RESEARCH
2021.05.06
Researchers find the secret behind maintaining a healthy weight loss
In the world's most recognized medical journal, Danish researchers now document how to effectively…
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awards
2021.05.05
Elite Researcher 2021: "I find solutions for problems that we don't even have yet."
Chemist Gemma Solomon is an explorer in the world of molecules, where among billions of molecules,…
Cancer
2021.05.04
Using personalized medicine to avoid resistance to leukemia treatment
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is an aggressive cancer type that mostly affects children. The…
Disease prevention
2021.04.28
New metabolism regulating method: Could improve prostate cancer and high cholesterol treatments
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method that makes it possible to…
Big Data
2021.04.27
Big Brother isn’t always as clever as we think
New research questions the value of digital surveillance and big data. Sometimes traditional and…
Coronavirus
2021.04.22
Brazilian coronavirus variant likely to be more transmissible and able to evade immunity
A new study with the University of Copenhagen represented indicates that the coronavirus variant…
Biology
2021.04.19
Beetles that pee themselves to death could be tomorrow’s pest control
Various beetle species have gobbled through grain stores and weakened food production worldwide…
The nervous system
2021.04.16
Tiny fruit flies give researchers new insights into the ‘highway of the nerve cells’
In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have gained new insights into how…
FARMING
2021.04.16
New invention can reduce agricultural pesticide use: Distinguishes harmful insects from helpful ones
A researcher from the University of Copenhagen has developed an algorithm that, in tandem with a…
CLIMATE
2021.04.15
Researchers examine which trees are movable when climate change evicts them from their original habitats
University of Copenhagen researchers have studied more than 100 oak trees from a variety of…
archaeology
2021.04.14
Ancient DNA hints at diverse Stone Age traditions of kinship
An international team of researchers have used ancient genomes, 22 new genomes from Aşıklı Höyük an…
Geography
2021.04.12
Thawing permafrost cools Arctic currents: This might affect fish stocks
A new study by a University of Copenhagen researcher finds that thawing permafrost in Alaska causes…
Food and economics
2021.04.08
Brexit will have less financial impact on Danish seafood industry and employment than feared
New calculations from the University of Copenhagen demonstrate that Britain's adieu to the EU will…
PSYCHOLOGY
2021.04.07
Our personality traits explain how we perceive and react to COVID-19
Both Danes and Germans with prosocial personality traits are more likely to follow health…
Artificial intelligence
2021.04.07
Leading American researcher and DKK 350 million will take Danish artificial intelligence research to new heights
A new pioneer centre for artificial intelligence research is expected to open in Copenhagen at the…
rewilding
2021.04.06
Letting nature manage itself may lead to the least costs - but EU subsidies remain an obstacle
Nature management through rewilding can be significantly more cost-effective than by traditional…
The Universe
2021.03.31
New study sews doubt about the composition of 70 percent of our universe
Researchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of dark…
carbon footprint
2021.03.29
Climate labeling reduces our CO2 footprint
Climate labels informing us of a meat product’s carbon footprint cause many people to opt for…
Health
2021.03.25
We need to rethink the healthcare sector
The conference on chronic conditions at the UCPH revealed a growing interest in the everyday lives…
FORESTS
2021.03.25
New documentation: Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated
The claim that old-growth forests play a significant role in climate mitigation, based upon the…
Essential tremor
2021.03.18
Medical cannabis can reduce essential tremor by turning on overlooked cells in the central nervous system
Medical cannabis can reduce essential tremor in mice. By injecting a specific synthetic cannabinoid…
CLIMATE
2021.03.16
Researchers discover intact plant fossils beneath Greenland’s ice sheet for the first time
For the first time ever, researchers have found fossils under Greenland's ice sheet that are so…
AGRICULTURE
2021.03.15
LITTLE NINJA protein helps crops grow more side shoots
A tiny, newly discovered protein can regulate how tall grass species like wheat, barley and rice…
Extension
2021.03.11
Rector to continue to 2025
Henrik C. Wegener’s name will remain on the door to his rector office at the University of…
algorithms
2021.03.10
Danish computer scientist has developed a superb algorithm for finding the shortest route
One of the most classic algorithmic problems deals with calculating the shortest path between two…
Dinosaurs
2021.03.09
An epic walk: 15 million years needed for dinosaurs to get from South America to Greenland
For the first time, two researchers—one from the University of Copenhagen and the other from…
Dissemination Award:
2021.03.09
Award-winning professor writes forgotten women into the history books
Women sent the first computer into space and programmed some of the 1970’s most iconic computer…
Coronavirus
2021.03.08
Covid-19 vaccine candidate based on UCPH-research ready for testing on humans
A COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed at the University of Copenhagen has just been approved for…
Technology
2021.03.08
How robotics will affect humanity and nature in the future
How will robotic technologies impact wildlife? Will self-driving cars create more or less urban…
Women’s day
2021.03.07
8 March, 8 women, 8 research results
We celebrate the past year’s publications, projects and research results from women researchers at…
PLANT BIOLOGY
2021.03.04
Researchers discover how to control zinc content in plants: Could help the world’s malnourished
Over 2 billion people worldwide are malnourished due to zinc deficiency. Led by the University of…
egyptology
2021.02.26
Ancient Egyptian manual reveals new details about mummification
Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, University of Copenhagen…
Conference
2021.02.24
UCPH gathers medical anthropologists for a conference on chronic conditions
With close to 500 participants, the Chronic Living conference on 4-6 March will be one of the…
Low mobility
2021.02.24
Educational mobility on the decline in Denmark
In 20 years, the impact of parental background on children’s education has increased significantly,…
space research
2021.02.18
Are we alone? UCPH researchers hold their breath ahead of Mars landing
Traces of prehistoric life will be the ultimate goal as the NASA rover Perseverance lands on Mars…
Water worlds
2021.02.18
The Milky Way may be swarming with planets with oceans and continents like here on Earth
According to a new study from the University of Copenhagen, Earth, Venus and Mars were created from…
Survey
2021.02.17
Every fifth Dane wants to put immigrants with COVID-19 back in the hospital queue
According to a new survey, up to one in five Danes would prioritise hospital beds for COVID-19…
Cultural and natural heritage
2021.02.17
Danish research institutions join the leading European network of cultural heritage
Led by researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Danish research institutions and museums now…
Biobank
2021.02.16
Skin tissue samples from 3,000 patients to give researchers new insights into psoriasis and eczema
Herlev and Gentofte Hospital together with the University of Copenhagen establish a new research…
EDUCATION IN CHANGE
2021.02.10
Olivia creates value for one of the world's largest advisory services firm
Anthropology student Olivia is writing her thesis in collaboration with PwC, one of the world's…
education
2021.02.09
The wars in Former Yugoslavia continue in the classroom
According to the Education Act, schools in the ethnically divided Bosnia and Herzegovina must teach…
sustainability goals
2021.02.09
Green acceleration: Climate footprint to be reduced by half
The University of Copenhagen’s ambitious new sustainability goals are to halve its climate and…
climate
2021.02.09
Arctic permafrost releases more CO2 than once believed
There may be greater CO2 emissions associated with thawing Arctic permafrost than ever imagined. An…
Misdiagnosis
2021.02.09
Researchers develop algorithm to find possible misdiagnosis
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed an algorithm that can identify patient…
Food waste
2021.02.08
Food waste researcher: We must learn that brown fruit isn’t bad fruit
We tend to avoid choosing apples with brown spots, assuming that they taste bad. But if we are to…
Dental health
2021.02.05
Periodontitis increases the risk of bacteria in donor blood
New research from the University of Copenhagen shows an increased risk of bacterial contamination i…
DATALOGI
2021.02.05
Computer can determine whether you’ll die from COVID
Using patient data, artificial intelligence can make a 90 percent accurate assessment of whether a…
evolution
2021.02.04
We’re more like primitive fishes than once believed
People traditionally think that lungs and limbs are key innovations that came with the vertebrate…
Education
2021.02.04
New unit at UCPH to put focus on research into children and education
New funding from the Ministry of Children and Education will enable researchers from across the…
Food science
2021.02.04
Sweden ahead of Denmark in the public sector organic food race
Sweden takes first, Denmark second and Norway lags at the bottom when it comes to how much organic…
Education in Change
2021.02.04
Ida from Deloitte brings practice into teaching
As an external Faculty of Law lecturer, Ida is an important source of knowledge for her students to…
climate
2021.02.02
Misguided sense of balance exacerbates climate scepticism
Many of us may have inadvertently contributed to the growing climate scepticism of recent years, a…
appointment
2021.01.29
Kirsten Busch Nielsen to continue as dean at the Faculty of Humanities
After eight months as acting dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Kirsten Busch Nielsen has been…
DEMOCRACY
2021.01.29
The struggle for recognition: The liberal world order is eroded from both within and without
New research conludes that replacing Donald Trump with Joe Biden does not take us back to the…
plant science
2021.01.28
Wood formation can now be followed in real-time - and possibly serve the climate and builders of tomorrow
A genetic engineering method makes it possible to observe how woody cell walls are built in plants.…
Villages
2021.01.28
New report: Villages should spur their own development
A new report from the University of Copenhagen suggests that there should be a focus on what…
Education in Change
2021.01.27
Tanya teaches detectives to decode threats
Education at UCPH is not only long, coherent degree programmes, but also continuing education for…
TASTE
2021.01.27
New study: Which beverages burst with umami potential?
In a new and first of its kind study, University of Copenhagen researchers study fermented beverage…
VIRTUAL REALITY
2021.01.22
Virtual reality will help us in communicating the social benefits of vaccination
Professor Robert Böhm and Associate Professor Guido Makransky from the Department of Psychology hav…
Corona virus
2021.01.19
Loneliness hits young people harder during lockdown
People under 30 and people with a history of mental illness experience the highest levels of…
insects
2021.01.19
Aphids suck: Invasive aphid found on Danish apple trees
The spirea aphid, Aphis spiraecola, an invasive pest, has been discovered for the first time in…
ENVIRONMENT
2021.01.12
Your organic waste will be upcycled to fertilise fields
Researchers behind a major EU project will develop technologies that make it easier to convert…
evolution
2021.01.06
How Earth’s oddest mammal got to be so bizarre
Often considered the world's oddest mammal, Australia’s beaver-like, duck-billed platypus exhibits…
solving climate changes
2021.01.05
We want people to choose green
A call for applications sparked off a conversation around the dining table in a dorm, which quickly…
FOOD SCIENCE
2021.01.05
Danish and Chinese tongues taste broccoli and chocolate differently
Two studies from the University of Copenhagen show that Danes aren’t quite as good as Chinese at…
Forests
2020.12.22
Droughts, viruses and road networks: Trends that will impact our forests
A new UCPH study assembled an array of experts to highlight major trends that will impact the…
Coronavirus
2020.12.18
COVID-19 exposes and amplifies inequalities for refugees and migrants
The COVID-19 crisis has affected the entire world. A new report from the World Health Organization…
CLIMATE
2020.12.10
Can an abundant green mineral solve our climate crisis? Exploring the power of Olivine
Olivine has an astonishing ability to sequester atmospheric CO2 whenever it is expelled from Earth'…
Quantum physics
2020.12.09
Major breakthrough: Copenhagen researchers can now achieve 'quantum advantage'
University of Copenhagen researchers have advanced their quantum technology to such a degree that…
Education
2020.12.08
Researchers: Drop the notion that more hours spent studying guarantees higher educational quality
Several Danish universities have a financial incentive to ensure that their students spend a great…
Food habits
2020.12.07
New research questions myth of the elderly widower: of course grandpa cooks
The assumption that an elderly widower can hardly boil an egg simply doesn't stand according to a…
algorithms
2020.12.07
The ever-elusive riddle: What's the best way to cut Christmas cookies?
