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Lazar Lakic

Title: Connecting the dots: Laying the foundation for coupling Ge/SiGe quantum dots via PtSiGe superconductors Supervisors: Anasua Chatterjee, Ferdinand Kuemmeth

Are male students more talented?

In the sciences, talented students are perceived as those who ask quirky questions and are confident and playful. But is the deck stacked in such a way that those who are already privileged win? Men are the ones who mos…

Critical questions on learning from the COVID-19 disaster in India

New study critically analyses the Government of India’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a disaster.

Flemming Daniel Fischer

Title: Fast transient detection Supervisor: Johan Peter Uldall Fynbo

Jacob Osman Hjortlund

Title: Exploring Demographic Drift of Type Ia SNe and its Impact on Cosmology Supervisor: Radosław Wojtak

Influence of hypoxia and hyperoxia on aquatic microbes, plants and animals

O2 is required by many organisms – but too much or too little can kill them

New research project investigates gender and climate change adaptation in Tanzania

The new project “Himili Pamoja”, which means “adapt together” will investigate what possibilities women and men have for adapting to climate change in rural communities in Tanzania.

Severe impact of past changes in climate and nutrient availability on a lowland tropical rainforest

New study reveals a significant impact of past climate changes and nutrient availability on a lowland tropical rainforest.

Andoni Agirre Arabolaza

Title: Learning Quantum Optimization Games - Monte Carlo Tree Search as an alternative for quantum optimization. Supervisor: Michele Burrello

Kevin Urquía

Title: Lepton collider sensitivity to Heavy Neutral Lepton from Left-Right Symmetric Models Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Oleg Ruchayskiy

Cotton buds reveal biodiversity in rainforests

Cotton buds reveal biodiversity in rainforests. Read about a study from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Ming Lai Chan

Spin-Photon Interface for Quantum Information Processing Supervisor: Prof. Peter Lodahl

Sofie Castro Holbæk

Title: Superconductivity in Kagome Materials. Supervisor: Brian M. Andersen

AgroEco-HPM presentation at AU Viborg

Yesterday we presented and discussed the current work, future tasks, and possible collaborations on the development of an infrastructure platform for Daisy with colleges from Aarhus University. We had some very nice,…

Copenhagen’s safest bets for a dry weather bike ride

You have a 25% greater risk of cycling in the rain if you live in Hellerup than if saddling up in Ishøj. Two researchers from the University of Copenhagen and DTU took a closer look at where and when it rains most in an…

Making a Stand for Animals

Peter Sandøe's book review of 'Making a Stand for Animals' by Oscar Horta.

New Postdoc at UCPH

Klara Cecilia Gunnarsen has started in Prof. Lars Stoumann's section.

Daisy 6.41 released on all platforms

Since last full release, we added the spawn/nwaps programs for running multiple simulations in parallel and combining their results, and the hyprop hydraulic model, and the max_WRoot assimilate partitioning parameter to…

Denmark is crawling with the world's most resilient creature

They’re found on Mount Everest, in the deep seas, aboard the International Space Station and thousands of them have even crash landed and been spilled onto the moon. The microscopic water bear has a nearly unfathomable…

Denmark is crawling with the world's most resilient creature

They’re found on Mount Everest, in the deep seas, aboard the International Space Station and thousands of them have even crash landed and been spilled onto the moon. The microscopic water bear has a nearly unfathomable…

Centennial Conference "Crossing the Disciplinary Boundaries of Physics"

Many people from IND have been involved in the organization of this celebration of the centenaries of the Niels Bohr Institute (founded in 1921) and Niels Bohr’s Nobel Prize in Physics (awarded to him in 1922).

Digital disruption diversified—FinTechs and the emergence of a coopetitive market ecosystem

In a new article in Socio-Economic Review Bengt Larsson, Bertil Rolandsson, Anna Ilsøe, Trine Pernille Larsen, Alex Lehr and Jaan Masso analyse the impact of FinTech on the traditional banking sector.

Filippo Garelli

Filippo Garelli is a PhD candidate in Public, Comparative and International Law at Sapienza University of Rome (Department of Political Science), curriculum International Order and Human Rights.

Quarantine system update

The quarantine from unit 16.4 to the Biocenter has been repealed, which means that animals and personnel can now move freely between these two units without quarantine restrictions. The quarantine restriction between…