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Perspiration and an ingenious suspension prepared early humans for the yellow jersey

Unparalleled endurance allowed Homo erectus to tire antelopes on the savannah two million years ago. Since then, our prehistoric genetics have been leveraged to compete in the world's toughest bike race. The Tour de…

New method to map the surface of the moon increases accuracy to unprecedented levels

This new method uses a much more direct and precise calculation, it doesn’t rely on a whole set of parameters to be fed into the computer, and it can even calculate the uncertainties and the accuracy.

When you Google the word 'tick', you're helping science

Knowledge about the spread of tick-borne diseases is extremely limited and notoriously difficult to acquire. A new study from the University of Copenhagen demonstrates that internet searches just might be the way to kee…

Compact, massive triple star system detected for the first time

How this unique combination of a binary set of stars and a revolving bigger star can form, is now the focus in a collaboration between two young researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute.

Mathias Ajami

Title: STUDY OF LEPTON FLAVOUR UNIVERSALITY VIOLATIONS IN THE B0 \rightarrow Kstar0ee DECAY. Using machine learning algorithms to differentiate between signal and background events Supervisor: Troels Christian Petersen

Zombie fly fungus lures healthy male flies to mate with female corpses

A unique fungus survives by 'bewitching' male flies into mating with dead female flies. The longer a female fly carcass has lain and rotted, the greater the male’s lust. This, according to a new study led by researchers…

New biodiversity report: The value of nature should be included in Danish economic decision making

Denmark is miles away from meeting its agreed targets for nature and biodiversity. To remedy the Danish and global biodiversity crisis effectively, we need to improve how the value of nature is measured to allow…

450 people attended the Biodiversity Symposium

The Danish Biodiversity Symposium (Biodiversitetssymposiet) took place on the 23-24 June attracting close to 450 participants, including researchers, experts and other professionals from both Denmark and abroad.

Radio- and microwaves reveal true nature of dark galaxies in the early Universe

Utilizing multiple radio telescopes across the world, a team of astronomers from the Cosmic Dawn Center, have discovered several galaxies in the early Universe that, due to massive amounts of dust, were hidden from our…

Cheese-based ‘magic dust’ will make you love plant-based meals

Food researchers from the University of Copenhagen will, in collaboration with Lactosan A/S, investigate how cheese in powder form can boost umami taste and mouthfeel (kokumi) in plant-based food. The researchers will…

Giulia Sinnl

Improved ice-core chronologies and synchronization of climate records for a better understanding of the global climate Supervisor: Sune Olander Rasmussen Co-supervisors: Raimund Muscheler & Mai Winstrup

Movement Patterns of Roaming Companion Cats in Denmark - A Study Based on GPS Tracking

We studied the roaming patterns of companion cats in Denmark. The movements of 97 cats with outdoor access were traced for about seven days using GPS tracking.

Congratulations to Giulia Sinnl

Congratulations to Giulia Sinnl at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended her PhD thesis on 7 July 2022, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Best oral presentation - Sarah Nissen

PhD student Sarah Dalgas Nissen wins the best oral presentation at the International Congress of Equine Exercise Physiology (ICEEP).

Invasive ant species headed to Denmark: super colony builders ruled by several thousand queens

A warmer climate is causing new species of ants to head for Denmark. One of them is likely to invade soon, according to a researcher at the University of Copenhagen. The species spreads quickly and can be a great…

Wild animal welfare

In this commentary on Rowan et al’s article on sentience politics, especially regarding farm animals, we ask how the welfare of wild animals differs from that of farmed animals, especially how the ability to make…

Phages to fight bacterial infections

A team of researchers from England, Scotland, Norway, and Denmark have joined forces to develop a safe and efficient phage therapy approach to control the bacteria Pasteurella in Atlantic Salmon farms.

Ethicists’ commentary on nutritional neglect

Ethical question of the month, April 2022 A colleague refers an 11-year-old German shepherd dog to you for a cardiac ultrasound examination. The dog has a history of ascites and elevated resting respiratory rate. The…

Jakob Holmsted Kruse

Title: MODELLING AND ANALYSIS OF MEMBRANE PROTEINS WITH FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES AS INVESTIGATED BY SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERING Supervisor: Heloisa Nunes Bordallo

The Milky Way through neutrino eyes

In an article published in the journal Science, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has now for the first time produced an image of the Milky Way using neutrinos.

Youyou Li

Title: Exploring Stellar Clusters as Galactic Sources of High Energy Neutrinos Supervisors: Markus Ahlers, Enrico Peretti

How do we ensure local support for green energy production?

Huge Power-to-X investments in new hydrogen-based fuels shall propel the green transition in Denmark towards 2050. But how do we prevent local conflicts over new production plants?

Dana Lüdemann

Impact of snow albedo parameterization over the Greenland ice sheet on the simulated climate of EC-Earth3 Supervisor: Eigil Kaas

Denmark's first quantum information science programme to open soon

With quantum technologies blossoming globally, the demand for quantum experts is already high across several sectors. To meet this demand, the University of Copenhagen will soon open Denmark's first quantum science…