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Virtual reality will help us in communicating the social benefits of vaccination

Professor Robert Böhm and Associate Professor Guido Makransky from the Department of Psychology have received funding for developing a virtual reality app to communicate herd immunity in vaccine advocacy.

New Professor investigates differential privacy techniques to protect sensitive data

How do we develop solutions that can make useful data analyses without invading privacy? Is it possible to share data on populations that cannot be traced back to individuals?

The University of Copenhagen establishes a dedicated NLP research section

The University of Copenhagen’s Department of Computer Science has become one of the top places for Natural Language Processing research in Europe.

How Earth’s oddest mammal got to be so bizarre

Often considered the world's oddest mammal, Australia’s beaver-like, duck-billed platypus exhibits an array of bizarre characteristics: it lays eggs instead of giving birth to live babies, sweats milk, has venomous spur…

Danish and Chinese tongues taste broccoli and chocolate differently

Two studies from the University of Copenhagen show that Danes aren’t quite as good as Chinese at discerning bitter tastes. The research suggests that this is related to anatomical differences upon the tongues of Danish…

Recognized Cambridge professor joins DIKU: Will help strengthen fundamental research in quantum computation

Glynn Winskel, who joined DIKU as a part-time Professor on 1 October 2020, is conducting research that plays a central role in advanced applications, both for today's and future computers.

Major breakthrough: Copenhagen researchers can now achieve 'quantum advantage'

University of Copenhagen researchers have advanced their quantum technology to such a degree that classical computing technology can no longer keep up. They have developed a chip that, with financial backing, could be…

A record number of PhD students has been enrolled at the Department of Computer Science in 2020

Large demand from the industry and increased attention from foundations have boosted the growth of PhD students in computer science at the University of Copenhagen.

New project will support inclusion of people with hearing loss

With support from THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS, a research project will investigate how to strengthen communities for people with hearing loss by creating good social spaces in schools and workplaces.

Professor: There have always been women in gaming, but they are missing in the story-telling

Did you know that world's first eSports champion was a woman? And that some of the first and most popular computer games were developed by women? DIKU's Professor Pernille Bjørn aims to rewrite the history of gaming by…

New Danish AI tool provides much-needed help to protein scientists across the world

Sorting huge amounts of data is a bottleneck in protein research, a field that is crucial to make use of the gene-editing technology CRISPR and fully understand diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Now,…

Students develop tool to predict the carbon footprint of algorithms

Within the scientific community, it is estimated that artificial intelligence — otherwise meant to serve as a means to effectively combat climate change — will become one of the most egregious CO2 culprits should curren…

Students develop tool to predict the carbon footprint of algorithms

Within the scientific community, it is estimated that artificial intelligence — otherwise meant to serve as a means to effectively combat climate change — will become one of the most egregious CO2 culprits should curren…

Inks containing lead were likely used as drier on ancient Egyptian papyri

Analysing 12 ancient Egyptian papyri fragments with X-ray microscopy, University of Copenhagen researchers were surprised to find previously unknown lead compounds in both red and black inks and suggest they were used…

Inks containing lead were likely used as drier on ancient Egyptian papyri

Analysing 12 ancient Egyptian papyri fragments with X-ray microscopy, University of Copenhagen researchers were surprised to find previously unknown lead compounds in both red and black inks and suggest they were used…

Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara

There are far more trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel than most would expect. A combination of artificial intelligence and detailed satellite imagery allowed a team from the University of Copenhagen and…

Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara

There are far more trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel than most would expect. A combination of artificial intelligence and detailed satellite imagery allowed a team from the University of Copenhagen and…

Coronavirus helper: Danish physicists develop powerful tool to predict the spread of COVID-19

How extensive should a shutdown be when a new COVID outbreak occurs? Should testing capacity be expanded? And at what pace should tracing occur? Physicists from the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute have…

Using Your Smartphone in Class Does Not Affect Your Learning

A large-scale research project among university students reveals that using your mobile phone in the classroom does not affect your learning negatively

New AI system will detect critical heart and lung diseases faster

A new system built on artificial intelligence will help radiologists analyse and prioritize chest X-rays in Denmark. The Innovation Fund Denmark has invested DKK 13.8 million in the project.

New project will crack the code to effective job matching with AI

A new research project will develop a machine learning solution to help companies find the right candidates, in collaboration with Denmark’s largest online recruitment portal, Jobindex.

Researchers awarded with prize for inventory of climate threats to Greenland’s cultural heritage

Researchers from the National Museum of Denmark, the Center for Permafrost (CENPERM) at the University of Copenhagen, and the Greenland National Museum were awarded the European Heritage Prize for their inventory of…

New anthology on cashlessness: Who’s Cashing In?

A new anthology on the cashless society examines the strategies adopted by different people when traditional coins and banknotes rapidly disappear from their daily economic exchanges.

New blog looks at social consequences of a cashless economy

Researchers at the Department of Anthropology have launched a new blog, which discusses the transition to a cashless economy and the impact on the cash-reliant and indebted urban poor.