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New PhageClouds database makes genomic comparisons efficient

New data resource enables more efficient placement of novel phage genomic sequences, drawing together data from a variety of databases and public virome assemblies. This enables easier exploration of phage diversity,…

X-rays will make plant diets of the future more tasty

X-rays can be used to examine the tiniest parts of food and provide us with fresh knowledge about what makes yogurt feel soft and what it takes for chocolate to have just the right snap. According to researchers at the…

Researchers will enlighten us about insurance and pensions

With DKK 45 million (€6M) over the next 12 years, the University of Copenhagen has landed a historically large agreement for additional research and educational programming in the insurance and pension field that will…

Rhino horn consumers reveal why a legal trade alone won’t save rhinos

New study on rhino horn by Vu Hoai Nam Dang, PhD Fellow, Martin Reinhardt Nielsen, Associate Professor, and Jette Bredahl Jacobsen, Professor at Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen.

Satellite images reveal a nexus between war, cropland abandonment and food insecurity in South Sudan

A new study sheds light on a complex interaction of armed conflict, cropland abandonment and implications to food security in war-ravaged South Sudan.

PhD defense by Julien Westhoff

Congratulations to Julien Westhoff at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended his PhD thesis on 21 January 2022, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

UCPH establishes investment company to boost entrepreneurship activities

The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) has established a limited company with the main aim of investing in the University’s own spin-out companies. It is the first time that a Danish university establishes an investment…

Sune Lehmann in the podcast TechProfilen

Sune Lehmann talks about algorithms, Newton, and free will in the new podcast TechProfilen.

Comparing veterinarians’ attitudes to and the potential influence of pet health insurance in Austria, Denmark and the UK

Using an online questionnaire distributed via e-mail, which included a section on health insurance, we investigated the relative number of insured dogs and cats treated by Austrian, Danish and UK veterinarians (N = 636)…

Healthy shopping peaks in January

Year after year, January is the month when we load our shopping baskets with the healthiest foods, according to new data from the University of Copenhagen. Is it because so many New Year's resolution makers are seeking…

Breakthrough of the year

Our team at the Quantum Optics group (QUANTOP) at the Niels Bohr Institute has applied the basic principle behind these achievements for quantum entanglement between very distant and different quantum objects,” says…

Cecillie P. Knudsen

Simulated Mars Environments Supervisors: Uffe Gråae Jørgensen, Morten Bo Madsen, Anders Priemé

Unauthorized practice

Ethical question of the month, October 2021 You attend to a pregnant mare at 8 mo gestation. The mare was bred through live cover to a local stallion. The owner is a client of the practice, but the mare has not been…

Congratulations to Iris Fernandes

Congratulations to Iris Fernandes at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended her PhD thesis on 21 December 2021, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Food scientist wants to create data model for personalised dietary recommendations

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen want to create a personalised dietary profile that knows the individual and can help by saying: Go, stop or reconsider with regards to what you eat and drink.

Super telescope will peer nearly 14 billion years back in time

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen figure prominently in the launch of the enormous James Webb Space Telescope on Friday, December 24. The super telescope can gaze deeper into the universe than has ever been…

Years later, restored wetlands remain a shadow of their old selves

A study of restored wetlands on the Danish island of Funen reveals that plant species richness remains extremely poor many years after wetlands restoration. It is widely assumed that restored wetlands will increase loca…

After thousands of years, an iconic whale confronts a new enemy

The iconic tusked whale of the Arctic has a new enemy – noise. A unique study from the University of Copenhagen and the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources shows that narwhals are highly affected by noise from ship…

Millions for research into green transition on the roads

The Independent Research Fund Denmark has allocated almost 12 million to the project GREENCAR, which will show the way to a green transformation of the car sector.

Yannick Seis

Ultra-Coherent Electro-Mechanics in the Quantum Regime Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Albert Schliesser

Congratulations to Sissal Vágsheyg Erenbjerg

Congratulations to Sissal Vágsheyg Erenbjerg at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended her PhD thesis on 15 December 2021, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

As the first Dane, Professor Mikkel Thorup receives the prestigious Fulkerson Prize

Professor Mikkel Thorup is the first Dane ever to be awarded the prize for finding the solution to a problem that it took him 18 years to figure out.

Katinka Wandall-Christensen

Title: Tau decay mode identification in a liquid argon electromagnetic calorimeter at the FCC-ee Supervisor: Mogens Dam

New phenomenon: Forest mammals eavesdrop on messy monkeys

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered a unique phenomenon among forest mammals – eavesdropping. Their study demonstrates that various animal species depend on one another in more ways than ever…