At some point in life, most people have stood over a rolled-out slab of cookie dough and pondered…
Diabetes
2020.12.03
Better diabetes treatment: New insulin molecule can self-regulate blood sugar
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and biotech firm Gubra have developed a new insulin…
Diagnosing
2020.12.01
New diagnostic model to help speed up treatment of children with cancer
Researchers at Rigshospitalet and the Department of Anthropology have developed a new diagnostic…
Mesopotamian medicine
2020.11.30
New book provides rare insights into a Mesopotamian medical practitioner’s education
2,700 years ago, a man called Kisir-Ashur practiced medicine and magic in the Assyrian city of Assu…
Climate
2020.11.26
Satellite images confirm uneven impact of climate change
University of Copenhagen researchers have been following vegetation trends across the planet's…
SAPERE AUDE
2020.11.20
Sapere Aude Grant for research into the connection between religiosity and wealth
Associate Professor Jeanet Sinding Bentzen from the Department of Economics has received the…
MOBILITY
2020.11.19
Researchers put human mobility into new formula
Researchers at DTU and the University of Copenhagen have developed a model that provides new…
Microbiology
2020.11.19
Bed dust microorganisms may boost children's health
In the most extensive study of its kind, researchers from the University of Copenhagen, in…
IMPACT
2020.11.18
Behavioural research impacted corona-stricken Rome
Two researchers from the Department of Economics have received a letter of thanks from the Mayor of…
Food science
2020.11.18
The timeless, complimentary taste of oysters and champagne—explained
Matching prices aren’t the only reason oysters and champagne pair so well. According to a study…
microbiology
2020.11.13
Skewed gut flora is one cause of asthma among children delivered by C-section
For the first time, it has been shown that asthma in children delivered by caesarean section is…
EVOLUTION
2020.11.12
Giant study reveals the evolution of birds from dinosaurs to present day
Researchers from University of Copenhagen and partner institutions are in the midst of mapping the…
PLANT BIOLOGY
2020.11.10
From rooftop dweller to vigorous globetrotter: Researchers discover the secret of how moss spreads
University of Copenhagen researchers have discovered how mosses became one of our planet’s most…
Student well-being
2020.11.09
Five recommendations to strengthen student well-being at UCPH
New recommendations, a general definition of student well-being and future projects to promote…
PLANETS
2020.11.06
Researchers present wild theory: Water may be naturally occurring on all rocky planets
Based on new research, researchers from the University of Copenhagen believe it may emerge in…
artificial intelligence
2020.11.03
New Danish AI tool provides much-needed help to protein scientists across the world
Sorting huge amounts of data is a bottleneck in protein research, a field that is crucial to make…
artificial intelligence
2020.11.03
Students develop tool to predict the carbon footprint of algorithms
Within the scientific community, it is estimated that artificial intelligence — otherwise meant to…
Animals
2020.11.02
Ants are skilled farmers: They have solved a problem that we humans have yet to
Ants have been farmers for tens of millions of years and successfully solved a riddle that we human…
Coronavirus
2020.10.30
New COVID-19 Research to Identify the Most Vulnerable Groups and Consequences for Pregnant Women
Research at the University of Copenhagen will investigate which groups are most vulnerable to…
Statins
2020.10.28
Muscle Pain and Energy-Rich Blood: Cholesterol Medicine Affects the Organs Differently
Contrary to expectation, treatment with statins has a different effect on blood cells than on muscl…
Technology
2020.10.28
Researchers take a stand on algorithm design for job centers: Landing a job isn't always the right goal
Algorithms that assess the risk of citizens becoming unemployed are currently being tested in a…
3D images
2020.10.26
New method developed by computer scientists provides sharper 3D images of cells
Researchers have found a method to correct a certain type of biological images and make the…
Food science
2020.10.26
60,000 tons of pig blood could be a new source of sustainable food
University of Copenhagen researchers have pioneered a method to transform pig blood into a neutral…
Animals
2020.10.26
Surprised researchers: Number of leopards in northern China on the rise
Most of the world’s leopards are endangered and generally, the number of these shy and stunning cat…
egyptology
2020.10.26
Inks containing lead were likely used as drier on ancient Egyptian papyri
Analysing 12 ancient Egyptian papyri fragments with X-ray microscopy, University of Copenhagen…
Cancer
2020.10.22
Researchers solve long-standing ‘protein paradox’ and suggest way to exploit cancer weakness
Researchers from UCPH have discovered how MCM proteins protect the human cells against DNA…
TREES
2020.10.20
Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara
There are far more trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel than most would expect. A combination…
Fossils
2020.10.15
A deadly long-distance hunter: DNA study reveals new insights about the scimitar-toothed cat
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a…
Geology
2020.10.14
Volcanic eruptions may explain Denmark’s giant mystery crystals
Researchers have long been stumped for an explanation of how tens of millions of years-old giant…
Dementia
2020.10.08
Healthy lifestyle cuts the risk of dementia in half
New research shows that a healthy cardiovascular lifestyle almost cuts the risk of age-related…
Epilepsy
2020.10.07
Study identifies brain cells most affected by epilepsy and new targets for their treatment
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified new potential drug targets for…
Sustainable diet
2020.10.05
Sprat, mollusks and algae: What a diet of the future might look like
Rethinking what we eat is essential if we hope to nourish ourselves sustainably and mind the…
New Prorector
2020.09.30
Professor of social data is appointed Prorector
Professor David Dreyer Lassen will take up a new position as Prorector at the University of…
CLIMATE
2020.09.25
Study delivers new knowledge about what causes thunderstorms and cloud bursts
Thunderstorms often provoke violent cloud bursts that can result in devastating flooding. But what…
Sonning Prize
2020.09.24
Belarusian Nobel Prize winner receives the Sonning Prize
The 2021 Sonning Prize goes to the Belarusian author and dissident Svetlana Alexievich. She is…
Quantum physics
2020.09.23
Tomorrow’s pharmaceuticals could be discovered by quantum simulators
Trial and error define today’s approach to developing new pharmaceutical drugs. But with their…
Chemistry
2020.09.23
Chemist uses CO2 to convert seawater into drinking water
A University of Copenhagen chemist has invented a cutting-edge green technology that uses CO2 to…
Coronavirus
2020.09.22
Coronavirus Uses Heparan Sulfate to Get Inside Cells
New research from the University of California and the University of Copenhagen into COVID-19…
Human ancestors
2020.09.17
Did our early ancestors boil their food in hot springs?
Scientists have found evidence of hot springs near sites where ancient hominids settled, long befor…
Diabetes
2020.09.17
The Hormone Glucagon May be a Warning Light for Diabetes
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen are introducing a new biological concept in the fight…
Vikings
2020.09.16
Blonde Scandinavians or well-travelled Southern Europeans? New research busts myths about Vikings
New research from the University of Copenhagen show that Viking genomes contain lots of genes from…
Bacteria
2020.09.15
Tiny protein motor fuels bacterial movement
The ability to move is key for bacteria like some strains of salmonella and E. coli to efficiently…
Precision medicine
2020.09.15
Biomarker reveals how aggressive biliary tract cancer is in patients
PRECISION MEDICINE Researchers from University of Copenhagen and Herlev and Gentofte Hospital have…
Norms & Behavior
2020.09.14
Uncertain expectations beget stinginess and selfishness
The less we know about what is expected of us in a given situation, the more likely we are to act…
Wildlife
2020.09.10
The surprising rhythms of Leopards: Females are early birds, males are nocturnal
After 10 months of camera surveillance in the Tanzanian rainforest, researchers from the University…
Refugees
2020.09.09
Refugee Children in Sweden Do Better in School than Refugee Children in Denmark
Refugee children arriving in the Nordic countries at a late school age achieve better school result…
Coronavirus
2020.09.08
Top researcher and British COVID-19 key expert joins UCPH from Imperial College
The English researcher and disease-modeling expert Dr. Samir Bhatt will soon join University of…
FOOD CULTURE
2020.09.07
Mold now associated with food quality
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied a range of perceptions among Danes about…
Teaching
2020.09.04
Lecturer takes laptops and smart phones away and musters student presence
Danish university lecturer experiments with banning screens in discussion lessons. In a new study, …
Computer science
2020.08.22
New study: Eyes linger less on 'fake news' headlines
A new study from the University of Copenhagen and Aalborg University reports that people spend a…
CLIMATE
2020.08.21
Proven: Historical climate changes occurred simultaneously in several parts of the world
A new study published by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and partner institutions has…
Pets
2020.08.19
Bad behaviour isn’t what leads dog and cat owners to relinquish their pets
Bad behaviour isn’t what leads dog and cat owners to relinquish their little Fido or Daisy to the…
Premature death
2020.08.18
Study of One Million Danish Children: Childhood Adversity Increases the Risk of Early Death
Social adversity in early childhood appears to be a significant risk factor for death in early…
Skin Immunology
2020.08.18
Danish Oxford Researcher Returns Home to UCPH
The Danish researcher Mads Gyrd-Hansen will soon be exchanging Oxford University for the University…
Climate
2020.08.10
New study warns: We have underestimated the pace at which the Arctic is melting
Arctic sea ice is melting more quickly than once assumed. Today’s climate models have yet to…
Technology
2020.08.04
Fitness watches generate useful information, but increase patient anxiety
How does measuring our sleep, exercise and heart rates using various apps and fitness watches affec…
CRISPR
2020.07.29
Researchers map mechanisms in the largest CRISPR system
The largest and most complex CRISPR system has been visualized by researchers from the University o…
Food
2020.07.24
“I only had one french fry”: New method will shield food studies from untruthful answers
A great deal of food research hinges upon the honesty of participants in relation to what they say…
Ancient DNA
2020.07.23
Researchers Find Evidence of Smallpox in the Viking Age
The fatal disease smallpox is older and more widespread than scientists so far have proved. A new…
Ancient DNA
2020.07.22
Stone tools move back the arrival of humans in America thousands of years
Findings of stone tools move back the first immigration of humans to America at least 15,000 years.…
Dental health
2020.07.16
Global Report: Significant Difference in Dental Health and Need for Prevention
Access to preventive dental care depends very much on where in the world you live. New research fro…
Technology
2020.07.16
The electronic monitoring of fishermen ensures that cod aren’t tossed overboard
The remote electronic monitoring of fishermen generally has more advantages than disadvantages,…
Chemistry
2020.07.13
The secret of line-dried laundry’s fresh scent
When atmospheric chemistry researchers began to wonder why laundry dried outside smells so good,…
Archeology
2020.07.13
Thousands of urns await: New test shows that the cremated remains of prehistoric humans can be traced
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, the National Museum of Denmark and the University of…
Genetics
2020.07.09
Alliance of Scientists Wants to Understand the Gene Mechanisms behind the Major Common Diseases
The international alliance of scientists ICDA is publishing its recommendations as to what science…
Award
2020.07.07
Diabetes Researcher and Young Talents Receive Awards
This year, three researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of…
insects
2020.07.06
Bug doctors to the rescue
The first batch of insect veterinarians is set to be trained at the University of Copenhagen. This…
DEFORESTATION
2020.07.03
Danish soy and palm oil imports account for 7 million tonnes of CO2 emissions every year
A new report released by University of Copenhagen researchers indicates that Danish soybean and pal…
Coronavirus
2020.07.01
Major antibody trial will determine whether the immune system remembers the coronavirus
A new research project at the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet will investigate the…
Mathematics
2020.06.30
Coronavirus family tree can reveal new transmission chains
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have used unconventional methods to identify coronaviru…
SUCCESS
2020.06.30
Green initiatives reduce CO2 emissions by 70 percent
Since 2006, the University of Copenhagen has reduced its CO2 emissions from energy consumption and…
Sledge dogs
2020.06.25
Sledge dogs are closely related to 9,500-year-old ‘ancient dog’
Sledge dogs are much older and have adapted to Arctic conditions much earlier than previously…
Study
2020.06.25
The Covid-19 lockdown caused young people to strengthen close relationships
Young students have not only learned to live with the lockdown during the corona epidemic. A new…
Grant
2020.06.25
Professors receive grants to investigate genetic diagnostics and cancers
Two research projects from the University of Copenhagen have received a grant from the Innovation…
Bevilling
2020.06.25
New course will teach secondary school students about archaeology and proteins
Forskere fra Københavns Universitet har udviklet et tværfagligt forløb til gymnasieelever, som…
Coronavirus
2020.06.18
COVID-19 May Have Consequences for Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be adversely affecting mental health. This is shown in a new revie…
Proteins
2020.06.17
Earth’s Species Have More in Common than Previously Believed
In the largest mapping of proteins ever to be conducted across different species, researchers have…
PLANT BIOLOGY
2020.06.16
Newly discovered plant gene could boost phosphorus intake
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered an important gene in plants that coul…
Architecture
2020.06.15
Researchers: Homes of North Zealand’s elite are most likely to be preserved
Since 1945, the vast majority of historically preserved dwellings in Denmark are architect-designed…
CORONA CRISIS
2020.06.15
New research reveals what made Danes stay home, and what didn't
In a new study at the Department of Economics, researchers have shown how recommendations to…
Diabetes
2020.06.15
GLP-1-Based Treatment of Diabetes Does not Cause Pancreatitis
The commonly used treatment for type 2 diabetes and obesity, GLP-1, does not cause pancreatitis. Th…
PLANT BIOLOGY
2020.06.12
Researchers discover what’s behind nature’s largest erection - which is not that big
In the plant kingdom, the sexual organ of a male pollen grain grows up to a thousand times its own…
Coronavirus
2020.06.11
Danish Antibody Test Shows with Great Accuracy Whether People Have Been Infected with Covid-19
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet and Novo Nordisk have developed two…
astrophysics
2020.06.11
Astronomical discovery: How novae light up the sky
Astronomers have long believed that the bright light of novae comes from thermo-nuclear explosions.…
Coronavirus
2020.06.09
Vaccine against coronavirus passes tests in mice
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen are working on a vaccine against COVID-19. The vaccin…
Evolution
2020.06.09
A viral infection is most likely to thank for our ability to store long-term memories
Millions of years ago, the organism that evolved to become us humans was infected with a viral…
Ancient DNA
2020.06.04
Ancient DNA provides new insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean
According to a new study by an international team of researchers from the Caribbean, Europe and…
Bird migration
2020.05.28
Cuckoo chicks have an innate GPS
By moving young cuckoos 1800 kilometres away from the nest in which they hatched, researchers from…
New study
2020.05.28
Three out of four international students have experienced anxiety during the corona crisis
Many international students at the University of Copenhagen have struggled with isolation,…
Behind the research
2020.05.28
The Skin – the body's largest organ and defence system
Vitamins, pigment, touch. Our skin is a vital organ with many functions. Perhaps most importantly,…
brain
2020.05.26
Unique insight into the development of the human brain: Researchers produce a model of the early embryonic brain
Stem cell researchers from the University of Copenhagen have designed a model of an early embryonic…
NEW FUNDING GRANTS
2020.05.19
DKK 10.5 million for three new research ideas
The Independent Research Fund Denmark supports three new research projects at the Faculty of Social…
Online meetings
2020.05.18
Do you also suffer from Zoom fatigue?
