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Bird Flu Risk to Danish Cattle – New Tool Can Warn Farmers Before Infection Spreads

Bird flu can infect both cows and humans. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a tool that can predict where and when the risk of infection is highest.

Brian Møller Andersen receives the Jens Martin Knudsen Award 2025

At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niels Bohr Institute—the Jens Martin Knudsen Award—was presented to two recipients for two separate periods.

Markus Ahlers receives the Jens Martin Knudsen Award 2024

At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niels Bohr Institute—the Jens Martin Knudsen Award—was presented to two recipients for two separate periods.

Feline obesity

Feline obesity is associated with stronger owner attachment, while indoor confinement increases risk of obesity at an early age in domestic shorthaired cats.

Past intensive whaling threatens the future of bowhead whales

Commercial whaling has left the bowhead whale vulnerable for many generations to come.

Two CoG Members Receive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships

Two CoG members, Brian Seymour and Emil Have, have been awarded prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie grants which support outstanding researchers and aims to encourage mobility across the European Union.

Breakthrough in early-stage human development research

A long-standing bottleneck removed: Jan Żylicz co-led an international team that found a way to grow naive human stem cells without mouse feeder cells, published in EMBO Journal.

Kai Hendriks Successfully Defends his Thesis

On March 13th, Kai Hendriks successfully defended his PhD thesis in the historic Auditorium A of the Niels Bohr Institute.

New Shoots: KU Food Broadens the Field

More students will now have the opportunity to apply for the bachelor’s programme at KU FOOD, as the admission requirements have been widened at the request of future applicants.

Allometry of litter size in dog breeds

This study investigates the impact of breed body weight, brachycephaly and chondrodysplasia on litter size.

An Qi Wang

An Qi Wang's current research with the Faculty of Science focuses on water-related inequalities and conflicts in Laikipia County, Kenya.

Elliot Lester

Elliot is particularly interested in questions of environmental equity and the ways legal frameworks can either entrench disadvantage or serve as tools for innovation and social change.

International postdoctoral grant to study Arctic human–animal relationships

PhD student Emma Vitale has been awarded an International Postdoctoral Grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark to investigate how traditional technologies have shaped relationships between humans and animals across…

Climate change, extreme heat and health: From evidence to action

In December 2025, the School of Global Health and Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research brought together people to explore the impact of extreme heat on health in the context of climate change.

Jaime Redondo-Yuste Successfully Defends his Thesis

Jaime Redondo-Yuste successfully defended his thesis on Friday March 6th. He presented his work on Nonlinear Dynamics in General Relativity in the historic Auditorium A, summarizing his work on black hole and neutron…

Sold-out Black Holes event at Vin & Videnskab

On Wednesday February 25, 2026, Professor Marianne Vestergaard (DARK, Niels Bohr Institute) gave a presentation on supermassive black holes at a sold-out event of Vin & Videnskab, organized by the National Museum of…

Troels Harmark Discusses Art and Science at the Opening of Black Hole Artwork at ARoS

On March 6, 2026, artist Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm debuted her new interactive art installation “A black hole calling us” at the ARoS art museum in Aarhus which also inaugurated the new art square outside the museum.

Contact: CoG Meets ET

CoG group leaders represented the scientific front of gravitational wave physics at a danish delegation to the Einstein Telescope (March 2–3, 2026), joined by politicians, ambassadors and fellow scientists from around…

PhD course: Fish as experimental animals 2026

This course functions as an add on for fish to FELASA. Please distribute this flyer to relevant colleges or join the course yourself.

A Night at Brorfelde Observatory

Assistant professor Sarah Pearson (DARK, NBI) recently visited Brorfelde Observatory with Politiken’s science editor Lasse Foghsgaard.

Ethicists’ commentary on ethical responsibility of veterinarians

Ethical question of the month, December 2025 You are a solo practitioner working in an outlying community who primarily services companion animals. You have skills and interest in equine work and have been approached by…

Juno Chan Successfully Defends his Thesis

On 27 February, Juno Chan successfully defended his PhD thesis at the Niels Bohr Institute. His dissertation, From Searches to Inference: Towards the Discovery of Lensed Gravitational Waves, explores how gravitational…

Kathrine Mørch Groth receives a Villum International Postdoc grant to create an overview of neutrino sources in the Universe

Grant awarded for research project: Mapping the sources of neutrinos – the mysterious particles that bombard us without us ever noticing.

Hypersonic Weapons and International Law

Hypersonic weapons are becoming an increasingly prioritized capability among technologically advanced states. With their high speeds and manoeuvrability hypersonic technologies challenge the status quo.