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Review article about Machine Learning for Microbiome research

Plant-based foods: New specialisation in the MSc Programme in Food Science and Technology

We have to get better at processing plants into climate-friendly foods, while at the same time focusing on nutrition, health, and taste. That’s why we, at the University of Copenhagen, are offering a specialisation in…

See You Later Thick Data! Blog series on Anthrodendum

DISTRACT researchers Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard and Emilie Munch Gregersen have - in collaboration with PhD student at Aarhus University Clara Rosa Sandy - written a blog post series that has been published on the widely…

Sophie Lund Schrøder

Drag in Binaries - Addressing the role of hydrodynamics in stellar binary evolution Supervisors: Prof. Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz and Prof. Jens Hjorth

Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen will give talk as part of the AI seminar series

Associate professor at SODAS Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen will, as part of the AI seminar series, give a lecture on big data for the prediction of student success

Gergely Friss

Chemical effects of episodic accretion Supervisor: Jes Kristian Jørgensen

Greatest increase in animal species can help us understand and control ocean deoxygenation

Deoxygenation can make large areas of the ocean uninhabitable. New study offers knowledge of how oxygen levels affect marine life – this may help us preserve marine ecosystems. “In the past 50 years, we have already los…

Jonathan Leon Schubert

Title: Interference Between Majorana States in the "Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay" at Colliders Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Oleg Ruchayskiy

Arun Krishna Ganesan

Title: Matter-Neutrino Resonance in Binary Neutron Star mergers Supervisor: Irene Tamborra

DTU recruits PhD Student Adele Pioppi

Adele just started in Prof. Ákos Kovács' group.

Opportunities and Challenges in Applying the 3Rs to Zoos and Aquariums

This paper analyses opportunities and challenges for each of the three Rs when applied to animals housed in zoos and aquariums.

Creepy apps cause emotional stress

We know that apps collect all sorts of data about us, and that makes us feel uncomfortable. In a new study researchers from the University of Copenhagen have measured how uncomfortable and ‘creeped out’ using apps can…

Creepy apps cause emotional stress

We know that apps collect all sorts of data about us, and that makes us feel uncomfortable. In a new study researchers from the University of Copenhagen have measured how uncomfortable and ‘creeped out’ using apps can…

Experts agree: Dairy cattle's welfare worse than beef cattle

Cattle welfare experts rate the welfare of dairy cattle as lower than that of beef cattle, research from the University of Copenhagen shows.

Genetic diversity loss in the Anthropocene

In Science by Exposito-Alonso, M., Nogués-Bravo, D., Zess, E., et al. (2022)

Major investment for developing Denmark’s first fully functional quantum computer

Denmark’s first fully functional generally applicable quantum computer will be available in 2034. This is the objective of the ambitious Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme that is being launched in…

Major investment for developing Denmark’s first fully functional quantum computer

Denmark’s first fully functional generally applicable quantum computer will be available in 2034. This is the objective of the ambitious Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme that is being launched in…

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Net zero: Copenhagen’s failure to meet its 2025 target casts doubt on other major climate plans

Copenhagen recently defaulted on its pledge to become carbon-neutral by 2025. This early failure in the global race to net zero emissions may foreshadow backtracking by other target-setters, indicating that pledges to…

Thore Husfeldt explains the algorithms behind Tinder

Thore Husfeldt appeared in the Danish news program Deadline with a brief explainer of the role played by algorithms, in particular matching algorithms occasioned by the centenary of the online dating platform Tinder. In…

New students 2022-2023

MSc, Interns and PUK students in DynaMo

Conference presentation

Post doc Sarah Nissen is sharing her knowledge about atrial fibrillation and training induced cardiac remodeling at The European Europhysiology Conference

Will the use of domesticated animals in rewilding projects compromise animal welfare?

Based on a survey of public media in Denmark, this paper identifies different animal welfare issues relating to rewilding projects.

A transnational study on veterinarians’ recommendations concerning radiotherapy in dogs and cats with cancer

Using an online questionnaire (N=636), we investigated what treatment Austrian, Danish and UK veterinarians would recommend for a cat and a dog in a disease scenario where adjunctive radiotherapy would be optimal.