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Kathrine Hyun Kjærgaard Pedersen

Renewable energy and the green transition

New EU-funded project will explore how AI shapes scientific knowledge

Et nyt projekt finansieret af Det Europæiske Forskningsråd vil forstå effekten af kunstig intelligens på skabelsen og udbredelsen af videnskabelig viden.

Reflections on the Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2023

Three students studying Disaster Risk Management - Katharina Bucsits, Madeline Ewbank and Christos Tsampoulatidis - attended HC Berlin in-person and share their takeaways on key themes below.

Danish researchers puncture 100-year-old theory of odd little 'water balloons'

Quinoa and many other extremely resilient plants are covered with strange balloon-like 'bladders' that for 127 years were believed to be responsible for protecting them from drought and salt. Research results from the…

Danish researchers puncture 100-year-old theory of odd little 'water balloons'

Quinoa and many other extremely resilient plants are covered with strange balloon-like 'bladders' that for 127 years were believed to be responsible for protecting them from drought and salt. Research results from the…

Smog from Copenhagen’s Bispeengbuen heads straight into living rooms

A large amount of the heavy automobile pollution from Copenhagen’s Bispeengbuen thoroughfare goes straight into people's homes. This, according to a study by researchers at the University of Copenhagen. A sensor…

25 Students Join Forces to Reshape Tech Policy

The CPH Tech Policy Youth Committee has now been formed – with 25 students ready to engage in the field of tech policy.

Behavior problems in dogs—An assessment of prevalence and risk factors

The aim of this questionnaire study was to investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for dog behavior problems by analyzing the responses of a representative sample of Danish dog owners.

Panel discussion on digital dependencies at Tech Policy Days

Last Friday DISTRACT PhD Malene Hornstrup Jespersen took part in a panel discussion on digital dependencies held as part of the Tech Policy Days and the launch of the Tech Policy Youth Committee

Sofus Laguna Kristensen

Narrow linewidth superradiant lasing with cold88Sr Supervisor: Jörg Helge Müller

The genomic secrets to how the muskox mastered living on the edge

At the end of the last Ice Age, many iconic species became extinct - including the steppe bison, the woolly rhinoceros, the Irish elk, and the dire wolf. However, one Ice Age relict, perfectly adapted to the harsh…

Valeriy Novikov

Entangled states of light and atomic spin oscillators for quantum noise reduction in Gravitational Wave Detectors Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eugene S. Polzik

AI finds formula on how to predict monster waves

Long considered myth, freakishly large rogue waves are very real and can split apart ships and even damage oil rigs. Using 700 years’ worth of wave data from more than a billion waves, scientists at the University of…

AI finds formula on how to predict monster waves

Long considered myth, freakishly large rogue waves are very real and can split apart ships and even damage oil rigs. Using 700 years’ worth of wave data from more than a billion waves, scientists at the University of…

Axel Christfort and Tijs Slaats won the Process Discovery Contest

Process discovery algorithms analyse event logs to produce human-readable models that describe the behaviour captured in the log, for example how people order the activities of their work. The Process Discovery Contest,…

Conversations at Niels Bohr Office

How about we take some of the most profound thinkers of our time and we talk about science? No cuts, no editing, after all, as Seinfeld - one of the leading philosophers of our century - said "The subject should resolv…

Do you find work using an app or an online platform?

The GIG-OSH research project is conducting a large survey and is searching for respondents among platform workers

NBI Spin-out enterprise receives prestigious tech-transfer award

QDevil, a quantum technology spin-out enterprise from the Niels Bohr Institute, has been awarded “The Technology Transfer Prize 2024” from German Physical Society. (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, DPG)

Clean Sweep: Department of Computer Science takes home three Business Awards

Two researchers and two students from the Department of Computer Science were presented with this year's business and innovation awards from the Faculty of Science.

Commemorative Lecture by Centre Director Mette Birkedal Bruun

Mette Birkedal Bruun gave the lecture entitled: From Monks to GDPR

The importance of science editors in Danish news

We find it relevant to recognize what we consider important for how our science has been communicated over the years.

#TownsFest Online Symposium

On Thursday 11th January 2024 the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Chemistry Education Research Group will host an online symposium.

CPH Cattle Seminar 2023

On Tuesday 12 December 2023 CPH Cattle held their anual seminar with presentations and discussions about research and strategies related to the cattle sectors challenges.

Exploring routinization and reflexivity in change and reproduction of consumption towards lower climate impact

Professor Bente Halkier and PhD student Amanda Krog Juvik have together with Toke Haunstrup Christensen, Kirsten Gram-Hanssen and Malene Freudendal-Pedersen published the paper "Exploring routinization and reflexivity i…