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Quantum Computing Summer Internship at NQCP

Diversity and inclusion The University of Copenhagen is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse working and learning environment. At NQCP, we see diversity as a strength that enhances scientific quality and…

Characterization Engineer NQCP

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP) is establishing a talented and diverse international team to create a cutting-edge quantum programme in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark. At the Niels Bohr…

Shingo Kono wins a Villum Young Investigator grant

Shingo Kono, leader of the Intra- & Inter- connects team at NQCP, has been awarded a Villum Young Investigator grant from the Villum Foundation! This grant, effective March 2026, will enable recruiting two new PhD…

Copenhagen researchers make the front page of Nature: Solving the mystery of the universe's ‘little red dots’

Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) went into operation, red dots in its images have puzzled researchers around the world. Now, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have explained these enigmatic…

Copenhagen researchers make the front page of Nature: Solving the mystery of the universe's ‘little red dots’

Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) went into operation, red dots in its images have puzzled researchers around the world. Now, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have explained these enigmatic…

How Many Ghost Particles All the Milky Way’s Stars Send Towards Earth

Every second, a thousand billion of the elusive ghost particles, the neutrinos, pass straight through your body. Now, astrophysicists from the University of Copenhagen have mapped how many ghost particles all the stars…

How Many Ghost Particles All the Milky Way’s Stars Send Towards Earth

Every second, a trillion of the elusive ghost particles, the neutrinos, pass straight through your body. Now, astrophysicists from the University of Copenhagen have mapped how many ghost particles all the stars in the…

Development History of the Universe is Being Rewritten Based on a Bachelor’s Project from NBI

The largest structures in the universe are galaxy clusters—groups of galaxies held together by gravity. Their developmental history is now being rewritten—thanks to a student’s bachelor project.

Martin Pessah receives a Semper Ardens Accomplish grant from the Carlsberg Foundation

One of the central open problems in gravitational-wave astrophysics is identifying the environments in which black hole binaries form, evolve, and eventually merge to produce the events we detect. This research program…

International collaboration honored with prestigious Into Change Award for uncovering the cosmic origin of heavy elements

Professor Darach Watson of the Cosmic Dawn Center at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, is among six leading European scientists recognized with the inaugural Into Change Award, one of Europe’s largest…

NBI Scientists Contribute to New Eske Kath Artwork for Grønningen 2025 Exhibition

This week, two researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, Assistant Professor Sarah Pearson and affiliated Associate Professor Jácome (Jay) Armas, participated in an inspiring collaboration between art and science.

Sarah Pearson modtager Mindelegat

Sarah Pearson modtager Kirstine Meyers Mindelegat fra Selskabet for Naturlærens Udbredelse (SNU).

New ERC Synergy Project to Pave the Way for Future Photonic Quantum Technology

Researchers from three European universities join forces to develop scalable quantum hardware based on quantum dots.

Business Collaboration: NQCP and the POEM Technology Center

A collaboration between the Niels Bohr Institute and the French RIBER gives Denmark a place in the supply chain when it comes to the microchips of the future.

NQCP and Japan’s Q-STAR advance industry collaboration

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP), based at the Niels Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan’s Quantum STrategic industry…

Alejandro Vigna-Gomez receives a Reintegration Fellowship awarded by the Carlsberg Foundation

Alejandro Vigna-Gomez received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2019 from the Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Birmingham in England. He then joined the Niels Bohr Institute to pursue…

It stays in the family – Villum grant for Susanne and Peter Ditlevsen

Siblings and professors Susanne and Peter Ditlevsen receive Villum Synergy grant to investigate the critical tipping point of AMOC – Atlantic Meridian Overturning Circulation.

Athene Elizabeth Stuart Demuth

Title: Modeling the evolution of crystal orientation fabrics in an Antarctic ice shelf Supervisors: Nicholas Rathmann and Aslak Grinsted

Simulating Nature: A New Quantum Leap in Thermal Physics

Better batteries, cleaner energy and smarter medicine design: This could be the result of a new quantum algorithm that helps computers simulate how materials behave at low temperatures.

The anomalous metal – new light on the strange behavior of quantum fluctuations between competing states of matter

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, steered very thin conductors from superconductivity to insulation – creating an “impossible”, strange state between the two mutually exclusive states.

Kig op i oktober: Dæmonstjernen pulserer i de mørke nætter

Mørke og ikke for kolde nætter giver optimale forhold for stjernekiggere i en oktober, som byder på lidt af hvert.

NQCP Retreat 2025

On the 25th and 26th of September, we had our yearly NQCP Retreat at Helsingør. The NQCP team, including Quantum Foundry, gathered once again at Marienlyst Strandhotel for a two day agenda focusing on covering our…

NQCP celebrates major grant wins driving quantum innovation

r We are excited to share that several researchers at NQCP have recently secured prestigious grants, propelling quantum technology research across multiple…