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Sold-out Black Holes event at Vin & Videnskab

On Wednesday February 25, 2026, Professor Marianne Vestergaard (DARK, Niels Bohr Institute) gave a presentation on supermassive black holes at a sold-out event of Vin & Videnskab, organized by the National Museum of…

Troels Harmark Discusses Art and Science at the Opening of Black Hole Artwork at ARoS

On March 6, 2026, artist Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm debuted her new interactive art installation “A black hole calling us” at the ARoS art museum in Aarhus which also inaugurated the new art square outside the museum.

Contact: CoG Meets ET

CoG group leaders represented the scientific front of gravitational wave physics at a danish delegation to the Einstein Telescope (March 2–3, 2026), joined by politicians, ambassadors and fellow scientists from around…

PhD course: Fish as experimental animals 2026

This course functions as an add on for fish to FELASA. Please distribute this flyer to relevant colleges or join the course yourself.

A Night at Brorfelde Observatory

Assistant professor Sarah Pearson (DARK, NBI) recently visited Brorfelde Observatory with Politiken’s science editor Lasse Foghsgaard.

Ethicists’ commentary on ethical responsibility of veterinarians

Ethical question of the month, December 2025 You are a solo practitioner working in an outlying community who primarily services companion animals. You have skills and interest in equine work and have been approached by…

Juno Chan Successfully Defends his Thesis

On 27 February, Juno Chan successfully defended his PhD thesis at the Niels Bohr Institute. His dissertation, From Searches to Inference: Towards the Discovery of Lensed Gravitational Waves, explores how gravitational…

Kathrine Mørch Groth receives a Villum International Postdoc grant to create an overview of neutrino sources in the Universe

Grant awarded for research project: Mapping the sources of neutrinos – the mysterious particles that bombard us without us ever noticing.

Hypersonic Weapons and International Law

Hypersonic weapons are becoming an increasingly prioritized capability among technologically advanced states. With their high speeds and manoeuvrability hypersonic technologies challenge the status quo.

James Webb finds surprisingly mature galaxies in early cosmic megastructure

Danish astronomy student leads new research: Some of the heaviest galaxy groups in the universe have evolved faster than expected.

Jose Ezquiaga receives the Lars Kann-Rasmussen Prize 2026

Associate Professor Jose Ezquiaga from Center of Gravity receives the Lars Kann-Rasmussen Prize 2026

New CMS Background Paper: Hypersonic Weapons and International Law

Hypersonic weapons are becoming an increasingly prioritized capability among technological advanced states, due to their high speeds and manoeuverability.

Newsletter volume 1

First newsletter from the ENSAFE group.

BendixLab on Biophysical Society’s 2026 Annual Meeting with “Physics of Living Interfaces”

BendixLab (University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute) has been featured at the Biophysical Society’s 70th Annual Meeting (BPS2026) in San Francisco, held February 21–25 at the Moscone Center, where +6000 of…

How horses whinny: Whistling while singing

A horse’s whinny is an unusually distinctive mix of sounds including both high and low frequencies. Researchers from Department of Biology demonstrate how horses produce high-frequency sounds that defy their large size…

Marie-Curie Skłodowska fellowship to explore how early embryos fuel their first days of life

Dr. Johanna Gassler from the Żylicz Group has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to uncover what is happening inside the 'black box' of early embryo development.

New book rethinks science education for young learners

New book on science education places students’ direct experiences with nature at the forefront.

Ny bog gentænker naturfaget for de yngste elever

Ny bog gentænker skolens naturfag og sætter elevernes naturoplevelser i centrum.

Plants in Permafrost Get Unexpected Help as the Arctic Warms

A new climate warming experiment shows that mosses and their bacteria can supply Arctic plants with extra nitrogen as temperatures rise – helping ecosystems stay productive in a warming world.

Intestinal structure drives cell maturation

New collaborative study from the Jensen Group and Professor Matthias P. Lütolf’s Group published in Cell Stem Cell, reveals that tissue architecture can actively instruct how cells develop and function.

How to improve the performance of qubits: super-fast fluctuation detection achieved at NBI

Research at NBI pushes the detection speed of changes in qubits 100 times faster than previously possible, revealing previously invisible changes.

Sex change in the aquarium: Three cuckoo wrasse fish are undergoing a spectacular transformation

There were wide eyes and professional excitement among the Øresund Aquarium's animal keepers and marine biologists when they recently looked into one of the aquarium's tanks.

Sex change in the aquarium: Three cuckoo wrasse fish are undergoing a spectacular transformation

There were wide eyes and professional excitement among the Øresund Aquarium's animal keepers and marine biologists when they recently looked into one of the aquarium's tanks.

New knowledge about Northern Europe's radiator: Volcanic eruptions in the past may have pushed ocean current towards collapse

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age may have triggered sudden climate change by disrupting the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), causing…