After a long day of online meetings and classes, many people feel tired and exhausted. And with goo…
new species
2020.05.18
Bizarre new species discovered... on Twitter
A new species of fungus has been discovered via Twitter and christened accordingly — Troglomyces…
economy
2020.05.18
Ambitious EU climate efforts could increase greenhouse gas emissions in the rest of the world
The more the EU economy succeeds in dialing down greenhouse gas emissions, the more the rest of the…
Greenhouse gas
2020.05.14
Researchers go cuckoo: Antarctic penguins release an extreme amount of laughing gas
In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that penguins in…
Coronavirus
2020.05.14
Physicians and Biologists: Destruction of Nature and Climate Change May Increase the Risk of Pandemics Such as COVID-19
Devastation of ecosystems and climate change appear to affect how often viruses jump from animals t…
Geology
2020.05.13
Violent rivers of meltwater may have carved Greenland's 'Grand Canyon'
Rapid climate change and enormous amounts of ice and meltwater may have excavated a nearly…
Technology
2020.05.12
3D breakthrough: Now anyone can print an interactive model of the brain
A new method developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen allows anyone to print…
Cell division
2020.05.12
Researchers find protein that helps cancer cells to survive
In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered two important…
Movement
2020.05.11
Researchers Find the 'Brain’s Steering Wheel' in the Brainstem of Mice
Neuroscientists from the University of Copenhagen have found neurons in the brain that control how…
PLANT BIOLOGY
2020.05.08
Researchers: Mature forests cannot be relied upon to absorb our extra CO2
An international team of researchers, University of Copenhagen researchers among them, has found ne…
Gut bacteria
2020.05.06
Cholesterol lowering drugs – statins – are linked to improved gut bacteria composition in obese people
Obese Europeans who are treated with cholesterol lowering drugs have a more healthy gut bacteria…
Coronavirus
2020.05.06
License agreement speeds up work on COVID-19 vaccine
A spinout company from University of Copenhagen enters into a license agreement with the company…
gut flora
2020.05.01
Viruses from poo can help combat obesity and diabetes
Faecal transplants are currently used to treat certain types of antibiotic-resistant diarrhoea and…
Chronic pain
2020.04.30
Researchers are developing potential treatment for chronic pain
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a new way to treat chronic pain which…
anxiety
2020.04.30
How to deal with anxiety and worries in corona times
For many students suffering from anxiety, the corona crisis is of great significance. But as a…
Sustainable energy
2020.04.30
Enormous potential: Deep groundwater could heat half of Denmark
A sea of untapped potential lies deep beneath Denmark. Hot groundwater can be used to cover up to…
agriculture
2020.04.28
Crops sown in a uniform spatial pattern produce higher yields and reduce environmental impact
Higher yields and fewer weeds are possible if farmers sow wheat, maize, soy and other crops in more…
Corona crisis
2020.04.27
Five pieces of advice for teachers giving online lectures
A large number of teachers and instructors are struggling to optimise their digital instruction…
Coronavirus
2020.04.24
UCPH Researchers Agree on Future Production of Vaccine Against COVID-19
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen are working at full throttle to develop a vaccine…
Diabetes
2020.04.22
Obesity is a critical risk factor for type 2 diabetes, regardless of genetics
Obesity increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by at least six times, regardless of…
Ageing
2020.04.22
Stress sensor in cells delays ageing
The ageing process of cells is an interaction between cell stress and stress response. This is…
Quantum physics
2020.04.22
Quantum research unifies two ideas offering an alternative route to topological superconductivity
Researchers from University of Copenhagen have discovered a new way of developing topological…
food
2020.04.21
Handheld gadget detects food poisoning twice as fast and 200 times cheaper
Identifying a source of food poisoning typically requires days to weeks. Now, researchers from the…
Spasticity
2020.04.16
Researchers Discover Treatment for Spasticity in Mice, Following Spinal Cord Injuries
In experiments with mice, researchers have studied neuronal mechanisms and found a way to by and…
Start-up
2020.04.15
Student start-up will offer microbreweries cheap high-end quality control
The start-up company BIRanalyzers is creating a new system for monitoring the quality of beer. It i…
Astronomy
2020.04.15
Researchers have found the queen of supernovas: Shines brighter than any previous
Astronomers from the University of Copenhagen, among others, have discovered the queen of all…
Ocean Research
2020.04.14
Danish and Icelandic Ocean Research Center opens at UCPH
New ocean research center opens at the University of Copenhagen with support from the Carlsberg…
CLIMATE FRIENDLY FOODS
2020.04.08
Healthy climate news: Fava beans could replace soy
The end of soy as a protein substitute? Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found a wa…
Coronavirus
2020.04.07
Three New UCPH Projects Receive Funding from the Government to Fight COVID-19
The government has allocated another DKK 100 million for research and development in the fight…
corona virus
2020.04.02
Artificial intelligence to predict corona-patients' risk of needing ventilators
Experts at the University of Copenhagen have begun using artificial intelligence to create computer…
Pregnancy
2020.04.02
Researchers Discover How the Genes Start up in the Beginning of Life
New study shows that a particular enzyme plays a special role when the genetic machinery has to be…
Prize
2020.04.02
Prominent Researcher Receives Queen Margrethe II's Science Award
The award is presented by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters and this year goes to…
mathematics
2020.04.02
Coronavirus overview: Here’s the app you were looking for
Three University of Copenhagen PhD students have developed an interactive app that, among other…
Evolution
2020.04.01
Oldest ever human genetic evidence clarifies dispute over our ancestors
Genetic information from an 800.000-year-old human fossil has been retrieved for the first time. Th…
Pain
2020.04.01
Researchers gain new insights into pain signaling in the brain
Researchers have mapped how a neuropeptide binds to a brain receptor involved in causing human pain…
2020.03.30
Danish COVID-19 measures are consistent with EU free trade rules
Based on a 2019 academic article, Professor Morten Broberg concludes that the Danish COVID-19…
economy
2020.03.27
Expert: Coronavirus pandemic will not trigger a food crisis
The coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to provoke a food crisis according to a food economics expert…
Paracetamol
2020.03.25
Health researchers find solution to life-threatening side effect
Through studies of rats, researchers from the University of Copenhagen may have found the reason…
CRISPR
2020.03.24
Research breakthrough: Humans are not the first to repurpose CRISPR
We humans are far from the first to exploit the benefits of CRISPR. Groundbreaking research at the…
archaeology
2020.03.23
Paper on early agriculture’s impact on human lifestyle awarded prestigious prize
Together with an international team of researchers, University of Copenhagen archaeologist Scott…
Depression
2020.03.20
New drug can ease the sideeffects of medication against severe depression
Today, severe depressions require a high dose of antidepressants. However, the high dose may also…
COVID-19 FUNDING
2020.03.19
UCPH researchers to be part of team studying our social behavior during the Covid-19 epidemic
As a direct result of the spread of the Corona virus and the acute health crisis in Denmark and the…
Coronavirus
2020.03.19
Partnership receives grants of DKK 25m from the Carlsberg Foundation to fight corona
The Carlsberg Foundation awards a Semper Ardens grant to researchers from UCPH, AU, RH and SSI for…
Virus
2020.03.12
Virologists monitor which coronaviruses that occur in Danish animals
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Statens Serum Institut (SSI) have mapped the…
geology
2020.03.11
Terrestrial riddle solved: We now know where our oceans came from
One of planet Earth’s great riddles has been clarified. We now have proof of the origin of our…
Covid-19
2020.03.11
Coronavirus: Measures for students, staff and visitors to the University of Copenhagen
Stay updated on the measures taken by the University in connection with the prevention of corona…
Transporter
2020.03.06
Neuroscientists discover new structure of important protein in the brain
A novel structure of a so-called 'neurotransmitter: sodium symporter’ has been mapped at the…
Food science
2020.03.05
The composition of urine is related to economic status
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shown that the diets of the wealthy and people i…
biodiversity
2020.03.03
Illegal wildlife trade in the US: Bears and crocodiles are popular - ivory and tiger skins are on the wane
More than ever, American buyers are on the hunt for illegal wildlife and wild animal parts. Researc…
Cells
2020.02.28
DNA discovery can lead to new types of cancer drugs
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered that our cells replicate their DNA…
TRAVEL POLICY
2020.02.27
Less air travel is to ensure a greener university
In future, employees and managers from the University of Copenhagen must think green when they…
Cosmos
2020.02.20
The Earth formed much faster than previously thought
By measuring iron isotopes, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shown that our plane…
FACE BLINDNESS
2020.02.19
Scientists pinpoint brain coordinates for face blindness
Danish and Norwegian researchers have moved one step closer to understanding where face blindness…
computer science
2020.02.12
Size does matter: People with longer thumbs mistype on their phones more often
People with long thumbs have a tougher time hitting the right phone keys. According to a recent…
Bacteria
2020.02.12
Right beneath the skin we all have the same bacteria
In the dermis skin layer, the same bacteria are found across age and gender. This has been shown by…
Sustainable soy
2020.02.11
New report: The vast majority of Danish soya imports threaten rainforests
A new report from the University of Copenhagen demonstrates that conventionally grown soya accounts…
Dementia
2020.02.11
Taller young men may have lower dementia risk
Being taller in young adulthood is associated with a lower risk of developing dementia in men, even…
Cancer mutations
2020.02.05
Global study maps cancer mutations in large catalogue
Mutations in 38 different types of cancer have been mapped by means of whole genome analysis by an…
cancer research
2020.02.05
29-year-old Danish physicist helps pioneering Harvard researchers understand cancer
Danish physicist Mathias Heltberg of the University of Copenhagen, together with world-leading…
Stroke
2020.01.31
Brain ‘Suffocates’ in Its Own Fluid After a Stroke
The glymphatic system, which normally washes away waste and accumulated proteins from the brain,…
eating behaviour
2020.01.29
Using games to get kids to eat more fruits and vegetables
Board games, card games and even computer games can be used to get children to eat more fruits and…
global development
2020.01.29
Historical inequalities and uncertain land tenure systems create problems in protected areas of Patagonia
Systematic repression through harassment, violence and bureaucracy. This is how families experience…
Research Award
2020.01.23
Professor receives award for research in human evolution
Professor Rasmus Nielsen from University of Copenhagen reveals humanity's past and evolution throug…
Genetics
2020.01.21
Zebrafish teach researchers more about atrial fibrillation
Genetic research in zebrafish at the University of Copenhagen has surprised the researchers behind…
Circulation
2020.01.20
Researcher discovers previously rejected function in the brain’s blood vessels
Contrary to previous belief, a neuroscientist from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences has…
air pollution
2020.01.20
New discovery about harmful particles: "We have found a fundamental shortcoming in air pollution models"
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered a surprising phenomenon in a process…
Genetics
2020.01.16
A sea monster’s genome
The giant squid is an elusive giant, but its secrets are about to be revealed. A new study led by…
Reading
2020.01.13
Finding the time to read has never been easy
Book historian Tina Lupton’s comparative study of reading habits in the 18th century and modern day…
Machine learning
2020.01.02
Intelligent alarm to help doctors predict heart attacks
University of Copenhagen researchers are in the process of testing a new alarm that helps Danish…
assyriology
2019.12.20
Researcher discovers terrifying epilepsy demon on 2,700-year-old clay tablet
