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GENETICS

2025.05.09

Eske Willerslev and team link Native American community to their ancestors through ancient DNA

Researchers help the Native American Picuris Pueblo people uncovering their history using ancient…

Bacteria

2025.04.28

Bacteria Use Ancient War Trick to Outsmart Viruses – and It Could Help Us Fight Superbugs

Scientists have discovered a new type of immune defense in E. coli bacteria that turns viral…

STEM CELLS

2025.04.25

Researchers create ‘super stem cells’, seeing potential for improved fertility treatment

The ‘super stem cells’ perform better than regular stem cells, being able to develop into many…

Proteomics

2025.04.23

New research reveals how cancer drugs impact cells at the molecular level

A University of Copenhagen study uncovers intricate details about protein function at the molecular…

Crop farming

2025.04.09

Ancient grain has huge climate potential and could play a key role in Europe’s future

Sorghum is one of the world’s oldest grains and possesses many traits that can benefit food…

Psychology

2025.04.04

Why do we doubt our own abilities when we are good at something?

A new study from the University of Copenhagen and University College London has unraveled why some…

Artificial intelligence

2025.04.01

New national centre to strengthen responsible use of artificial intelligence

As part of its strategic AI initiative, the Danish government has taken a groundbreaking step by…

Evolution

2025.03.27

Major bird study could help us fight the next pandemic

New study uncovers the intricate factors that drive the evolution of genomes.

HEALTHY AGING

2025.03.25

Eat healthy in midlife to increase your chances of a healthy old age

Particularly, a plant-based diet with a low to moderate intake of healthy animal proteins is…

Plastic Pollution

2025.03.21

Core samples from Greenland's seabed provide first historical overview of plastic pollution

By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from…

green transition

2025.03.18

Popular cooking cheese made with peas yields same taste and texture

A significant amount of the milk used in a popular cooking cheese can be substituted with plants,…

Population genetics

2025.03.14

Extensive genetic mapping could significantly impact the treatment of metabolic diseases in Greenland

In the most extensive genetic study of the Greenlandic population to date, researchers from Denmark…

Trees

2025.03.14

What Denmark can learn from Malawi: Trees can benefit health, local economies and climate

Denmark's Green Tripartite Agreement aims to plant trees in an effort to restore nature and reduce…

Study

2025.03.11

Evidence of discrimination does not sway public support for policies

A new study from the University of Copenhagen challenges the effectiveness of information campaigns…

Chaning of the guard

2025.03.06

New Rector at the University of Copenhagen

Henrik C. Wegener has passed the rector chain on to David Dreyer Lassen.

Grant

2025.03.05

Researchers share new knowledge about 'toddlers' with parents and professionals

With support from Nordea-fonden, psychologists at the UCPH will strengthen the social and emotional…

Diet

2025.03.04

New Research: Strong Link Between Western Diet During Pregnancy and ADHD

New research from Denmark reveals that a mother’s diet during pregnancy—characterised by a Western…

FOOD

2025.02.27

VAT adjustments could save 170,000 lives a year in Europe

170,000 deaths a year could be avoided if European countries were to increase value-added tax (VAT)…

Wellbeing

2025.02.25

"Well-being is something we create together"

The Well-being Commission has just presented their long-awaited report. Two members of the…

Philosophy

2025.02.21

Selfhood is a precondition for true community

In his new book Being We, Professor Dan Zahavi shares the results of five years of research into…

Wetlands

2025.02.11

Twenty years on, biodiversity struggles to take root in restored wetlands

While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study from…

Research

Researchers map 7,000-year-old genetic mutation that protects against HIV

Saving the Asian Unicorn – If It Still Exists

Streaming culture creates new digital communities for film fans

Eske Willerslev and team link Native American community to their ancestors through ancient DNA

Bacteria Use Ancient War Trick to Outsmart Viruses – and It Could Help Us Fight Superbugs

Researchers create ‘super stem cells’, seeing potential for improved fertility treatment

New research reveals how cancer drugs impact cells at the molecular level

Ancient grain has huge climate potential and could play a key role in Europe’s future

Why do we doubt our own abilities when we are good at something?

New national centre to strengthen responsible use of artificial intelligence

Major bird study could help us fight the next pandemic

Eat healthy in midlife to increase your chances of a healthy old age

Core samples from Greenland's seabed provide first historical overview of plastic pollution

Popular cooking cheese made with peas yields same taste and texture

Extensive genetic mapping could significantly impact the treatment of metabolic diseases in Greenland

What Denmark can learn from Malawi: Trees can benefit health, local economies and climate

Evidence of discrimination does not sway public support for policies

New Rector at the University of Copenhagen

Researchers share new knowledge about 'toddlers' with parents and professionals

New Research: Strong Link Between Western Diet During Pregnancy and ADHD

VAT adjustments could save 170,000 lives a year in Europe

"Well-being is something we create together"

Selfhood is a precondition for true community

Twenty years on, biodiversity struggles to take root in restored wetlands