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Rajeeb Sharma

Unveiling the Early Stages of Star and Planet Formation: Observational Insights From Studying Class 0 and I Protostars Supervisor: Jes K. Jørgensen

The Carlsberg Foundation promotes basic research at the Department of Biology

Urban encroachment – untangling drivers and dynamics of land-use transitions in ecologically sensitive areas

Manja Hoppe Andreasen, Associate Professor at KU discusses her project on urban encroachment in Ghana and Tanzania.

Coming soon – offline speech recognition even on low-memory phones

More than one in four people currently integrate speech recognition into their daily lives. A new algorithm developed by a University of Copenhagen researcher and his international colleagues makes it possible to…

How chemical reactions deplete nutrients in plant-based drinks

A University of Copenhagen study of plant-based drinks reveals a common issue: they are lacking in proteins and essential amino acids compared to cow’s milk. The explanation lies in their extensive processing, causing…

How chemical reactions deplete nutrients in plant-based drinks

A University of Copenhagen study of plant-based drinks reveals a common issue: they are lacking in proteins and essential amino acids compared to cow’s milk. The explanation lies in their extensive processing, causing…

Jakub Tětek awarded Best Paper Distinction at FOCS'24

Jakub Tětek, PhD student from BARC, has ben awarded Best Paper Distinction at FOCS 2024.

Marta Agnieszka Mrozowska

Boundary Layer Turbulence - Exploring Strategies to Improve Mixing Parameterizations in Ocean Models Supervisors: Prof. Markus Jochum and Associate Prof. James Avery

Apply now for the EnvEuro MSc program 2025

Application for the EnvEuro MSc program in "Environmental Science - Soil, Water and Biodiversity" is now open Application deadline for 2025 is found here notice different deadlines for each university

Media portrayals of climate advocates to be explored

New research project from the Department of Political Science will investigate who speaks out in the media about fighting climate change and what impact these people have on public attitudes towards climate change.

Physicists talk about Physics

The Strong Group organized the Black Hole Week and the Black Holes Inside and Out in August, an inspiring set of initiatives on black hole physics.

Soft City Sensing – DISTRACT Talk with Anders Koed Madsen

On Thursday the 12th of December 2024, Professor in techno-anthropology and computational SSH at Aalborg University Anders Koed Madsen did a DISTRACT Talk suggesting that the combination of geo-coded digital traces and…

One of world's largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland

For the first time, scientists have observed the release of a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, where more than 3,000 billion liters of meltwater were unleashed in just weeks. This rare, natural flooding…

One of world's largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland

For the first time, scientists have observed the release of a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, where more than 3,000 billion liters of meltwater were unleashed in just weeks. This rare, natural flooding…

Using food research expertise for genetic diagnostics

There are significant similarities in research expertise between food- and medical science, especially when it comes to microbiology and DNA sequencing. These similarities are what Associate Professor Lukasz Krych is…

BARC welcomes Benjamin Bogø

BARC welcomes new PhD student Benjamin Bogø to the team

Ancient maize genomes reveal the early evolutionary history of commercially important flint and dent varieties

A study published in Cell uncovers the deep evolutionary roots of flint and dent maize, two foundational varieties central to modern maize breeding and cultivation. By analysing the genomes of 32 ancient maize samples…

Research seminar on Digital (mis)trust

On Friday the 29th of November five scholars (including DISTRACT researcher Kristoffer Albris) presented their work and thoughts on digital (mis)trust at the launch of a new special issue entitled Digital (Mis)trust:…

The sound of black holes in Osaka & Taipei

Vitor Cardoso was a plenary speaker at two major meetings with over 200 participants on gravity.

Warming temperatures may shrink wetland carbon sinks

An international team of scientists buried 19,000 bags of green tea and rooibos in 180 wetlands across 28 countries to measure the ability for wetlands to hold carbon in their soil, known as wetland carbon sequestration…

Coveted ERC Consolidator Grant goes to Associate Professor Bulat Ibragimov

The grant gives Bulat Ibragimov a solid push on the path to creating the first AI-guided toxicity atlas for safer and more effective abdominal radiation therapy.

Tetiana Kozynets

Atmospheric neutrino oscillations in IceCube-DeepCore within and beyond the unitary framework Supervisor: D. Jason Koskinen

New SODAS professional training courses

You can now sign up for two new SODAS professional training courses taking place in early 2025

Successful PhD and postdoc conference at IGN

The Global Wetland Center was well represented at IGN's PhD and postdoc conference 2024.