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Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen new DNRF chairperson

The Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science, Christina Egelund, has appointed Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen as the new chairperson of the board of the Danish National Research Foundation.

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Ultra red galaxies in the distant universe: The first quiescent galaxies and their hidden progenitors Supervisors: Gabriel B. Brammer and Francesco Valentino

Tetyana Pitik awarded for the best PhD thesis in Danish astronomy 2024

Every year the Instrument Centre for Danish Astrophysics awards a prize for the scientifically most outstanding PhD thesis defended at a Danish university within the field of astronomy and astrophysics. For her work on…

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen receives the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Professor at the section of Physics of Ice and Climate (PICE) at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen has been awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award.

DARK Summer Student Program

Join us in welcoming a diverse group of bright young minds to our summer student program, led by Professor Charles Steinhardt at DARK. This year, we are thrilled to host an inspiring mix of local and international…

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NQCP LIFE We gathered in our backyard at Blegdamsvej to celebrate summer with an evening of classic Danish hotdogs, drinks, and some fun games.

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Towards Minimal Quantum Noise - Conditional broadband quantum noise reduction with negative mass spin oscillators Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eugene S. Polzik

Our 2024 Summer Party

We celebrated summer by gathering for an evening of classic Danish hotdogs, hygge, and some fun games.

NQCP Team Up with NYU to Advance Quantum Material Research

We have embarked on a collaborative effort with New York University’s Center for Quantum Information Physics (CQIP), to develop superconductor and semiconductor materials.

Advancing Quantum Collaboration: From California to Copenhagen

In late May, we at NQCP had the pleasure of hosting a delegation of 11 esteemed quantum researchers from Berkeley Lab in California here in Copenhagen.

Invisible Galaxies, Through a Scientist’s Eyes

Glimpsing into the galaxies of the past: that is the daunting task that students from the University of Copenhagen have undertaken by analysing so-called Lyman-α emission.

James Webb discovers record-distant galaxy, again

With the confirmation of two galaxies seen around 300 million years after the Big Bang, we are now closer than ever before to the epoch of the formation of the first galaxies.

To Infinity and Beyond: A Visit to Caltech

Rodrigo Panosso Macedo was invited to visit Caltech this month, where his research program on a novel geometrical framework and numerical techniques for the field of black hole perturbation theory attracted significant…

Birth of universe’s earliest galaxies observed for first time

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, University of Copenhagen researchers have become the first to see the formation of three of the earliest galaxies in the universe, more than 13 billion years ago. The sensational…

Birth of universe’s earliest galaxies observed for first time

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, University of Copenhagen researchers have become the first to see the formation of three of the earliest galaxies in the universe, more than 13 billion years ago. The sensational…

First results from ESA’s space telescope Euclid

Today, the first scientific studies using data from ESA’s latest space telescope, Euclid, have been released.

Local sea level rise: A question of gravity

This article explains the gravitational effects on local sea level rise - or why ice loss in Antarctica affects sea levels in Europe more than ice loss in Greenland.

Tetyana Pitik receives award for the best PhD thesis in Danish astronomy

Tetyana Pitik receives the 2024 IDA PhD award at the Annual Danish Astronomy Meeting hosted in Roskilde on May 22 and 23, 2024.

Complete Stellar Collapse: unusual star system proves that stars can die quietly

University of Copenhagen astrophysicists help explain a mysterious phenomenon, whereby stars suddenly vanish from the night sky. Their study of an unusual binary star system has resulted in convincing evidence that…

Complete Stellar Collapse: unusual star system proves that stars can die quietly

University of Copenhagen astrophysicists help explain a mysterious phenomenon, whereby stars suddenly vanish from the night sky. Their study of an unusual binary star system has resulted in convincing evidence that…

Tomás Ortín visits Strong

Professor Tomás Ortín from the Instituto de Física Teórica (Madrid) visited Strong in May. Tomas is an expert on gravity, supergravity and string theory. Besides being a collaborator of the group, working with David…

A strong team visits IHES

Recently, two members of the Strong Group, Gregorio Carullo and Marina De Amicis, traveled to the quaint town of Bures-sur-Yvette, near Paris, to visit the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES). The purpose o…

Meet Andreas – New PhD in Algorithms and Applications

Andreas has been at NQCP as a student since the start of the program in 2023. He is now stepping into a new role as a PhD student here at NQCP in our Algorithms and Applications Group.