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SODAS part of organizing team bringing IC2S2 to Copenhagen

As part of the consortium bidding to host IC2S2 along with The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) and Technical University of Denmark (DTU), SODAS will contribute to the organization of the 2023 edition of the…

Øyvind Andreas Winton

Title: Scientific machine learning for discovering basal dynamics of Greenland outlet glaciers Supervisors: Aslak Grindsted, Allan P. Engsig-Karup & Sebastian B. Simonsen

Marcela Grcic

Title: The eccentric evolution of circumbinary disks Supervisors: Daniel J. D’Orazio, Martin E. Pessah

Mette Birkedal Bruun speaks at the leadership retreat of the International Association of Privacy Professionals

On 22 June Centre Director Mette Birkedal Bruun gave a lecture in the session Privacy and Faith at the annual leadership retreat of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

New associate professor: We need to make physics more inclusive 

Everyone should have the opportunity to learn, enjoy and be moved by physics, without having to look a certain way to fit in, says new Associate Professor of Didactics of Physics Adrienne Traxler.

The modern dog fights a lonely battle

Separation anxiety and behavioral problems. Veterinary care and malnutrition are no longer the main problems for Danish dogs, as was the case a hundred years ago. On the other hand, our sky-high expectations of them are…

The modern dog fights a lonely battle

Separation anxiety and behavioral problems. Veterinary care and malnutrition are no longer the main problems for Danish dogs, as was the case a hundred years ago. On the other hand, our sky-high expectations of them are…

Daisy 6.32 out on all platforms

See NEWS for a list of changes. Main caveats for existing users when upgrading is that the 'Surface' module is now a component, meaning if you made changes it will suggest you to add an 'original' keywords, and that you…

Shiwen Yang - new PhD student

Transporter identification and characterization

Aske Luja Lehmann Rosted

Title: Energy regression at ATLAS using graph neural networks Supervisor: Troels Christian Petersen

Time to harvest the crops that will make vegan beef better

Ten varieties of oat, peas and faba beans for the AQRIFood project are thriving as the harvest time draws near. The following analysis and processing might reveal qualities in each crop that translate into better taste…

Wildfires affect the greenhouse gas balance of tundra heath ecosystem

New CENPERM study on impact of wildfires published in Global Change Biology

Ethicists’ commentary on obtaining hormones from pregnant mares

Ethical question of the month, May 2022 Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin (PMSG) is used in farmed animal agriculture for the induction and synchronization of ovulation in cattle, pigs and sheep, superovulation in cattle…

Han Lei

Molecular Gas in a Massive Main-sequence Galaxy at z = 3 Supervisors: Georgios Magdis & Francesco Valentino

New Paper on Flood Risk Vulnerability

New scientific paper out on flood risk vulnerability

Shelter use by horses during summer in relation to weather conditions and horsefly (Tabanidae) prevalence

This study investigated use of artificial shelters by 10 horse groups continuously for eight summer week to understand how horses use shelters to provide shade and a refuge from biting insects during summer.

Hanne Rabe - DAAD intern

3 months internship working on beneficial bacteria

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…