A 2,700-year-old cuneiform tablet from ancient Iraq describing medical treatments has suddenly…
SCHOLARS AT RISK
2019.12.20
The University of Copenhagen supports doomed Chinese scholar
In a letter to the Chinese president, the Rector of the University of Copenhagen supports the doome…
Forestry
2019.12.19
A sustainable future for Danish Christmas trees – with fewer fallen needles
A milder climate now makes it possible to cultivate noble fir for Christmas trees in Denmark. The…
Ancient DNA
2019.12.17
Ancient “Chewing Gum” Yields Insights into People and Bacteria of the Past
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome…
Dilemma
2019.12.16
Electronic pills can improve our health but create ethical and legal challenges
In the future, the medication you take will not only be a matter between you and your doctor. Pills…
archaeology
2019.12.13
Rare find: human teeth used as jewellery in Turkey 8,500 years ago
At a prehistoric archaeological site in Turkey, researchers have discovered two 8,500-year-old huma…
European milestone
2019.12.11
University of Copenhagen matches Oxford and Cambridge
The EU framework programme for research has so far invested just under DKK 2 billion in research at…
ERC grant
2019.12.10
New research project will tell the entangled history of the Lesser Antilles
In history books, the islands of the eastern Caribbean, the Lesser Antilles, are described as small…
RESEARCH FUNDING
2019.12.10
Mapping the digital impact of interest groups on politicians and the public
Professor of Political Science Anne Rasmussen is set to receive a DKK 15 million ERC Consolidator…
Biotechnologi
2019.12.05
A chewing gum to help women get pregnant
A team of University of Copenhagen students is developing a chewing gum that can accurately predict…
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
2019.12.04
290 new start-ups open every year
Researchers, students and new graduates from the University of Copenhagen set up an average of 290…
Zebrafish
2019.12.03
Researchers map the formation of ducts connecting digestive organs in zebrafish
A specialised system of ducts transports bile and enzymes from the liver and pancreas to the…
Research Award
2019.12.03
Professor Carsten Rahbek Receives Award for Research into Earth’s Biodiversity
This year, the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs’ annual research award within natural science…
Board
2019.12.03
Merete Eldrup is the new chair of the Board of the University of Copenhagen – three external board members have also been appointed.
Former CEO of TV 2 Danmark is the new chair of the Board of the University of Copenhagen with effec…
Enzymes
2019.11.27
Vital ingredient in everything from washing detergents to pharmaceuticals: Researchers finally grasp the work week of enzymes
Scientists have found a novel way of monitoring individual enzymes as they chomp through fat. The…
Dissemination Award 2019:
2019.11.22
Star communicator: A Facebook thread spawned one of my best research articles
Somewhat unconventionally, the SCIENCE Dissemination Award 2019 goes to a researcher with a sizeabl…
Meat
2019.11.19
8 out of 10 Danes not ready to do completely without meat on the plate
A new University of Copenhagen study reports that the vast majority of Danes prefer a combination o…
Sapere Aude Grant
2019.11.19
Sapere Aude Grants for Research in the Arctic, Bacteria and DNA Damage
Three researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, the University of Copenhagen, ar…
Evolution
2019.11.13
Extinct giant ape directly linked to the living orangutan
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in reconstructing the evolutionary…
Pesticides
2019.11.13
The University of Copenhagen prevents over-the-counter pesticide suicides
The man in the photo has willingly been drinking liquid pesticides in a desperate suicide attempt…
Gastronomic research
2019.11.12
Knowledge of the origin of the food makes it taste better
Food we are familiar with tastes the best, but if we know where the food comes from and how it is…
Climate research:
2019.11.11
Climate change resulting in bigger and more destructive hurricanes in the USA
During the last 100 years hurricanes have become more frequent and more destructive, new research…
Cosmos
2019.11.11
Danish Health Research Becomes Part of the International Space Station
The European Space Agency (ESA) has just signed a contract for DKK 7.75 million for the development…
Circadian Rhythm
2019.11.08
Stress hormone helps control the circadian rhythm of brain cells
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shown how the brain's circadian rhythm in rats…
Geography
2019.11.06
Soviet collapse saved the atmosphere from 7 billion tonnes of CO2
Besides the prompting major economic and social changes, the collapse of the Soviet Union also…
chemistry
2019.11.04
Breakthrough: Researchers find the key to making fluorescent silver
A fluorescent blend of silver and DNA could help us better understand diseases. University of…
Pregnancy
2019.10.30
How are psychiatric disorders linked to infections during pregnancy?
Severe infections during pregnancy have been connected to a range of psychiatric disorders by…
Proteins
2019.10.28
Researchers Find ‘Protein-Scaffolding’ for Repairing DNA Damage
At the University of Copenhagen, researchers have discovered how some types of proteins stabilize…
Fat
2019.10.25
Brown and white body fat speak different languages
Most adults have two types of body fat: white and brown. New research from the University of…
astrophysics
2019.10.23
The final piece in the puzzle of the origin of the elements
The first unequivocal evidence of where the heaviest elements were forged has now been found by a…
mathematics
2019.10.23
World leading mathematicians to solve mysteries at the interface of geometry and topology
An array of fundamental and unanswered questions in mathematics lie at the intersection of geometry…
Green chemistry
2019.10.23
New center to replace oil and gas with sustainable chemistry
The chemical industry requires new technologies as they phase out oil and gas in the years ahead.…
DATA SCIENCE
2019.10.22
New technology to prevent future IT flops in the public sector
University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a new technology to help public agencies and…
Microbiology
2019.10.10
Friendly bacteria collaborate to survive
New microbial research at the University of Copenhagen suggests that 'survival of the friendliest'…
Fertility
2019.10.09
Researchers are finding molecular mechanisms behind women’s biological clock
Throughout life, women's natural fertility curve goes up and down, and in a new study led by the…
activism
2019.10.04
Chinese activists protest the use of traditional treatments - they want medical science
In China, traditional Chinese medicine has the same status in the health system as modern medical…
CHANGE OF GUARD
2019.10.04
New dean at the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen
Katrine Krogh Andersen will be the new dean at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Science.…
awards
2019.10.04
Tech researchers honoured for making knowledge available to society
This year’s three SCIENCE Business Prizes were awarded to a start-up that improves enzymes, a…
Sustainability
2019.09.24
UN Researchers: Sustainable Development Goals Only Achievable Through Cross-Disciplinary Research
It is not possible to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDG) if science does not contribut…
Bacteria
2019.09.24
New discoveries map out CRISPR-Cas defence systems in bacteria
For the first time ever, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have mapped how bacterial cell…
Genetics
2019.09.20
New insight as to how cells maintain their identity
In the body's cells, some proteins are of vital importance as to which genes are active or turned…
Neurology
2019.09.19
Neurological signals from the spinal cord surprise scientists
With a study of the network between nerve and muscle cells in turtles, researchers from the…
dogs
2019.09.18
Overweight Danes are more likely to have overweight dogs according to new research
A new study from the University of Copenhagen reports that the prevalence of overweight dogs is…
condensed matter physics
2019.09.16
Quantum Alchemy: Researchers use laser light to transform metal into magnet
Pioneering physicists from the University of Copenhagen and Nanyang Technological University in…
Biodiversity
2019.09.13
Why is Earth so biologically diverse? Mountains hold the answer
Life on Earth is amazingly diverse, and exhibits striking geographical global patterns in…
Children
2019.09.13
Children of Refugees with PTSD are at Higher Risk of Developing Psychiatric Disorders
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied what it means for children to have…
The walrus
2019.09.13
Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement
An international collaboration of scientists in Iceland, Denmark and the Netherlands has for the…
Mathematics
2019.09.09
The ever-winning lottery ticket: Mathematicians solve a dusty mystery
After years of work, University of Copenhagen mathematics researchers have answered a mysterious…
Climate
2019.09.06
Results of an eight-year climate experiment: Danish heath vegetation increases CO2 uptake as atmospheric concentration rises
In a unique experiment, researchers from the University of Copenhagen, DTU and Aarhus University…
Early aging
2019.09.05
Repeated Periods of Poverty Accelerate the Ageing Process
People who have found themselves below the relative poverty threshold four or more times in their…
Fibrillation
2019.09.05
International Cooperation Brings Heart Research into Gallop
Together, researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Adelaide in Australia…
Exhibition
2019.09.04
Danish museum wins international award
The Medical Museion in Copenhagen, Denmark, has won the prestigious UMAC Award for the museum’s…
Grant
2019.09.03
Researchers to map the social mobility of siblings
The European Research Council has awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant worth DKK 11 million,…
Grant
2019.09.02
Major grant strengthens leading Danish position in protein research
Since its inauguration in 2009, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research has placed…
Innovation
2019.08.29
UCPH-spinout receives support for development of cancer-drug
The biotech company ADCendo ApS, a spinout-company from the Biotech Research and Innovation Centre…
Plants
2019.08.28
New method reveals whether your potato is organic or not
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new approach that helps public agencie…
machine learning
2019.08.27
Women are beautiful, men rational
Men are typically described by words that refer to behavior, while adjectives ascribed to women ten…
Blockchain
2019.08.23
The Technology Behind Bitcoin May Improve the Medications of the Future
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a prototype of an app that may…
Forskning
2019.08.16
New research could provide better food and faster analysis of blood tests
Forskere fra Institut for Fødevarevidenskab på Københavns Universitet har fundet ud af, hvordan man…
regulation of blood sugar
2019.08.10
Reduction of carbohydrate intake improves type 2 diabetics’ ability to regulate blood sugar
Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate their blood sugar levels if they ea…
Tremor
2019.08.08
Brain Researchers Invent an Affordable Smartphone Measurement for Testing of Medications
Brain researchers from the University of Copenhagen have invented an inexpensive method to measure…
PLANTS
2019.08.06
Houseplants ability to survive drought can provide useful knowledge for the climate change era
It has long been known that some plants tolerate drought better than others. As some of the first t…
Stem Cells
2019.07.30
Stem Cell Research Sheds New Light on the Skin
For the first time, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied and outlined the…
Antibiotics
2019.07.25
Antibiotics Can Inhibit Skin Lymphoma
New research from the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center at the University of Copenhage…
CONSUSSION
2019.07.09
A concussion can cost your job - especially for the young and well educated
According to a large new study a seemingly harmless concussion can cause the loss of a job -…
Blood pressure
2019.07.02
Carbohydrate in the Heart Seems to Help Regulate Blood Pressure
New research suggests that a particular type of carbohydrate plays an important role in regulating…
New professor
2019.07.01
Newly appointed professor is playing a significant role in the artificial intelligence revolution
In 2018, Christina Lioma became leader of the Machine Learning research section at the Department o…
NEW HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
2019.07.01
From research and foreign policy in Oslo to UCPH Political Science
With 25 years of experience in research and as a political advisor, Norwegian senior researcher Nin…
Collaboration
2019.06.26
The 4EU+ Alliance is selected as a pilot ‘European University’
