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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…

Researchers develop AI tool to combat coronavirus variants of the future

A new AI tool makes it possible to predict the structure of proteins faster, which is crucial for developing vaccines against coronavirus variants of the future. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Evaxion…

Researchers develop AI tool to combat coronavirus variants of the future

A new AI tool makes it possible to predict the structure of proteins faster, which is crucial for developing vaccines against coronavirus variants of the future. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Evaxion…

A novel way of investigating star-forming gas in the early Universe

Combining observations of exploding stars and observations of galaxies, astronomers at the Cosmic Dawn Center have found a novel way to estimate the amount of the otherwise invisible, cold gas in some of the first…

Alexander Friisnæs

Measurements of δ15N and δ 40Ar of NEEM air with oxygen removal from a perovskite membrane Supervisor: Thomas Blunier

Tigers end their days in high-pressure cookers

Thousands of tigers, bred on farms like pigs and raised in basements, end up in high-pressure cookers, where their bones are dissolved and transformed into traditional medicine. University of Copenhagen researchers are…

Colleague suspected of illegal behavior

Ethical question of the month, September 2021 You provide regular 1 day per week locum services to a solo small animal veterinarian. You receive a call from the Registrar of the provincial veterinary regulator. With no…

Buyuan Luo

Title: Selection Rules of a simple model of a Quantum Dot Supervisor: Anders Søndberg Sørensen

Michael D. Hansen

Stratigraphy and origin of geologic units in Jezero crater, Mars Supervisor: Kjartan M. Kinch

Research project will crack the code behind green neighbourhood communities

With support from THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS, new research anchored at the Department of Anthropology will examine how to create green neighbouring communities in housing associations.

New algorithm could save lives: Predicts COVID-related intensive care unit resource use

A new algorithm can predict how many patients will need intensive COVID-related healthcare. This is valuable knowledge when it comes to prioritising caregivers and ventilators in individual hospitals. The innovation…

New grant from VELUX FONDEN – Fighting food waste

From 2022 till 2025 CIP will be part of an interdisciplinary research project on food waste funded by VELUX FONDEN’s HUMpraxis programme.

One in five galaxies in the early universe could still be hidden behind cosmic dust

Astronomers at the University of Copenhagen’s Cosmic Dawn Center have discovered two previously invisible galaxies billions of light-years away. Their discovery suggests that up to one in five such distant galaxies…

One in five galaxies in the early universe could still be hidden behind cosmic dust

Astronomers at the University of Copenhagen’s Cosmic Dawn Center have discovered two previously invisible galaxies billions of light-years away. Their discovery suggests that up to one in five such distant galaxies…

We prefer farmed salmon – as long as we don't know what we're eating

A blind taste test by University of Copenhagen researchers demonstrates that Danes prefer the taste of both conventionally and organically farmed smoked salmon over wild-caught salmon. However, the picture is turned…

Science StoriesDK: Podcast on Plants Secret Life and Future Crops

In this Science Stories Podcast Head of DynaMo Professor Barbara Ann Halkier talk about her research in plants and sustainable agriculture. The interviewer is Journalist, Jens Degrett. Link to podcast