natur i Danmark

Ny rapport viser konkrete veje til at sikre Danamrks biodiversitet gennem etablering af store sammenhængende naturområder.

Visiting the field: community entry and outline of small-town dynamics

Initial field site visits in early 2024 supported a first understanding of small-town development, natural resource use, services, critical infrastructures and areas of social and environmental vulnerability.

Helene Willadsen will present at 2nd International Conference on the Economics of Working Environment

On June 21st DISTRACT researcher Helene Willadsen will present her work on 'Using workplace surveys to understand employee concerns and well-being'

Our new expert in clinical and applied biochemistry

Friday 3 May we celebrated Lasse Bak's appointment as professor. Lasse Bak is part-time Professor of Clinical and Applied Biochemistry in a collaboration with the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Rigshospitalet.

To Infinity and Beyond: A Visit to Caltech

Rodrigo Panosso Macedo was invited to visit Caltech this month, where his research program on a novel geometrical framework and numerical techniques for the field of black hole perturbation theory attracted significant…