The 4EU+ Alliance is among the consortia selected for funding in the first pilot ‘European…
education
2019.06.26
The wild jobs of mathematicians: cyber threat detection, computer game design and billion figure investing
Many mathematicians have unsuspecting jobs. Some ward off cyber-attacks, others juggle billions. Th…
BRIC
2019.06.26
Professor Anders H. Lund is the new Director of BRIC
The new director of BRIC, University of Copenhagen, are starting July 1 this year. The new director…
CLIMATE
2019.06.25
Climate change is already affecting food production worldwide
Research from the University of Copenhagen shows that crops around the world are already affected b…
global research
2019.06.21
University of Copenhagen’s Amanda Hammar elected President of AEGIS
Head of the Centre of African Studies at University of Copenhagen, Amanda Hammar, looks forward to…
hybrid animals
2019.06.20
Danish researchers confirm that narwhals and belugas can interbreed
A team of University of Copenhagen researchers has compiled the first and only evidence that…
Management
2019.06.19
Wanted: A new chairperson and two new members of the Board of the University of Copenhagen
From 1 January 2020, the University Board needs three new external members, including a new…
2019.06.17
Danish researchers unravel how toxic almonds became edible
After more than 12 years of work, researchers can now reveal that only a single change in a gene ha…
agriculture
2019.06.14
UCPH researchers on hunt for sustainable super crop recipe
Smarter food production is becoming an imperative as the world's population swells and climate…
Metabolism
2019.06.13
Exercise may have different effects in the Morning and Evening
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have learned that the effect of exercise may differ…
Climate change
2019.06.03
New center at the University of Copenhagen to predict climate tipping points
Current climate models are unable to predict sudden and violent changes to climate, known as tippin…
Initiative
2019.05.30
New institute to describe the diversity of humans and the Earth
Through research into the origins of life and the Earth, the distribution and genetic diversity of…
Artificial intelligence
2019.05.29
Tempted to cheat on a written exam? Artificial intelligence is 90 percent certain to nab you
Combining big data with artificial intelligence has allowed University of Copenhagen researchers to…
Education
2019.05.27
New Professional Master’s Degree Programme in Neurorehabilitation Will Strengthen Practitioners
The University of Copenhagen is introducing a new professional master’s degree programme in…
Health Data
2019.05.24
New Algorithm Uses Disease History to Predict Intensive Care Patients’ Chances of Survival
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet have used data on more than 230,00…
Fainting
2019.05.16
Research Team Identifies the First Gene that Increases the Risk of Fainting
Fainting is not solely caused by external factors. Your genes also play a part. This has recently…
ROYAL RECOGNITION
2019.05.13
Crown Princess Mary awards two Australian exchange students
On 13 May, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary gave out the Crown Princess Mary Scholarship to…
DNA-SCIENCE
2019.05.10
Uncovering a 5000-year-old family tragedy
An international team, lead by researchers from the universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus, has shed…
Scholars at risk
2019.05.09
Rector supports imprisoned researcher and human rights activist
The Rector of the University of Copenhagen supports the Saudi Arabian historian and human rights…
Vaccine
2019.05.03
Needleless vaccine will protect children from dangerous viruses
Orally administered vaccine can protect millions from hepatitis B. Oral vaccines are both safer and…
genetics
2019.05.02
The narwhal’s surprising survival strategy: a million years of extremely low genetic diversity
University of Copenhagen researchers have mapped a West Greenlandic narwhal's genetic family histor…
GMO
2019.04.24
Risk and unnaturalness cannot justify EU’s strict policy on GMO
The EU’s policy on GMO is extremely strict and prevents new GMO crops from being authorized. The…
QUANTUM PHYSICS
2019.04.23
Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists
University of Copenhagen researchers have developed a nanocomponent that emits light particles…
BIODIVERSITY
2019.04.04
New research about biodiversity accumulation in deep time reveals the importance of climate on today’s abundance of life
Natural history museum paleontologists in Copenhagen and Helsinki have succeeded in mapping…
GRANTS
2019.04.03
Millions rain on four University of Copenhagen professors
How do we halt the loss of biodiversity on our planet? How will quantum physics and quantum…
ETHICS
2019.04.03
Key role for Denmark in major European project on responsible conduct of studies and research
A lack of awareness among youth and increasing pressure on the individual researcher in the world o…
Microbiome
2019.04.02
Researchers establish global microbial signatures for colorectal cancer
Patients with colorectal cancer have the same consistent changes in the gut bacteria across…
Recognition
2019.03.29
Three UCPH researchers receive the EU's most prestigious research grant
Researchers from three different faculties at the University of Copenhagen earn the European…
Sleep
2019.03.15
New Proof that Narcolepsy Is an Autoimmune Disease
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered autoreactive cells in persons…
Grants
2019.03.14
Five Projects with the Participation of UCPH Researchers Receive Innovation Fund Denmark Funding
Innovation Fund Denmark has awarded just under DKK 72 million to five different research projects…
Stem cells
2019.03.13
Discovery of how organs form helps stem cell researchers in their quest to develop future treatments of diabetes and cancer
In a new study, researchers at the University of Copenhagen show that the development of a certain…
Differences in diagnoses
2019.03.10
Study: Across Diseases, Women Are Diagnosed Later Than Men
When considering all diseases, there are big differences between the course of men’s and women's…
HONORARY AWARD:
2019.03.08
Research Talent: Artists and researchers see the world from new angles
As a youth, Kirsten Marie Ørnsbjerg Jensen imagined studying art history or playing classical music…
Energy
2019.03.05
Discovering the next generation of catalysts
The use of solar and wind energy must be doubled to meet the world's demand for clean energy over…
Collaboration
2019.02.28
University alliance will create European programmes
The University of Copenhagen is joining the university alliance 4EU+, which is to educate Europeans…
TREES
2019.02.27
Study: Mature trees weakened and saplings lost due to drought
Up to 100 percent of newly planted trees in Danish forests were lost as a result of last year’s…
DNA
2019.02.25
Researchers Discover ’Chromosome Scanner’ that Protects Against Cancer
In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified one of the main…
Skin research
2019.02.21
World’s First Skin Atlas to See the Light of Day
On Monday, the new ambitious skin research center at the University of Copenhagen will be officiall…
counterfeit goods
2019.02.20
New weapon to combat counterfeit goods: use your smartphone to check for fake merchandise
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have invented a chemical fingerprint that, when used…
Scholars at Risk
2019.02.20
Universities strengthen efforts for academic freedom
Six Danish universities, including the University of Copenhagen, have opened a Danish branch of th…
Master's Degree
2019.02.20
Successful Collaboration Strengthens the Recruitment of Doctors for Region Zealand
Students of medicine at the University of Copenhagen have given the new module of the study…
Liver Diseases
2019.02.15
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen Join Large EU Research Project on Liver Diseases
Together with 21 other universities, companies and organisations across Europe, the University of…
Klima
2019.02.12
Melting ice sheet transports sand worth billions
Ny forskning viser, at den fortsat stigende afsmeltning fra Grønlands indlandsis fører til enorme…
Geography
2019.02.11
CO2’s silver lining fades away: Agriculture makes Earth seem greener
Judging by satellite imagery, our planet has become greener. Until now, this was thought to be the…
COLLABORATION
2019.02.07
New collaboration will improve quality and sustainability of food and agricultural production
A new strategic agreement between the University of Copenhagen and the analytics company FOSS will…
islamic studies
2019.02.06
Forgotten Islamic literary tradition uncovered in the Horn of Africa
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have spent the last five years identifying and…
Democracy
2019.02.06
No strategy behind Denmark’s military engagement – we follow the United States
It is very much government officials, ministers and the Danish Defence that stage the political…
CHANGE OF GUARD
2019.02.05
New dean is to strengthen research and education at the Faculty of Social Sciences
Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen will be the new dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. He comes from a…
DATA SCIENCE
2019.02.01
Danish researchers behind AI driven customer support in a class of its own
In just one year, researchers from the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Computer Science…
Research Award
2019.02.01
Industrial Researcher Prize Goes to Research into Food Supplements for Foals
As part of her PhD project at the University of Copenhagen Frederikke Lindenberg developed a food…
Exhibition
2019.01.31
New Exhibition Communicates the History of Reading and Writing Blindly
How do you read and write when you cannot see? Medical Museion explores this question in the new…
EVOLUTION
2019.01.30
Fifteen-thousand-year friendship between hound and human under the microscope
It is often remarked that 'dogs look like their owners'. Might there be more to the assertion than…
Insulin
2019.01.25
Researchers Discover Key Protein in the Production of Insulin
The crucial hormone insulin needs help acquiring the right structure. A protein that assists in the…
Ruling
2019.01.18
The District Court has ruled in favour of the University of Copenhagen in doctoral degree dispute
The University of Copenhagen now has the Court's word that the revocation of Milena Penkowa’s…
Frog eggs
2019.01.17
Frog Eggs Help Researchers Understand Repair of DNA Damages
The DNA replication process, which takes place every time a cell divides, also triggers repair of…
Immune system
2019.01.15
Chaos in the body tunes up your immune system
Chaos in bodily regulation can optimize our immune system according to a recent discovery made by…
archaeology
2019.01.15
11,500-year-old animal bones in Jordan suggest early dogs helped humans hunt
11,500 years ago in what is now northeast Jordan, people began to live alongside dogs and may also…
Behind the research
2019.01.14
Proteins – the Cells’ Workhorses
Even though we give diet advice, write training guides and print labels on convenience goods based…
Malaria
2019.01.10
Danish Malaria Vaccine Passes Test in Humans
A vaccine against fatal pregnancy malaria shows promising results in the first tests in humans. The…
VIRTUAL REALITY
2019.01.08
In VR boys learn best when the teacher is a drone - girls learn better from virtual Marie
The teacher is just as important in a virtual learning environment as in a normal classroom, but a…
DATA SCIENCE
2019.01.08
Artificial Intelligence helps dyslexics read
Free software from the University of Copenhagen simplifies difficult texts for people with dyslexia…
RESEARCH
2019.01.07
Danish economics behind one of 2018s major research results
Your lifestyle is formed to a great extent by the health and disease among your relatives, and this…
Talent
2018.12.21
Young research talents to be nudged out of their comfort zone
The University of Copenhagen is launching UCPH Forward, a new talent development programme offering…
Hungtington's disease
2018.12.21
Study: The Brain's Support Cells Show Defective Development in Huntington’s Disease
The neurological disorder Huntington’s disease causes behavioural and motor changes, which among…
Computerome 2.0
2018.12.20
New supercomputer puts Denmark in life science's top league
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) invest in a new…
Cell Division
2018.12.14
Folate deficiency Creates Hitherto Unknown Problems in Connection with Cell Division
Folate deficiency creates more problems in connection with DNA replication than researchers had…
Prostate Cancer
2018.12.11
Researchers Use Computer Model to Predict Prostate Cancer Progression
An international team of cancer researchers from Denmark and Germany have used cancer patient data…
Prize
2018.12.07
Genome and Microbiota Researcher Receives the Niels A. Lassen Award
This year Professor Oluf Borbye Pedersen receives the Niels A. Lassen Foundation’s honorary award…
EQUAL PAY
2018.12.06
Wage transparency works
New research shows that wage transparancy reduces gender pay gap by 7%.
