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World-Renowned Climate Scientist Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen honoured by Royal Society of Canada

September 4, 2025 — World leading polar researcher Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen is among the newest International Fellows elected by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), one of only four annually. The RSC is the nation’s highes…

Professor Morten Meldal received the Hans Christian Ørsted Award

Nobel Prize laureate Morten Meldal received the Hans Christian Ørsted Award 2025 in Rudkøbing for his groundbreaking work on click chemistry and his inspiring communication of science.

The development of a brief version of the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale

The aim of this paper is to develop a brief version of an existing human-animal attachment scale, namely the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale (LAPS)

Call for Participation: 3rd Virtual Exchange (VE) Week - October 6-10, 2025

We are pleased to invite BSc, MSc, PhD students and Postdocs, to take part in the 3rd Virtual Exchange (VE) Week, organized by the EU ERASMUS+ project Climate University for Virtual Exchanges (CLUVEX), taking place…

Increased use of caesarean sections in pedigree dogs

Study based on data from the Danish Kennel Club showing the prevalence of caesarean section increased from 12.7 to 15.5 % between 2013 and 2022.

PhD Defence: Simon Haugaard Explores Molecular and Metabolic Remodelling in Horse Atrial Fibrillation

On Friday, 20 June, our group’s Simon Haugaard successfully defended his PhD thesis.

Bargaining coverage in FinTech

In a new article in Economic and Industrial Democracy, Anna Ilsøe and international colleagues analyse the development towards collective agreements in the Fintech industry in Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands and…

Working time patterns on digital platforms

A new article in the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies sheds light on who performs tasks on digital food delivery platforms and how many hours they work.

Clever algorithm results in a new method to mitigate noise in quantum devices

Quantum researchers have deployed a new algorithm to manage noise in qubits in real time. The method can be applied to a wide range of different qubits, even in large numbers.

Yearly meeting in the Equine Cardiac Group

The yearly meeting in The Equine Cardiac Group was held at the Panum Institute August 25 2025.

Emanuela Rassu

Emanuela Rassu is a PhD candidate in Law and Management of Sustainability at the University of Siena, where her research focuses on the multilevel governance of a “just” energy transition.

Photonics Characterization

In the photonics characterization team, we characterize the optical properties of integrated photonic circuits and components relevant for quantum technologies.

Electronic Characterization

In the electronic characterization team, we characterize the electronic properties of materials and sub-components for qubits.

Qubit Characterization

In the qubit characterization team, we focus on developing protocols and methods for characterization of superconducting and spin qubit components and processors. Our Maybell dilution refrigerator is equipped with a…

Structural and Materials Characterization

The Structural and Material Characterization team is dedicated to comprehensive analysis of structural features and material properties.

EUCMOS 2025 conference

Between 24th and 29th of August, Kjærgaard group attended the European Congress on Molecular Spectroscopy (EUCMOS) conference in Wrocław, Poland.

Qian Janice Wang named Master of Wine – the first residing in Denmark

Qian Janice Wang, Associate Professor and Head of Section of Design and Consumer Behaviour, adds another prestigious title to her list of achievements: Master of Wine.

Denmark can now contribute to producing world-class chips

For the first time, Denmark is establishing production of microchip wafers at the leading standard. This makes Denmark a global player in chip production. The new “wafer factory,” which will be part of the University of…

Denmark can now contribute to producing world-class chips

For the first time, Denmark is establishing production of microchip wafers at the leading standard. This makes Denmark a global player in chip production. The new “wafer factory,” which will be part of the University of…

Denmark can now contribute to producing world-class chips

For the first time, Denmark is establishing production of microchip wafers at the leading standard. This makes Denmark a global player in chip production. The new “wafer factory,” which will be part of the University of…

From streets to sensors: Copenhagen's first Datawalk explores health and urban living

Join the Copenhagen Datawalk - a new initiative by School of Global Health that explores the hidden data that shape Copenhagen's urban development.

Tycho supercomputer gets new green superpowers

With a new expansion of the Tycho supercomputer, the University of Copenhagen will get its first water-cooled and green supercomputer, that will be a virtual laboratory that supports research of the University.

A quantum leap in sensing the quietest signals in nature

By combining two strange quantum effects – light that is entangled and atoms that act as if they have negative mass – scientists have built a new kind of sensor that cancels out quantum noise, even at room temperature.

Daisy Lunch Meeting – Sep. 3rd

The first Daisy Lunch meeting of the autumn will take place on September 3rd, where Simon Fiil Svane (UCPH) will present: "Simulating bare soil evaporation using the default Daisy surface parametrisation: The hidden mas…