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Sarah Pearson among Berlingske’s top 100 talents

Each year Berlingske selects the 100 most promising young talents in Denmark in private industry and the public sector.

Elegant use of noise for quantum computing

Scientists around the world work hard to rinse quantum systems for noise, which may disturb the function of tomorrow’s powerful quantum computers. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have found a way to use noise…

Internships at Strong

Strong is now stronger, with two French students joining us for their Masters. Jamil Assaad joined us from Lyon and is working with Vitor and Rodrigo Panosso Macedo. The project aims to study black hole perturbation…

Multi-level and multi-stakeholder participation in policy processes to address climate change challenges

Read the reflections by the Tanzania Gender Networking Program (TGNP) posted on LinkedIn after participating in the RUL4CLI workshop (24.1 2024) on stakeholder participation and engagement in policy processes related to…

New CPH Tech Policy Brief by DISTRACT researchers

DISTRACT researchers Malene Hornstrup Jespersen, Kristoffer Albris, and Helene Willadsen recently published a CPH Tech Policy Brief that dives into the concept of screen time and explores how people feel about engaging…

Irene Tamborra receives Elite Research Award

Queen Mary and Minister of Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund presented the Elite Research Award to NBIA Professor Irene Tamborra.

Irene Tamborra receives Elite Research Award

Irene Tamborra joined NBIA in 2016 as Knud Højgaard Foundation Assistant Professor. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017 and Professor in 2021. Irene Tamborra has established the AstroNU group at NBIA with …

Lightning on exoplanets: Benefits to learning physics outside the solar system

Taking physics teaching several light-years away from our own planet can help students understand that the laws of physics are universal.

EU-project PREPARE4VBD held Annual meeting in Kenya

The PREPARE4VBD Project held their 3rd Annual Consortium meeting and summer-school in Kenya.

Visit from Professor Mark Potosnak

On Monday 11th, VOLT had a visit from Prof. Mark Potosnak whose research focuses on interactions between climate change, plants and air quality.

Straightening teeth? AI can help

A new tool being developed by the University of Copenhagen and 3Shape will help orthodontists correctly fit braces onto teeth. Using artificial intelligence and virtual patients, the tool predicts how teeth will move, s…

Between coping and resistance: Migrant networks and alternative forms of collectivism

In a new article in Economic and Industrial Democracy Mark Friis Hau and Andrea Borello have taken a closer look at how migrant workers in Denmark build networks.

Gene flow in giraffes and what it means for their conservation

Giraffes, with their bizarre body plan, have always held a special place in the minds of evolutionary biologists and non-experts alike. In a new study, led by a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen,…

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Olivier Rubin

We would like to invite you all to the inaugural lecture by the newly appointed Professor Olivier Rubin on April 5th 2024, at 14:00 (CET) in Building 25, room 25.1-035, at Roskilde University.

Taconic Colony Management Solutions

This could be a possibility if expansion of a breeding strain is necessary for your research during the refurbishment of AEM's SPF breeding facility, and AEM cannot find space for it. We hope to be able to welcome you…

Transnetyx genotyping services

One of the possibilities is to use an external service, like TransnetYX, and establish a Tag Center where ear punches can be collected and sent from. At this meeting information on this approach will be presented and…

Economists: Ecosystems have higher monetary value than previously calculated

Current economic practice systematically underestimates the value of nature, according to an international group of economists. Writing in the journal Science, they propose a new calculation formula.

Secrets of cell division revealed by cutting-edge imaging technique

Research from University of Copenhagen enhances our understanding of cell division. The study utilized super-resolution microscopy to visualize the protein complexes at the molecular level.

CPSC conference 2024

Registration for the CPSC conference Translational agriculture – from model plants to crops in Copenhagen Aug 21st to 23rd, 2024 is now open

Uncovering the final steps of black holes’ swing dance

Black holes are attractive objects, often preferring to live in couples. When left alone, these couples (known as “binaries”) pierce through the remainder of their long lives obeying a reassuring routine: they dance…

Attending in the Attention Economy - DISTRACT Talk with Jelle Bruineberg

On Friday the 1st of March, 2024, Assistant Professor at Center for Subjectivity Research (Department of Communication, UCPH) Jelle Bruineberg did a DISTARCT Talk investigating the notion of attention that underpins…

Simon Caron-Huot receives Lars Kann-Rasmussen Prize

On the February 7th, former NBIA Asisstant Professor Simon Caron-Huot received this year's Lars Kann-Rasmussen Prize.

Unlocking oceanic mysteries

ROCS oceanographers dive into the significance of the bottom boundary current south of Iceland!

Aaron David Schneider

Bridging Atmospheres and Interiors: Exploring Exoplanetary Gas Giants Supervisor: Uffe Gråe Jørgensen