grants
2018.12.06
Support for a fresh generation of original research talent
Six SCIENCE researchers, driven by original ideas and a desire for leadership, receive roughly six…
ETHICS
2018.12.05
UCPH researchers to develop AI code of ethics
For the next two years, a pair of University of Copenhagen researchers will examine ethical dilemma…
Genetics
2018.11.28
Despite Common Obesity Gene Variants Overweight Children Lose Weight Following Lifestyle Intervention
Children who are genetically predisposed to overweight, due to common gene variants, can still lose…
cloudburst
2018.11.25
Free tool helps predict if the next downpour will flood your basement
A new digital tool allows users to identify drainage patterns from deluges and identify highly…
Life expectancy
2018.11.17
Less Pollution Can Add a Year to the Lives of Copenhageners in 2040
If air pollution in the city is reduced to the level found in the countryside, approximately one…
Annual commemoration
2018.11.16
Annual commemoration with loving regards to 1968
“Why are the students not allowed to speak at the annual commemoration at their own University.…
Donor faeces
2018.11.15
Faecal Transplant May Protect Premature Babies from Fatal Bowel Disease
Children born prematurely often experience serious problems with the gastrointestinal tract and…
beneath the ice-sheet
2018.11.14
Massive impact crater from a kilometre-wide iron meteorite discovered in Greenland
An international team lead by researchers from the Centre for GeoGenetics at the Natural History…
Gluten
2018.11.13
Should you eat a low-gluten diet
When healthy people eat a low-gluten and fibre-rich diet compared with a high-gluten diet they…
CLIMATE
2018.11.12
New discovery: The Greenland Icesheet emits methane to the atmosphere
For the first time researchers has documented, that methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is emitted…
PARTICLE PHYSICS:
2018.11.09
Improved measurements might unveil the unknown 95 percent of the universe's building blocks
An 11.2 million kroner grant from the Ministry of Higher Education and Science will help shed light…
Insulin
2018.11.08
Inflammation Puts Insulin Production on Hold
When people become overweight and develop type 2 diabetes, the body goes into a state of chronic…
Great nordic prize
2018.11.07
Million Kroner Prize to UCPH Researcher for Revolutionary Discovery of the Brain’s Cleaning System
Professor Maiken Nedergaard from the University of Copenhagen is this year’s recipient of the…
Consumer behaviour
2018.11.07
New study: Parents put nature in the shopping basket
In a world of vast consumer choice, ambiguous product descriptions and self-appointed experts,…
MERGER
2018.11.02
New organizational affiliation for Natural History Museum of Denmark
The Natural History Museum of Denmark will merge with the University of Copenhagen’s Department of…
Internationalisation
2018.10.31
Veterinarians in International Collaboration
Veterinary researchers at the University of Copenhagen have just entered into an international…
Diabetes
2018.10.31
Colectomy Associated with Increased Risk of Diabetes
People who have had a colectomy have increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers from…
LIFE EXPECTANCY
2018.10.30
Rich people don't live that much longer than the poor
New research results challenge previous findings of huge differences in life expectancy between the…
QUANTUM RESEARCH:
2018.10.29
A billion euros for quantum research
Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen are part of a high-profile…
Winter swimming
2018.10.24
Researchers Make Mice Lose Weight by Imitating Effects from Cold and Nicotine
Inspired by some of the effects from winter swimming and smoking, researchers from the University o…
Grant
2018.10.23
Research Team Receives New Funding for Continued Research into the Blood-Brain Barrier
The Lundbeck Foundation grants DKK 24 million in funding for the Research Initiative on Brain…
Antibiotics
2018.10.22
The composition of gut bacteria almost recovers after antibiotics
The use of antibiotics has long been linked to deprivation of gut bacteria. Now, a new study from…
DIGITISATION
2018.10.04
Transferring two million butterflies from pin tips to fingertips
With the help of volunteers, the Natural History Museum of Denmark at the University of Copenhagen…
D-FACTOR
2018.09.26
Psychologists define 'the dark core of personality'
As results from a recently published German-Danish research project show, traits as egoism,…
Hay Fever
2018.09.26
Study: New allergy vaccine for hay fever shows promising results
Using sugar molecules researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a new vaccine fo…
science communication
2018.09.24
Doubts and dialogue may alter public perceptions of science
Science projects within controversial fields such as synthetic biology could benefit from…
BACTERIA
2018.09.24
Infectious bacteria hibernate to evade antibiotics
University of Copenhagen researchers have discovered a surprising tactic of pathogenic bacteria whe…
Insulin
2018.09.20
Insulin Shows Great Potential Against Chronic Colitis
Diabetes is not the only disease on which insulin has an effect, it appears. In a new study that…
Mobility
2018.09.13
Academics advocating student mobility
To provide students with global mindsets and prepare them for their future careers, most…
Culture Night
2018.09.10
Explore Wonderful Research at Culture Night at SUND
Listen to musical cardiac rhythms, become a surgeon for a day, solve a death, meet confused sperm…
Urban planning
2018.09.06
Researcher: Cloudburst runoff should be used for extreme drought
This summer's drought has demonstrated that diverting heavy runoff away from cities can be…
Department of Food Science
2018.09.03
New research shows how children want their food served
Getting children to eat their food is a challenge for many parents but new research from Future…
Funding
2018.08.29
New strategic funding to metabolic research at the University of Copenhagen
The Novo Nordisk Foundation awards DKK 700 million to enable the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for…
The pancreas
2018.08.27
Enzyme Ducts in the Pancreas Are Formed like Rivers
With methods used to analyse road systems and rivers researchers from the University of Copenhagen…
Cancer
2018.08.24
Study: Parental Cancer Affects Children’s Achievements in School and Later in Life
Using data from a million Danes, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied the…
Grant
2018.08.21
11 million DKK for exploring expansions of fishers outwards from the South China Sea
Edyta Roszko, Ph.D., has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council for an…
2018.08.20
European talent programme bets on UCPH-researchers
Female researchers were more strongly represented than ever before, when the European Research…
drought
2018.08.17
Trees on high alert due to drought
This summer's extreme weather has put Danish trees on high alert. In the worst cases, the lack of…
Epigenetics
2018.08.17
Scientists create new technology and solve a key puzzle for cellular memory
With a new groundbreaking technique, researchers from University of Copenhagen have managed to…
Innovation
2018.08.16
DKK 82 Million for Turning out Health Innovation Specialists
New cross-disciplinary talent programme will help create the most talented innovation leaders of th…
Malaria protein
2018.08.16
Scientists discover new method of diagnosing cancer with malaria protein
In a spectacular new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered a method…
Sukkerforskning
2018.08.14
Researchers assemble ‘library of sugars’
Sukkerstrukturer kaldet GAGs er tilstede i næsten alt kroppens væv, og spiller vigtige roller i…
Global warming
2018.08.06
Planet at risk of heading towards irreversible “Hothouse Earth” state
Keeping global warming to within 1.5-2°C may be more difficult than previously assessed. An…
archaeology
2018.07.16
Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years
At an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan, researchers have discovered the charred remains o…
Particle physics:
2018.07.13
Astrophysicists are thrilled about finding a source from where the cosmic ‘ghost particles’ originate
A magnificent research project located under the ice of the South Pole has found a connection…
Implants
2018.07.03
Study: Fungi and Bacteria Grow on Body Implants
A body implant provides a new habitat for bacteria and fungi, a new study conducted at the…
Grant
2018.06.28
Millions for Research in the Health and Quality of Life of Senior Citizens
More Danes must maintain a high quality of life and vitality throughout life. This is the vision an…
New Prorector
2018.06.22
Professor of exercise is the new Prorector
The new Prorector of the University of Copenhagen knows how physical activity can help prevent and…
Huntington's disease
2018.06.20
Researchers find important new piece in the Huntington’s disease puzzle
In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered a hitherto unknown…
KFJ prize
2018.06.19
Prestigious Prize Rewards Elite Researchers in Epigenetics and Cardiovascular Diseases
Kristian Helin and Anne Tybjærg-Hansen from the University of Copenhagen receive this year’s KFJ…
HPV Vaccine
2018.06.18
Study Examines First Birth Cohort to Receive HPV Vaccine: The Vaccine Works
Girls in the first birth cohort to be offered and receive the HPV vaccine showed a lower degree of…
Board member
2018.06.15
High school chairperson and digital entrepreneur on University Board
A unanimous appointment body has (on the basis of the recommendation from the University's…
Public and politicians
2018.06.14
Genetic engineering researcher: Politicians are deaf to people's ethical concerns
New study from the University of Copenhagen reports that political discussions about genetically…
Intracranial pressure
2018.06.14
New discovery about the brain’s water system may prove beneficial in stroke
Water is transported from the blood into the brain via an ion transporter, a new study on mice…
CHSP
2018.06.14
Copenhagen Health Science Partners Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
The research partnership between UCPH and the Capital Region of Denmark, which pairs clinicians wit…
Nordic languages
2018.06.01
New forms of learning can safeguard small programmes
A betrayal of joint Nordic relations, a loss of ‘irreplaceable cultural heritage’ and a ‘strike…
Obesity
2018.05.30
Study Offers New Hope for the Fight Against Genetically Determined Obesity
A large group of people with obesity have a genetic mutation that is causing their obesity. Common…
Diabetes
2018.05.30
Researchers discover that a power failure in your fat cells could short-circuit your health
The energy metabolism of the body’s so-called brown fat cells is controlled by the fat molecule…
Pregnancy
2018.05.25
New Chromosome Study Can Lead to Personalised Counselling of Pregnant Women
Foetuses with a specific, rare chromosomal aberration have a 20 per cent risk of a developmental…
Leakage
2018.05.24
Personal data have been stored incorrectly
A review of internal drives at the University of Copenhagen has revealed that thousands of students…
Erhoff Prize
2018.05.18
Dean Ulla Wewer Rewarded for Unselfish Effort for Research in the Health and Medical Sciences
An excellent researcher, a quality-conscious and unselfish leader and a future-oriented promoter of…
SCHOLARSHIP
2018.05.18
Royal recognition to Australian exchange students
For the 14th time, the Crown Princess handed out scholarships to two Australian exchange students a…
Indo-European languages
2018.05.09
New research shows how Indo-European languages spread across Asia
A new study has discovered that horses were first domesticated by descendants of hunter-gatherer…
Obesity
2018.05.03
Researchers Defy Biology: Mice Remain Slim on Burger Diet
Our bodies are extremely efficient at storing fat from food into our fat tissue. In a new study,…
Brain Circuits
2018.05.02
Researchers Discover Connection Between Circadian Rhythm and Aggression
A research team including a researcher from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences has…
FOOD research
2018.04.26
Researchers “assassinate” disease-causing bacteria with virus cocktail in a model of the small intestine
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in targeting and killing a single…
Basic Research
2018.04.26
Sugar Control Cell Absorption of Bad Cholesterol
Sugar or carbohydrates affect cells’ ability to absorb and remove bad cholesterol – LDL in the…
PhD Cup
2018.04.26
Sperm Cell Researcher Wins PhD Cup
Anders Rehfeld from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and Rigshospitalet has won the…
change
2018.04.24
Lykke Friis to step down as prorector
Lykke Friis will leave the University of Copenhagen this summer. The University of Copenhagen will…
Unhealthy diet
2018.04.20
Fat Cells Seem to Remember Unhealthy Diet
Fat cells can be damaged in a short amount of time when they are exposed to the fatty acid palmitat…
Honour
2018.04.17
Margrethe Vestager named new distinguished alumnus at the University of Copenhagen
EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is the new distinguished alumnus at the University o…
Fertility
2018.04.13
China needs babies
Anthropological study shows a Chinese fertility industry on the rise.
