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Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun in the podcast ‘Videnskab fra vilde hjerner’

Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun was recently a guest in the Danish podcast Videnskab fra vilde hjerner (Science from Wild Minds) hosted by Professor of astrophysics at University of Copenhagen, Anja C. Andersen.…

Innovative phage therapy project to combat "flesh-eating disease"

In a stride towards combating the rising global threat of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections, also known as the “flesh-eating disease”, the Leo Foundation has granted 4 million DKK to a new innovative phage therapy…

New article: "Exposure to urban and rural contexts shapes smartphone usage behavior"

DISTRACT Researchers Anna Sapienza, Sune Lehmann, and DTU researchers Laura Alessandretti and Marita Lítlá has recently published an article in PNAS Nexus

ngEHT white paper on Fundamental Physics

Black holes can be studied with gravitational waves, but also with light. After the pioneering Event Horizon Telescope images, the next generation observatories - ngEHT - promise to give us amazing new information on…

04. December 2023

Fortunat and Remi setting up the dual-tube snow sampling: photo O. Alemany

Investigating structures of nanocrystals

3D electron diffraction is a rapidly evolving technology that lets researchers examine the atomic structure of pharmaceutical – as well as many other – materials at nanoscale.

Ethicists’ commentary on the importance of meaningful discussion around the decision to euthanize

Ethical question of the month, September 2023 I recently had to make a difficult decision about my beloved, 1-year-old cat. She had some behaviors, respiratory issues, and urinary disease that were challenging to manage…

Familiar figure new head of physicists

Professor Joachim Mathiesen will take up his position as the new head of the Niels Bohr Institute from 1 December 2023. He will be responsible for leading a department in rapid national and international development.

Joachim Mathiesen new head of Niels Bohr Institute

Professor Joachim Mathiesen will take up his position as the new head of the Niels Bohr Institute from 1 December 2023. He will be responsible for leading an institute in rapid national and international development.

Researchers have taught an algorithm to 'taste'

Incorporating human tastes into artificial intelligence makes it easier for wine buyers thirsting for the right wine. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen’s Pioneer Centre for AI have shown that AI can accurately…

Rodrigo Macedo receives EuCAPT travel grant

Rodrigo Panosso Macedo has received an EuCAPT International Exchange Award to initiate a collaboration between the Strong Group and the Relativity group at the University College Dublin (UCD). This joint projected was…

New CMS Report: Military Data Translation and Digital Transformation

The rapid development of digital technology such as big data, AI, and the Internet of Things is becoming increasingly significant for Danish security and defense policy.

Panel on open science in social science at the SAMF Research Day

As part of the SAMF Research Day, DISTRACT PhD Malene Hornstrup Jespersen took part in a panel discussion on the need and challenges of open science in social sciences

Professor: Working with Big Bang and ecosystems should make youth tremble

Science has an entirely overlooked educational capacity – to help young people forming their identity. Therefore, science deserves more than the ancillary role that it plays today. Middle and high school teachers should…

Three SUND researchers receive Sapere Aude DFF Starting Grant

Three researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receive the Sapere Aude DFF Starting Grant. They each receive DKK 6 million for their innovative projects.

What drives global disparities in science?

A new research project led by Mathias Wullum Nielsen will examine global North-South disparities in research. The project is funded by a DKK 6.2 million grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

A delicious surprise: Vertically farmed greens taste as good as organic ones

But the first scientific taste test from the University of Copenhagen and Plant Food & Research, New Zealand shows that respondents rate greens grown vertically and without soil as just as good as organic ones.

Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar vulnerable to underreported extreme heat would not have occurred without climate change

Researchers Nick Baumgart and Emmanuel Raju from COPE and the School of Global Health join their peers in this new study (featured on the Guardian) titled "Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar highly vulnerable to…

Josef Valvoda joins MOBILE as Postdoctoral Researcher

Josef Valvoda joins MOBILE Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

Comparison of three different measuring devices of ammonia and evaluation of their suitability to assess animal welfare in pigs

Witt, J., Krieter, J., Schröder, K., Büttner, K., Hölzel, C., Krugmann, K. & Czycholl, I. (2023) Livestock Science. Elsevier Abstract Since negative effects of ammonia (NH3) on health and productivity are known NH3…

Innovative phage therapy project to combat "flesh-eating disease"

In a stride towards combating the rising global threat of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections, also known as the “flesh-eating disease”, the Leo Foundation has granted DKK 3,988,469 to a new innovative phage therapy…

Microbiome workshop, 21-24 November 2023

Our collaborator, Sofia Gomes from Leiden University, joined the Silva Nova team at University of Copenhagen...

The patient is always right

You can easily convince the chatbot ChatGPT to agree with incorrect and garbled information. That can be a health threat, especially for vulnerable groups, according to researchers.

Visiting The Yukawa Institute

Vitor Cardoso is a Visiting Professor at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, where he will work on black hole spectroscopy and environmental effects and establish new collaborations with researchers at the…