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Scientists turn protein-rich waste product into plant-based food

Discovery of method to remove bitter compounds from protein-rich seeds - Nature publication

PhD fellow: Let's make taxonomy a tool to preserve endangered species 

Science is not value neutral. This also applies to something as fundamental as taxonomy, which can be structured differently depending on what it is used for.

International research team: World's climate plans make for a worrying read

According to the climate plans submitted to the UN by 50 countries, 12 gigatons of CO2 per year will continue to be emitted by 2050 – and need to be removed from the atmosphere. Among other things, countries are betting…

Nils Valentin Hauff

Topological Waveguides and Symmetrical Droplet Quantum Dots for Scalable Photonic Quantum Technology Supervisor: Prof. Peter Lodahl

First ever asteroid hit by spacecraft could save the Earth from impact

Humanity’s first attempt to re-direct asteroids that could collide with Earth, the NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test satellite (DART), successfully impacted the 150 meter large moon Dimorphos orbiting the 760 m…

Study to explore how collaboration encourages children to tackle science

Persistence and courage are essential to succeed in science subjects. In a new project, researchers will investigate how children work together to develop a constructive approach to science.

AgroEco-HPC has started

The 5-year project “A high performance data-driven agroecosystem modelling platform for developing agricultural systems with minimum environmental impact (AgroEco-HPM)” has just started. It is funded by the Novo Nordic…

How do farmer-owned cooperatives increase board diversity, when just 5% of their recruitment base are women?

Danish farmer-owned cooperatives are required to elect most of their board members through their own ranks, which hampers the recruitment of female board members. Despite that, the industry has reached the same level as…

Large grant for world-class research in algorithms

Professor Mikkel Thorup receives a grant of DKK 29.5 million from the VILLUM foundation to continue his successful basic research centre, Basic Algorithms Research Copenhagen (BARC).

Large grant for world-class research in algorithms

Professor Mikkel Thorup receives a grant of DKK 29.5 million from the VILLUM foundation to continue his successful basic research centre, Basic Algorithms Research Copenhagen (BARC).

New types of chemicals found in Danish drinking water

Measurements reveal more than 400 different chemicals in water from a single Danish waterwork. Several of the compounds can have adverse health effects. According to the University of Copenhagen analytical chemists…

New types of chemicals found in Danish drinking water

Measurements reveal more than 400 different chemicals in water from a single Danish waterwork. Several of the compounds can have adverse health effects. According to the University of Copenhagen analytical chemists…

Conference in Paris on OUP Handbook “History of Quantum Interpretations”

A conference celebrating the publication of the OUP Handbook on the History of Quantum Interpretations, co-edited by Christian Joas from the Niels Bohr Archive, was held in Paris from 14–15 April, 2023.

April Webinar

FutureArcticLIves partners conduct monthly webinars around the 14th of each month, discussing preliminary results and other relevant subjects.

Evaluation of the value of genetic testing for cystinuria in the Danish population of English bulldogs

In this study, the occurrence of three mutations in the Danish population of English bulldogs was investigated. Seventy-one English bulldogs were genotyped using TaqMan assays.

Animals go extinct on Mauritius. That puts the ecosystem at the island at risk

When an ecosystem is threatened, new species cannot necessarily replace those that disappear, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen.

How did the Andes Mountains get so huge? A new geological research method may hold the answer

How did the Andes – the world's longest mountain range – reach its enormous size? This is just one of the geological questions that a new method developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen may be able to…

March Webinar

FutureArcticLIves partners conduct monthly webinars around the 14th of each month, discussing preliminary results and other relevant subjects.

Newsletter no 33 is out

Progress of the AgroEco-HPM project and funding for the "KlimaGødning"-project (Climatefertilisation - model for climate impact of fertiliser use in Danish agriculture) and much more.

Obituary for professor emeritus Neil Jones

Neil Deaton Jones, professor emeritus at DIKU, the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen, passed away Monday, 27 March 2023, shortly after his 82nd birthday. He will be remembered for his semina…

Rebecca Schmieg

Ph.D. thesis: Collective Spin-Oscillators for Light-Atom Interfaces Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eugene S. Polzik

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 has puzzled scientists for years, but it turns out we can learn a lot from frogs. New insights from the Sedzinski Group and colleagues has been published in Science Advances.