art 2025.08.18 13 contemporary artists challenge the monument tradition of the University of Copenhagen In August, the University of Copenhagen will open the doors to RECAST, a large group exhibition organised to mark the 150th anniversary of women's admission to university. The exhibition challenges the university's…
PARTICLE PHYSICS 2025.08.15 Intergalactic experiment: Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever trick Physicists use magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe black holes in their search for a particle that has stumped scientists for decades.
Climate change 2025.08.14 Arctic Reindeer Face Drastic Decline By the year 2100, reindeer populations in parts of the Arctic could decline by up to 80 percent. This is the alarming conclusion of a new international study led by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the…
Politics 2025.08.14 How we can improve online political debates With a few adjustments, the quality of online political debates can be significantly improved, according to new research. However, a better tone of debate does not necessarily change people's attitudes, the researchers…
ISOTOPES 2025.08.07 Chemical detective work could be the solution to stolen and repackaged medicine Medicines have a unique chemical fingerprint. Researchers say this knowledge can be used to trace counterfeit or stolen medicine.
Microbiome 2025.08.01 Microbiome breakthrough: Gut bacterium may hold key to future treatments for widespread chronic diseases An international research team led by scientists from the University of Copenhagen has discovered a common gut bacterium that lowers body weight and blood sugar while increasing bone density. The finding could pave the…
Psychology 2025.07.23 Americans prefer a more diverse society A new study challenges the notion that Americans fear ethnic and religious replacement. On the contrary, the majority want a more diverse United States.
Staphylococcus 2025.07.17 Bacteria from cows show promising results in treating MRSA infections New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that signaling molecules from a specific Staphylococcus bacterium can treat MRSA infections as effectively as antibiotics.
ANCIENT DNA 2025.07.09 Large-scale DNA study maps 37,000 years of disease history A new study maps infectious diseases across millennia and offers new insight into how human-animal interactions permanently transformed our health landscape.
Mysterious animals 2025.07.09 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…
Sea Levels 2025.07.03 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…
zoonotic diseases 2025.06.30 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,…