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From streets to sensors: Copenhagen's first Datawalk explores health and urban living

Join the Copenhagen Datawalk - a new initiative by School of Global Health that explores the hidden data that shape Copenhagen's urban development.

Tycho supercomputer gets new green superpowers

With a new expansion of the Tycho supercomputer, the University of Copenhagen will get its first water-cooled and green supercomputer, that will be a virtual laboratory that supports research of the University.

A quantum leap in sensing the quietest signals in nature

By combining two strange quantum effects – light that is entangled and atoms that act as if they have negative mass – scientists have built a new kind of sensor that cancels out quantum noise, even at room temperature.

Daisy Lunch Meeting – Sep. 3rd

The first Daisy Lunch meeting of the autumn will take place on September 3rd, where Simon Fiil Svane (UCPH) will present: "Simulating bare soil evaporation using the default Daisy surface parametrisation: The hidden mas…

Intergalactic experiment: Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever trick

Physicists use magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe black holes in their search for a particle that has stumped scientists for decades.

Intergalactic experiment: Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever trick

Physicists use magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe black holes in their search for a particle that has stumped scientists for decades.

Geographic range shapes influence species richness in global hotspots

In Science Advances by Sonne, J., Borregaard, M. K., Colwell, R. K., and Rahbek, C. (2025)

Mismatch in reindeer resilience to past and future warming signals ongoing declines

In Science Advances by Canteri, E., ... , Nogués-Bravo, D., and Fordham, D. A. (2025)

Cannabidiol treatment for refractory idiopathic epilepsy in dogs

Systematic literature review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the use of cannabidiol (CBD) as a supplementary treatment for refractory idiopathic epilepsy in dogs.

Jose M. Ezquiaga Receives General Relativity and Gravitation Early Career Prize

Associate Professor Jose Maria Ezquiaga at the Niels Bohr Institute was awarded the 2025 IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Early Career Prize.

Millipede species named in honor of Louis A. Hansen

A new species of millipede is named in honor of Louis A. Hansen, who collected the specimen in Tanzania in 2006.

New insight into biodiversity hotspots

New study enhances our understanding of what determines biodiversity richness on Earth.

Researchers call for tools to link nature and public health

New study urges governments to rethink how the measure and address the health of both people and the planet.

PhD-studerende kortlægger lokale interesserenter til omstilling mod et mere plantebaseret fødevaresystem

Den første af tre PhD-studerende i COTRANSITION er nu gået i gang med sit projekt ved Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi. Projektet bidrager til COTRANSITION med en kortlægning af lokale interessenter, der…

Vitor Cardoso Elected President of ISGRG

The International Society on General Relativity and Gravitational (ISGRG) has elected Professor Vítor Cardoso for President during the 2028-2031 triennium.

Full Recording: Creative and Reflexive Methodologies for Critical Disaster Research webinar

On June 24 2025, the Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research hosted a webinar on Creative and Reflexive Methodologies for Critical Disaster Research.

Climate change tripled heat-related deaths in early summer European heatwave

COPE Director Emmanuel Raju, along with many of his peers, is a review author in a new report from the Imperial Grantham Institute. The report examines how climate change contributed to the recent European heatwave and…

NBIA signs Memorandum of Understanding with ICISE in Vietnam

International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, serves as a unique science and education, welcoming national and international conferences, specialized professional…

NQCP establishes a new collaboration on digital twins for quantum device development with Prineha Narang

As quantum devices grow ever more complex, modeling and predicting their behavior becomes both more challenging and more essential. To address this, NQCP is partnering with a new research group at the Niels Bohr…

Black holes in comic books!

Black hole physics comic art

Reflections on gravity

Strong group did a three-day retreat in Fuglsang Herregaard

The Most Massive Binary Black Hole Observed Through Gravitational Waves

GW231123, the most massive binary black hole observed through gravitational waves

Vitor Cardoso receives Simons Foundation grant for strong gravity research

Vitor Cardoso is one of 12 PIs at different institutions, who will receive the support from the Simons Foundation for a collective project on gravity and black hole research.

Preserving predation

New journal article out July 2025: 'Preserving predation' by Jordan O Hampton, Thomas M Newsome Amy Dickman and Peter Sandøe.