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Danish carpenters will learn to build homes with hemp and straw

For the next three years, carpentry apprentices at vocational schools across Denmark will be taught new sustainable and climate-friendly construction methods. The University of Copenhagen spearheaded project will serve…

Dorthe Dahl Jensen awarded the 2022 Seligman Crystal

Congratulations to Dorthe Dahl Jensen for being awarded the 2022 Seligman Crystal

How to build human airways; a lesson from frogs

How airways develop, is a complex process that has puzzled scientists for many years, but it turns out that we can learn a lot from frogs.

Lana Zupancic

Title: Shallow Subsurface Imaging: A Geophysical Investigation using Integrated Methods Supervisors: Mohammad Youssof and Klaus Mosegaard

New publication: How app companies use GitHub

DISTRACT researchers, Associate professor Anders Blok, PhD fellow Eva Iris Otto, and student assistant Jonathan Salka have published a new article in the Journal of Cultural Economy. The article is based on their…

Diversity of surface-active arthropods in young forests in Denmark – Comparing the effec

Anna K. Zimmermann successfully defended her thesis

Does salmon choose its own microbiome?

A new study by Rasmussen et al. 2023 in the scientific journal ISME finds that wild Atlantic salmon has an unique and surprisingly stable microbiota.

Does salmon choose its own microbiome?

A new study by Rasmussen et al. 2023 in the scientific journal ISME finds that wild Atlantic salmon has an unique and surprisingly stable microbiota.

Mikkel Tang

Superradiant Lasers Based on Strontium-88 Supervisors: Jörg Helge Müller

Ethicists’ commentary on hierarchies of animal “value”

Ethical question of the month, January 2023 A recent media article on the needs of chimpanzees that are “so closely related to humans” caused me to reflect that people, including veterinarians, tend to ascribe more valu…

Katarzyna Magdalena Dutkowska

Tracing star formation at high redshift using the Milky Way as a template Academic Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Lars E. Kristensen Assessment Committee: Prof. Jes K. Jørgensen (chair), Assoc. Prof. Angela Adamo, Dr. Mario…

Anne Noer Kolborg

On the origin of metals - Understanding the role of mixing in galactic chemical evolution Supervisors: Prof. Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz and Prof. Steen Harle Hansen

Danish researchers discover birds with neurotoxin-laden feathers

An expedition into the jungle of New Guinea has resulted in the discovery of two new species of poisonous birds by researchers from the University of Copenhagen. Genetic changes in these bird species have allowed them t…

Emil Ph.D. Defense

On 31/03/2023 Emil Vogt successfully defended his Ph.D thesis titled: "Vibrational Models in Internal Coordinates". Emil after successfully defending his Ph.D thesis.

Ivan Galinskiy

Ph.D. thesis: Counting the uncountable: Non-Gaussian quantum optomechanics Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eugene S. Polzik

New professor wants to make history of physics useful for physics research 

The history of physics can help physicists understand their work and their place in society, says Professor Richard Staley, who is giving his inaugural lecture on March 31st.

Equitable partnerships in development research projects

Project partners Dr. Richard Kofie and A.Prof Gerald Yiran reflect on this import topic at the DFC Science Engagement Day seminar in Arusha, 28-29 March

Presentation of research results

Project participants provide a comprehensive view on climate change, urban flooding, mobility disruptions and livelihoods at the AAG conference

The brightest explosion ever seen

A particularly bright Gamma-ray burst was recently detected by several space telescopes, and a team of scientists led by astronomers at the Cosmic Dawn Center measured the exact distance to the burst.

A new MSc in Biosolutions programme to open in Kalundborg next year

The University of Copenhagen will open a new two-year MSc in Biosolutions programme in Kalundborg in 2024. The goal is to train graduates with a solid knowledge of sustainable solutions and technologies for the bio-base…

Astrid ferments plant-based cheese

Cheese is the most exciting food there is – especially if it is made from plants! So thinks Astrid Bonke, who has a bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition and has since studied Food Science with a specialisation in…

Electron diffraction infrastructure facility

Based on a grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, a new facility for single-crystal electron diffraction will open in the autumn of 2023.

Kristoffer Kvist

Title: Transport Properties and Derived Effects of Neutrals in Turbulent Edge Plasma Supervisor: Troels Haugbølle

Origins of up to 44 percent of Danish wood is a mystery

In the first ever report of Denmark's total wood consumption, University of Copenhagen researchers conclude that the origin of nearly half of all timber felled in Denmark is a mystery. This is a problem according to the…