A sweet tooth
2018.04.11
Surprising Discovery: Sweet Tooth Gene Connected with Less Body Fat
Last year researchers from the University of Copenhagen discovered that a particular craving for…
Overweight
2018.04.05
Weight Loss Before Puberty Reduces the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
A high body mass index (BMI) and overweight during childhood increase the risk of developing type 2…
Citations
2018.04.04
Elite researcher sets record with 200,000 citations
Professor Matthias Mann from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research at the…
Quantum computers:
2018.03.29
Neutron scattering brings us a step closer to the quantum computer
A major challenge for future quantum computers is that you have to keep the quantum information lon…
CHANGE OF GUARD
2018.03.26
A new dean is to strengthen research and education at the Faculty of Humanities
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen will have a new dean from 1 August 2018. …
Support
2018.03.23
The University of Copenhagen supports death sentenced scientist
The Rector of the University of Copenhagen has signed a letter to express concern for the death…
VR
2018.03.19
More user-friendly buildings with VR
A new project by two UCPH graduate students at the Department of Computer Science is combining the…
FOOD research
2018.03.14
Virtual reality reveals our eating behaviour and desires
New research from the Future Consumer Lab at the University of Copenhagen shows that virtual realit…
Sceletons
2018.03.08
1,000-year-old Copenhageners found
In the City Hall Square archaeologists have excavated what may be the oldest Copenhageners so far.…
Elite Research Prize
2018.03.01
Elite Research Prize for Ground-Breaking Research in Cell Memory
Each year the Ministry of Higher Education and Science honours some of Denmark’s most talented…
Talent
2018.02.27
Highly specialised labour headed to Denmark
The University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Science will begin a large-scale elite researcher…
Illegal dogs
2018.02.22
DNA Test Can Identify Illegal Dog Breeds
The breed of both purebred dogs and cross-breeds can now be determined with great accuracy using DN…
vintage beer
2018.02.14
New vintage beer will support gastronomy
Researchers and chefs from the Nordic Food Lab at the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the…
Alzheimer's
2018.02.08
Dietary Supplement Repairs Brain Damage in Mice with Alzheimer’s
A mouse study conducted by the Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen and the American…
Artificial intelligence
2018.02.08
New centre for artificial intelligence raises Danish research to a higher level
A new centre at University of Copenhagen, named SCIENCE AI Centre, will analyse and interpret data…
Brain Research
2018.02.02
Low doses of alcohol may help clean the brain
Low levels of alcohol consumption can tamp down inflammation in the brain and help clear away…
Personal Medicine
2018.01.31
New technology: Edible QR code can be the medicine of the future
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method for the production of…
Job change
2018.01.30
Prorector to become Director of Research at the Villum Foundation
Prorector Thomas Bjørnholm will be leaving the University of Copenhagen at the end of February to…
New marking system
2018.01.29
New marking technique could halt counterfeit goods
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed the world's most secure marking system…
CONTROVERSIAL VISIT
2018.01.24
World looks on as Puigdemont visits the University of Copenhagen
Hundreds of thousands of TV viewers and Facebook users tuned in to see Carles Puigdemont, leader of…
Cell research
2018.01.16
DKK 60 million for developing super-cells
Researchers at University of Copenhagen will use light to develop super-cells that are more…
Artificial Intelligence
2018.01.11
Artificial Intelligence Can Reveal Your Body’s ‘Real’ Age
New artificial intelligence can determine your biological age with great precision. It can reveal…
Obesity
2018.01.09
Genetic Alteration Can Cause Obesity Among Greenlanders
Four per cent of the Greenlandic population are, due to a specific genetic alteration, in the risk…
CULTURE PRIZE
2018.01.09
Lars von Trier receives the Sonning Prize 2018
The Sonning Prize 2018 goes to the Danish film director and scriptwriter, Lars von Trier. The…
PARTNERSHIP
2017.12.22
UCPH and GTS in new partnership for the benefit of Danish businesses
A new partnership agreement is to make research from the University of Copenhagen more accessible…
Weight loss
2017.12.22
Study: Structured daily habits may be the key to lasting weight loss
New findings from a small study at the University of Copenhagen suggest that people who structure…
Cell Research
2017.12.14
Cellular Reprogramming fuels Wound Healing in the Intestine
A large international collaboration headed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen has…
archaeology
2017.12.13
The Roman period main harbour of ancient Corinth discovered
University of Copenhagen and Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities archaeologists and geoarchaeologist…
Elite Research
2017.12.13
Danish research wins a billion kroner from the EU
Danish research is in the European top class. The University of Copenhagen is among the best in the…
Funding
2017.12.12
Research project will create healthier infant formula
Many newborn babies are given infant formula, which is not as beneficial as natural breast milk.…
SCIENCE Dissemination Award 2017
2017.12.06
Fascinated by fish
Camilla Trab Damsgaard, Associate Professor in child nutrition at the University of Copenhagen’s…
archaeology
2017.12.05
Archaeologists revise chronology of the last hunter-gatherers in the Near East
New research by a team of scientists and archaeologists based at the Weizmann Institute of Science…
Quantum computer:
2017.11.30
Qubits put into reverse
A group of scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has figured out how to…
Settlement
2017.11.28
Settlement of professor dismissal
The matter concerning the dismissal of Professor of Geology Hans Thybo has ended with an…
Neutrino research:
2017.11.23
From deep under the Antartica-surface: IceCube has collected new knowledge about high-energy neutrino physics
High-energy neutrinos ‘caught’ in Antarctica Scientists from NBI were part of an international team…
wildlife trade
2017.11.22
EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90 %
Trade of wild birds has dropped about 90% globally since the EU banned bird imports in 2005. A stud…
STUDY ENVIRONMENT
2017.11.17
Innovation and togetherness challenge prejudice about studying law
This year's Study Environment Award goes to the association ‘Foreningen Argument’, which has helped…
Grant
2017.11.17
New Interdisciplinary Research Programme in Biomedical Innovation Law
The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of DKK 35 million for a Collaborative Research…
2017.11.13
Yonsei-UCPH workshop in Seoul
The second Yonsei-UCPH workshop was held in Seoul on 1-2 November 2017. Pro-rector Thomas Bjørnholm…
egyptology
2017.11.10
Ink from ancient Egyptian papyri contains copper
Until recently, it was assumed that the ink used for writing was primarily carbon-based at least…
Monday Aperitivo
2017.11.06
New lecture series at the Nordic Food Lab: Monday Aperitivo
The Nordic Food Lab at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen has started…
Cycling
2017.11.01
Riding the Bike to Work Is Just as Effective as Leisure Time Exercise
A new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen shows that inactive, overweight people can…
The future of medicine
2017.10.31
Researchers map trends in drug development
One third of all drugs on the American market act on the same kind of important cell receptor – the…
Video
2017.10.30
Stem Cells Pave the Way for new treatment of diabetes
Watch video here: 415 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with diabetes. And the number…
INSECTS
2017.10.27
Danish islands - an overlooked reservoir of insect genetic diversity?
Insect account for the largest biodiversity and significant part of the biomass here on Earth, but…
Grant
2017.10.24
Centre of Excellence, iCourts, receives grant of DKK 28 million to continue ground-breaking research on international courts
iCourts, The Danish National Research Foundation’s Centre of Excellence for International Courts,…
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES:
2017.10.17
Neutron star smash shakes universe
Scientists have, for the first time, captured gravitational waves as well as light, from two neutro…
Plants
2017.10.12
Inauguration of Copenhagen Plant Science Centre
The large-scale research initiative Copenhagen Plant Science Centre is inaugurated Thursday 12…
neurolinguistics
2017.10.11
Our brain omits grammatical elements when it has limited resources
A study of the use of pronouns by French speakers with agrammatic aphasia shows that grammatical…
Alumni interview
2017.10.06
By changing one detail you can improve the whole
What drives me in my job every day is that we constantly have the opportunity to do even better. By…
Ancient genomes
2017.10.05
Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding
Early humans seem to have recognised the dangers of inbreeding at least 34,000 years ago, and…
Healthier ice cream
2017.10.04
FOOD and AAK want to revolutionise the fat in ice cream
Can you make ice cream with unsaturated oil? Researchers at AAK AB, which produces vegetable oils,…
Building block of life in Space:
2017.10.03
ALMA and Rosetta Detect Freon-40 in Space
Observations made with ALMA and ESA’s Rosetta mission by an international team, including…
3D printed food
2017.10.03
3D printed food to help hospital patients
The Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen is taking part in a new research…
Quantum computer:
2017.10.02
New ’building material’ points toward quantum computers
A Danish-American research team has shown that it is possible to produce ‘Majorana particles’ in a…
archeolinguistics
2017.09.29
Scandinavia’s earliest farmers exchanged terminology with Indo-Europeans
5,000 years ago, the Yamnaya culture migrated into Europe from the Caspian steppe. In addition to…
Drug Research
2017.09.26
The Effect of Ibuprofen on the Nervous System
The popular pain-relieving medication ibuprofen plays a role in our nervous system. For the first…
Stem Cell Research
2017.09.25
A new role for Insulin as a Vital Factor in Maintaining Stem Cells
New research conducted at the stem cell centre, DanStem, at the University of Copenhagen shows that…
New research
2017.09.19
Supercontinuum lasers can lead to better bread and beer
Researchers from the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark…
Star formation:
2017.09.15
Star formation influenced by local environmental conditions
Three scientists at Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), University of Copenhagen, have carried out extensiv…
Talent
2017.09.12
Young research talents receive prestigious grant
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded prestigious Starting Grants to five young…
Revocation
2017.09.12
The University of Copenhagen revokes doctoral degree
The University of Copenhagen has informed Milena Penkowa that the University has decided to revoke…
FOOD
2017.09.11
Jorge Ruiz-Carrascal becomes affiliate meat professor at FOOD
Professor Jorge Ruiz-Carrascal’s appointment as affiliated meat technology professor at the…
Antibiotics resistence
2017.09.08
Researchers Break Resistant Bacteria’s Defence Against Antibiotics
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered a method with which antibiotics can…
Partnership
2017.09.06
Microsoft establishes Quantum Centre at the University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen plays a central role in an ambitious Microsoft multi-million dollar…
Volcanic eruptions:
2017.09.05
Massive Antarctic Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Abrupt Southern Hemisphere Climate Changes Near the End of the Last Ice Age
Halogen-rich eruptions created a stratospheric ozone hole over Antarctica that, analogous to the…
Exhibition
2017.09.05
Sugar Sweet Theatre Unites Art and Research
What happens when art studies research? For the exhibition Sugar Theater artists have created four…
Strategic initiatives
2017.09.01
More languages for more students
The University of Copenhagen’s shared university-wide vision is to improve students’ language skill…
Welcome
2017.08.31
From Frue Plads to Frederiksberg
The Matriculation Ceremony at the University of Copenhagen is a tradition that dates back more than…
Literary conversation
2017.08.29
Video: Paul Auster in conversation at the University of Copenhagen
25 August American author Paul Auster visited University of Copenhagen for a conversation with…
Birthday interview
2017.08.24
From ”cook and look” to mechanistic food science
Professor of Food Chemistry Leif Skibsted from the Department of Food Science at the University of…
archaeology
2017.08.23
Wild sheep grazed in the Black Desert 14,500 years ago
Excavations of architecture and associated deposits left by hunter-gatherers in the Black Desert in…
New Head of Department
2017.08.22
New Head of Department at the Niels Bohr Institute
Jan W. Thomsen’s appointment as Head of Department at the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr…
Major outburst floods:
2017.08.13
Satellite photos reveal gigantic outburst floods
The lake has been the source of four major outburst floods over the last 50 years - each…
Documentary on umami
2017.08.11
Chinese TV visited FOOD
Chinese CCTV visited Nordic Food Lab at the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of…
Malaria research:
2017.08.08
Spying on malaria parasites at -196 Celsius
A team of scientists led by postdoc Sergey Kapishnikov from the Niels Bohr Institute has managed to…
Schizophrenia
2017.07.19
New Research Uncovers a Cause of Schizophrenia
When the brain is formed in the embryonic stage, this happens partly according to a recipe from a…
FOOD
2017.07.17
New professor in how food microbes affect our health
Microbiologist Dennis Sandris Nielsen from the Department of Food Science at the University of…
PTSD
2017.07.17
The Breivik terrorist attacks in Norway led to mental illness in Denmark
The number of Danes diagnosed with trauma- and stressor-related disorders (including post-traumatic…
Cell
2017.07.13
The earliest stages of life might be simpler than we thought
4.5 days after fertilization the early mammalian embryo consists of approximately 100 cells. At…
Quantum physics:
2017.07.13
Smart atomic cloud solves Heisenberg's observation problem
One of the most fundamental principles of physics, "Quantum Back Action", has been challenged by…
Superconductors:
2017.07.07
Iron secrets behind superconductors unlocked
Due to magnetism iron should - theoretically - be a poor superconductor. Nevertheless certain…
Vaccine
2017.06.28
New Company at the University of Copenhagen Banks on Development of Extremely Effective Vaccines
Vaccine researchers from the University of Copenhagen have just founded a company by the name of…
Lifespan
2017.06.28
Has human lifespan hit the ceiling?
