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New PNAS Study Reveals Genetic Insights into Conservation of Critically Endangered Asian Rosewoods

A groundbreaking new study titled "Range-wide differential adaptation and genomic offset in critically endangered Asian rosewoods" published in the prestigious journal PNAS, sheds light on the genetic mechanisms driving…

New PNAS Study Reveals Genetic Insights into Conservation of Critically Endangered Asian Rosewoods

A groundbreaking new study titled "Range-wide differential adaptation and genomic offset in critically endangered Asian rosewoods" published in the prestigious journal PNAS, sheds light on the genetic mechanisms driving…

New Publication Uncovers Diverse Gut Microbiome Responses in Mammals Facing Environmental Stressors

A pioneering research paper titled "Mammals Show Distinct Functional Gut Microbiome Dynamics to Identical Series of Environmental Stressors," has been published in the renowned scientific journal of the American Society…

New Publication Uncovers Diverse Gut Microbiome Responses in Mammals Facing Environmental Stressors

A pioneering research paper titled "Mammals Show Distinct Functional Gut Microbiome Dynamics to Identical Series of Environmental Stressors," has been published in the renowned scientific journal of the American Society…

Wildlife ethics: The Ethics of Wildlife Management and Conservation

New book out September 2023: 'Wildlife ethics: The Ethics of Wildlife Management and Conservation' by Clare Palmer, Bob Fischer, Christian Gamborg, Jordan Hampton and Peter Sandøe

Combining AI Models Improves Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Study from the University of Copenhagen shows that combining artificial intelligence (AI) systems for short- and long-term breast cancer risk results in an improved cancer risk assessment.

Social dialogue in times of crisis

A special edition of the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, edited by Bertil Rolandsson and Anna Ilsøe, examines how Nordic models respond to crises and times of uncertainty

Emergency management in small remote communities in the Nordic countries

Across the Nordic countries, climate change-related incidents will add further strain to the contemporary emergency management system. Climate-related hazards occur more frequently and on a large scale and will thereby…

Strong hosted LISA meeting

The Strong group at the Niels Bohr International Academy hosted the LISA in Copenhagen Meeting from August 9-11, 2023 at the Niels Bohr Institute. The meeting strengthened the interactions between the community…

BARC Retreat 2023

This year our annual BARC retreat took us to KolleKolle by Furesø for a couple of interesting days

European RISE project for Strong

The Strong group is part of a successful European Union RISE project for the exchange of researchers. The project - Einstein Waves - involves the Niels Bohr Institute (PI: Vitor Cardoso), the University of Tubingen in…

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.

Visitors in June/July

The Strong Group had an active summer 2023. In addition to the some 200 participants we hosted in connection with the 3 events that we organized in July and August, we also had the pleasure of hosting the following…

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

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…