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Digital detox as a status symbol: Morten Axel Pedersen and Kristoffer Albris interviewed for Weekendavisen

DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen and Kristoffer Albris have been interviewed for the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen on how digital detox has become a status symbol. The article can be found here

Hoffmann & Husmans Foundation supports Visiting Scientist Program at NBIA

5-year program for Hoffmann & Husmans Foundation Visiting Scientists

Professor Knud J. Jensen has become affiliated with the new Centre for Protein Design

Professor Knud J. Jensen from the Department of Chemistry collaborates with a new state-of-the-art research centre to design AI-based proteins to solve everything from diseases to the climate crisis. #ProteinDesign

Beatriz Martinez Romera appointed as a member of the Danish Climate and Energy Law Association

During professor Ole Hansen’s stay as visiting scholar in Bologna, Beatriz Martinez Romera has been appointed as a member of the Danish Climate and Energy Law Association

New study points to Skagerrak as nursery area for the enigmatic Greenland shark

The Greenland shark – the world's longest-living vertebrate – is most often associated with cold Arctic waters. However, a new international study led by researchers from the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and…

Researchers turn sugar beet pulp into superfood

Researchers from UCPH FOOD have discovered a way to transform the byproduct of sugar production, pulp, into an edible and protein-rich product using fungi and fermentation.

Supercomputer and AI to boost Danish cancer treatment – new project awarded €7 million

With a grant of over €7 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Grand AI Challenge, the AIM@CANCER project will enable researchers to harness the vast amounts of imaging data generated during radiation therapy for…

Level 4, Building 10 at Panum is temporarily closed until October

The entire 4th floor of Building 10 at Panum will remain closed until October due to environmental cleanup and demolition. Some noise disturbances may occur.

Vitor Cardoso receives Simons Foundation grant for strong gravity research

Vitor Cardoso is one of 12 PIs at different institutions, who will receive the support from the Simons Foundation for a collective project on gravity and black hole research.

A more complete expansion for black hole ringdown waveforms

Black hole spectroscopy is the program of measuring how black holes "ring down" to infer their properties, just as we recognize a musical instrument by the sound it makes.

Congratulations to our RASOPTA PhDs

Congratulations to the first of the RASOPTA PhDs.

Old aerial photos give scientists a new tool to predict sea level rise

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have gained unique insight into the mechanisms behind the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves, which are crucial for sea level rise in the Northern Hemisphere. The discovery o…

QMATH at STOC´25

This week two works co-authored by QMATH'ers will be presented at the Symposium on Theory of Computing 2025 (STOC'25), one of the leading conferences in the field of theoretical computer science.

LEAF certification for laboratories at Chemistry

CHEAC labs at the University of Copenhagen have earned LEAF Bronze certification for sustainable actions reducing energy use and CO₂ emissions.

Quantum leap in precision sensing across technologies

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have developed a tunable system that paves the way for more accurate sensing in a variety of technologies, including biomedical diagnostics.

Sound Signals in Computer Chips – Almost Without Signal Loss

Assistant Professor Xiang Xi and Professor Albert Schliesser at the Niels Bohr Institute have managed to get vibrations to travel around a membrane with almost no loss. In fact, so little loss that it is far better than…

Ethicists’ commentary on euthanasia for a healthy companion dog

Ethical question of the month, April 2025 You are presented with a 5-year-old Labrador retriever by owners who are requesting euthanasia because the dog has bitten their granddaughter twice without warning. The owners…

Dangerous Variant of Salmonella Still Not Eradicated

The infectious and multi-resistant cattle disease Salmonella Dublin can be fatal to both humans and animals and causes significant losses for farmers. Although Denmark has attempted to eradicate the disease since 2008,…

Here are the flowers that both bees and humans like best

Botanists from the University of Copenhagen and the UK set out to find the best flower combinations for bees and hoverflies. The results make it easier for garden owners and municipalities, among others, to plant the…

New chemistry teaching material coming to high school!

Free chemistry lessons for high school! New sustainable material ready 1 August at alterkemi.dk - perfect for STX and HTX.

Screen time: Passive and solitary use makes us most dissatisfied

What lies behind our dissatisfaction with our screen use – and why does the dissatisfaction rarely lead to action? A new Danish study sheds light on this.

CLIMA researcher Ana Stella Ebbersmeyer awarded Carlsberg Foundation Internationalisation Fellowship

Dr. Ana Stella Ebbersmeyer has received a Carlsberg Foundation Fellowship for her Arctic cruise tourism law-science project, EMBARC.

New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential

Designed proteins are anticipated to have groundbreaking impact on a range of issues from treating disease to tackling environmental problems. With a DKK 700 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and headed by…

Good deals - bad for the climate: Supermarket volume discounts lead to food waste

A new study reveals an unfortunate effect of supermarkets' popular “2 for 1” offers: Not only do they make us buy more, these offers also lead to food waste at home.