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Climate Change made heatwave in Asia 30 times more likely

Extreme humid heat in South Asia in April 2023, largely driven by climate change, detrimental to vulnerable and disadvantaged communities

Record-breaking attendance at the IT Career Day 2023

The IT Career Day 2023 saw a record number of students. Many new relationships were created.

Philosophers agree with economists on climate action - but stress ethical considerations

A new study shows that philosophers with expertise on social discounting and intergenerational distribution want to put more emphasis on the conditions of future generations in climate economic calculations.

Promising building blocks for photonic quantum simulators

Deterministic single photon light sources, creating quantum bits at extreme rates and speed are now coupled to specially designed, integrated photonic circuits, capable of processing quantum information with adequate…

VOLT research wins Haldane prize

Our article ”High nitrogen-fixing rates associated with ground-covering mosses in a tropical mountain cloud forest will decrease drastically in a future climate” published in the journal Functional Ecology has won the…

VOLT research wins Haldane prize

Our article ”High nitrogen-fixing rates associated with ground-covering mosses in a tropical mountain cloud forest will decrease drastically in a future climate” published in the journal Functional Ecology has won the…

New Innovation Fund Project

Associate Professor Beatriz Martinez Romera will be part of a new research project co-financed by the Innovation Fund. The project with the full title 'The Danish Model for Citizen Engagement in the Renewable Energy…

Chip to unravel animal-microbiota evolution

New gut-on-a-chip technologies derived from multiple animal host species enables researchers to reveal evolutionary aspects of animal-microbe interactions with unparalleled resolution. Assistant professor and first…

Foodnavigator Europe: Rapeseed cake can be altered to become an alternative protein source, study shows

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton 11-May-2023 - Last updated on 12-May-2023 at 12:45 GMT By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton 11-May-2023 - Last updated on 12-May-2023 at 12:45 GMT Rapeseed is very high in protein. The rapeseed cake…

James Webb’s “too massive” galaxies may be even more massive

The first results from the James Webb Space Telescope have hinted at galaxies so early and so massive that they are in tension with our understanding of the formation of structure in the Universe.

Reaching the next generations

How do we share groundbreaking new technologies and research with the next generation of researchers? The Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics believes that the answer to this question is to share our complex yet highly…

Reaching the next generations

How do we share groundbreaking new technologies and research with the next generation of researchers? The Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics believes that the answer to this question is to share our complex yet highly…

Researchers will increase citizen engagement in the transition towards green energy

How can private corporations and public authorities ensure the engagement of citizens before building plants for green energy production? Researchers from the UCPH have set out to answer this question in a new project.

Vitamin B12 deficiency could become a widespread health challenge

As we focus on changing dietary habits and increasing the supply of plant-based foods, we must ensure that a healthy nutritional profile follows, believes tenure-track assistant professor of dairy microbiology and plant…

Ethicists’ commentary on inappropriate home treatment

Ethical question of the month, October 2022 You are an ambulatory veterinarian who offers occasional service to a remote community. There is a rescue agency in the com- munity that uses the pro bono or deeply discounted…

Leading mathematician wants to solve the riddle of a million quantum particles

One of Europe’s leading mathematicians - Professor Søren Fournais of the University of Copenhagen – is dedicating the next five years to understanding a mysterious quantum phenomenon through extremely complex equations.…

Visit of the Novo Nordisk Foundation

Our research group recently hosted a visit from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Danish innovation to convert nutrients and CO2 from shrimp and fish farming into seaweed

Instead of polluting the sea and contributing to global warming, nutrients and CO2 from land-based shrimp and fish farming will be used to produce sea lettuce – a green protein and valuable high-fiber seaweed species –…

Is it fair? Algorithms and asylum seekers

Europe is experimenting with the application of automated decision-making to manage asylum and migration processes.

Nearby galaxies help astronomers understand distant galaxies

In a newly published study researchers show how the amount of light that escapes from a galaxy is connected to its physical properties. The result has implication for how we interpret observations of galaxies in the…

We are renovating the paths in the Botanical Garden

The paths in the Botanical Garden will be renovated over the next few years. The first stage starts now, and until October 2023 the main entrance at Nørreport will therefore be the only entrance and exit to the garden.

New Joint PhD Scholarships open for application

How do species survive climate change, land use, and other human pressures? Five international scholarships are now open for application.

Science.ku.dk: Researchers close to unleashing rapeseed’s protein power for human consumption

Press release from Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen on DynaMo centers latest research, which was published in Nature.…

Spaghetti-armed egghead strives to move people with facts

Hans Henrik Bruun is an especially active voice of reason in public discourse about the present and future of Danish nature. Whenever engaging, he often greets strong emotions with facts. This year's recipient of…