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Pay dirt for ice core scientists in East Greenland as they reach bedrock

An international research collaboration (EGRIP) headed by ice core scientists from the University of Copenhagen has attained their goal of drilling to the bottom of the ice sheet. It marks the first time that this has…

NNF Challenge Programme grant of DKK 60 awarded to Professor Nikos Hatzakis

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a Challenge Programme grant of DKK 60 million to Professor Nikos Hatzakis for realising the drugs of the future.

Carsten Rahbek invited as speaker at Paris exhibition

Professor Carsten Rahbek was invited by artist Danh Vo to give a talk on the biodiversity crisis as part of the Parisian exhibition Avant l’orage. The talk is now publicly available.

Scientists vacuum animal DNA from air in a Danish forest

Over 60 animal species in three days. That is how many mammals, birds and amphibians researchers found DNA traces from in the air in a Danish forest. The results can pave the way for a new and innovative way of mapping…

Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century

Important ocean current that redistribute heat, cold and precipitation between the tropics and the northernmost parts of the Atlantic region will shut down around the year 2060 if current greenhouse gas emissions…

Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century

Important ocean current that redistribute heat, cold and precipitation between the tropics and the northernmost parts of the Atlantic region will shut down around the year 2060 if current greenhouse gas emissions…

Det her bliver måske en del af din morgenmysli

21 July 2023 Dr.dk Bornholm by Dorte Holden Langemark/Signe Iversen https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/bornholm/det-her-bliver-maaske-en-del-af-din-morgenmysli (In Danish)

Bence Kristof Takacs

Title: Alternative Cosmological Model with Repulsive Dark Matter Force Supervisor: Steen H. Hansen

Irati Lizaso Berrueta

Title: Numerical implementation of a new gravitational force derived within Spacetime Algebra Supervisor: Steen H. Hansen

TV-Avisen DR1 - Rapskagen kan blive fremtidens mad

TV AVISEN - 20. JUL 2023.mp4 Barbara Ann Halkier and Deyang Xu in the Danish news at 21:00.

Life on Earth didn’t arise as described in textbooks

No, oxygen didn’t catalyze the swift blossoming of Earth’s first multicellular organisms. The result defies a 70-year-old assumption about what caused an explosion of oceanic fauna hundreds of millions of years ago.

Strong hosted 'Infinity on a Gridshell'

More than 40 researchers from all over the world came to discuss hyperboloidal methods, especially related to open problems, such as solving the nonlinear Einstein equations in scenarios relevant to astrophysics. See…

Strong hosts 26th Capra Meeting

The Strong group at the Niels Bohr International Academy hosted the 26th Capra meeting in Copenhagen last week, July 3-7, 2023, where more than 110 researchers from all over the world came to discuss and understand…

Upcoming: LISA@Copenhagen Aug.'23

Not long now to the upcoming LISA meeting in Copenhagen, which takes place August 9-11, 2023! The meeting will take place at H. C. Ørsted Institute, Aud 5, but will also include a tour to the legendary Auditorium A of…

Black Hole Microstructure V

Gregorio Carullo delivered an invited talk on the fifth edition of the “Black Hole Microstructure” conference, held at Saclay University, Paris. The conference brought together world experts in String Theory and compact…

Gregorio Carullo visits Perimeter Institute

Strong member Gregorio Carullo visited Perimeter Institute for three weeks in June, hosted by Prof. Luis Lehner and the Gravity group. During the visit, he delivered a seminar titled "Have we observed multiple…

FutureArcticLives conducts fieldwork in East Greenland

FutureArcticLives has conducted field work in East Greenland and interviewed two seasoned hunters.

Extreme measuring device can bring quantum technology to your smartphone

University of Copenhagen researchers have invented a “quantum drum” that can measure pressure, a gas leak, heat, magnetism and a host of other things with extreme precision. It can even scan the shape of a single virus.…

Extreme measuring device can bring quantum technology to your smartphone

University of Copenhagen researchers have invented a “quantum drum” that can measure pressure, a gas leak, heat, magnetism and a host of other things with extreme precision. It can even scan the shape of a single virus.…

What mechanisms control conversion between fetal and adult intestinal stem cells

Promising results: research at reNEW outlines the mechanisms that control the conversion between fetal and adult intestinal stem cells.

22-year-old talent is now ‘researcher Tetris’ world champion

With world-class programming, 22-year-old computer science student William Bille Meyling beats seasoned professors at the unofficial world championships in geometric algorithms. He was recently honoured for his…

ChatGPT promotes American norms and values

ChatGPT, the revolutionary new AI chatbot, reflects American norms and values – even when queried about other countries and cultures. The mismatch has been demonstrated in research from the University of Copenhagen. The…

ChatGPT promotes American norms and values

ChatGPT, the revolutionary new AI chatbot, reflects American norms and values – even when queried about other countries and cultures. The mismatch has been demonstrated in research from the University of Copenhagen. The…

Unravelling the Dynamics of Genetic Rescue in Endangered Wolves

Seeking to combat the alarming decline in global biodiversity and the threat of a Sixth Mass Extinction, postdoctoral researcher Claudia Fontsere Alemany from Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics has been awarded a Mari…