The forecast of human longevity attracts great societal attention. More and more people are living…
CLIMATE
2017.06.26
The University of Copenhagen contributes to the largest global restoration of forests and forest landscapes in history
The University of Copenhagen collaborates with the international movement, “The Bonn Challenge” in…
Climate change
2017.06.26
New ice core drilling in Northeast Greenland to help us prepare for climate change
The East Greenland Ice-Core Project – EastGRIP – is led by the Centre for Ice and Climate at the…
Paracetamol
2017.06.22
Paracetamol during pregnancy can inhibit masculinity
Paracetamol during pregnancy can inhibit the development of "male behaviour" in mice. New research…
ghost-writing detection
2017.06.21
High School Students! Don't cheat! You'll get busted eventually
More than 6% of the Danish high school pupils cheat with assignments or at their final exams. Some…
dairy research
2017.06.19
Minister was external examiner for PhD defence
The importance of camel milk was emphasised when the Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Professor…
TEACHER OF THE YEAR
2017.06.14
Statistics professor named Teacher of the Year at SCIENCE 2017
TEACHER OF THE YEAR Professor Susanne Ditlevsen at the Department of Mathematical Sciences is so…
Collaboration
2017.06.14
Priority partnership with the University of Sydney
The University of Copenhagen has entered into a three-year priority partnership with the University…
Technology
2017.06.14
Process Analytical Technology creates smart production
Many manufacturing companies still base their production on a few seasoned employees who have a hig…
Learning
2017.06.13
Exercise improves learning retention for kids
University of Copenhagen study demonstrates that exercise immediately after learning improves…
New research
2017.06.06
New research provides practical cooking tips for your red wine sauce
Can you get intoxicated by pouring beer or wine into your sauce or stew? This question is important…
FUNDING
2017.06.06
New research will provide better quality of dairy products with plant polyphenols
Associate Professor Marianne Nissen Lund at Department of Food Science (FOOD) and Department of…
BIODIVERSITY
2017.06.06
New map of life on Earth shows how we can halt the worlds sixth great extinction
International study examines a bold new approach to halting the world’s sixth great extinction.
Chemometrics
2017.06.02
Quick measurements and mathematics combat waste in Danish biotech companies
Food researchers from the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen combat waste i…
FEMALE ROLE MODEL
2017.05.16
Inge Lehmann - the first lady to be commemorated on Frue Plads
Inge Lehmann, a seismologist who in 1936 discovered that the inner core of the Earth is solid and…
ROYAL REWARD
2017.05.04
Australian Avril and Thomas receive scholarship from the Crown Princess
On Wednesday, HRH Crown Princess Mary awarded The Crown Princess Mary Scholarship to Avril Francis…
ANCIENT HORSE BREEDING
2017.04.27
Scythian horse breeding unveiled: lessons for animal domestication
A new study led by Professor Ludovic Orlando and published in Science unveils the secrets of horse…
Excellence
2017.04.25
UCPH tops the Nordic bill in Nature and Science
The University of Copenhagen is the leading research institution in the Nordic region when it comes…
BASIC RESEARCH
2017.04.19
New centre for basic research to shed light on the history of privacy
The Danish National Research Foundation is ready to grant up to DKK 235 million to four new centres…
New basic research center:
2017.04.19
New astronomy center will reveal the cosmic dawn
Cosmic Dawn Center (DAWN) is a new basic research centre funded by the Danish National Research…
X-ray microscopy:
2017.04.12
An important step towards new malaria medicine
An international research team, led by Sergey Kapishnikov and Jens Als-Nielsen from the X-ray and…
Older life
2017.04.07
How we can add to the good lives of older people
Over the last decades, a considerable amount of research has been focussed on children and young…
Collaboration on the good life in old age
2017.04.06
Judith Kyst: We are gathering and sharing our knowledge about the good life in old age
The Department of Food Science, together with two other departments at the University of Copenhagen…
ERC grant:
2017.04.05
Large ERC grant for Kim Sneppen
An advanced ERC grant for Kim Sneppen of DKK 16.500.000 was awarded for development of new methods…
New Book
2017.04.05
Nordic Food Lab publishes book on eating insects
How do you harvest ants from an anthill in the forest? How does trading occur with insects in…
underactive thyroid gland
2017.04.04
Senior Citizens Do Not Benefit from Popular Drug
There is a need for new guidelines regarding the treatment of mildly underactive thyroid gland amon…
Ovarian cancer
2017.03.30
Discovery of Enzyme Can Lead to New Treatment for Ovarian Cancer
A research group at the University of Copenhagen has discovered an enzyme that plays a main role in…
Dementia
2017.03.29
Stem cell models offer new avenues for dementia treatment
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed stem cell models that can reveal the…
BREAKTHROUGH
2017.03.28
Mustard seeds without mustard flavor: new robust oilseed crop can resist global warming
University of Copenhagen and the global player Bayer CropScience have successfully developed a new…
structural biology
2017.03.24
New Structural Biology Cluster at the University of Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen is establishing a new cluster, ISBUC, which compiles researchers from…
New funding
2017.03.23
Ice core-researcher, astrophysicist and computer scientist honoured by VILLUM FONDEN
Professors Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Jens Hjorth and Mikkel Thorup of the University of Copenhagen’s…
Vaccines
2017.03.23
New vaccine concept to eradicate dreaded bacterial disease in fish
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a new type of vaccine in collaboration…
Good advice
2017.03.20
Universities want to help companies benefit from materials research of the future
How might Danish firms large and small make use of the world’s most powerful neutron and X-ray…
CHANGE OF GUARD
2017.03.16
New chairman at the University of Copenhagen
Executive Vice President of Novo Nordisk, Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, will be the new chairman of the…
Honour
2017.03.14
'World's best CEO’ named distinguished alumnus at the University of Copenhagen
“There is no doubt that in honouring Lars Rebien, the University of Copenhagen will get a…
Food Quality
2017.03.09
Surprise: Transport proteins evolved long before their compounds emerged
Danish scientists from the DynaMo Center, University of Copenhagen, bridge an important gap that…
interdisciplinarity
2017.03.06
Breakthrough in live coral imaging
Scientists at University of Copenhagen (Denmark), University of Technology Sydney (Australia), and…
Elite Researcher Awards
2017.03.03
Elite Researcher Award 2017: Three in a row
The three winners work in widely different research fields; Mikael Rask Madsen, Professor of…
NEW RECTOR
2017.03.01
VIDEO: Meet UCPH's new rector
On 1 March 2017, Henrik Caspar Wegener becomes Rector of the University of Copenhagen. Wegener come…
Brain tumour
2017.02.28
Treatment of malignant brain tumour in children gets closer
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have identified important mechanisms underlying how a…
Prize
2017.02.27
Elite Research Prize won by a mathematician in a league of his own
On February 23, Professor Søren Galatius of the University of Copenhagen’s Department of…
EliteForsk
2017.02.23
EliteForsk Awards for SUND Researchers
Today three researchers at SUND received EliteForsk awards for their work. Two talented PhD student…
WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH
2017.02.23
Professor Mikael Rask Madsen receives Elite Research Prize for ground-breaking research into international law
Law professor Mikael Rask Madsen receives the Elite Research Prize for his ground-breaking research…
Fermentation
2017.02.20
Fermentation creates sustainable growth in the West African food sector
In West Africa, spontaneously fermented foods are deeply embedded in the food culture and the…
Substances in solution and solid materials:
2017.02.07
Researchers will find the structure of the smallest building blocks in nano-chemistry
Structure and function on nano-scale level. Two young researchers from University of Copenhagen hav…
Climate
2017.02.06
World renown climate expert to become professor
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen to take up professorship at the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr…
Fermentation
2017.02.06
Researchers cultivate wine gold in Danish apples
Researchers at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen are searching for the…
CHSP
2017.01.31
New Director of Copenhagen Health Science Partners
Assistant Director Per Jørgensen from the National Hospital of Denmark (Rigshospitalet) will head…
physical activity
2017.01.30
Math learned best when children move
Children improve at math when instruction engages their own bodies. This is one of the findings fro…
Primary cilia
2017.01.30
Scientists show how cells communicate
Primary cilia are antenna-like structures that are present on the surface of most cells in the huma…
Grant
2017.01.27
New cutting-edge microscope at the Faculty of Health and Medical Science
Novo Nordisk Foundation donates a DKK 60 mio (7.8 mio €) grant to the University of Copenhagen…
Research profile
2017.01.26
A pioneer in uncovering the human body’s smallest building blocks
Guillermo Montoya has dedicated his life to finding out how the smallest building blocks of our bod…
Annual Award
2017.01.23
Danish astronomer to receive major research award
Jens Hjorth, professor and director of the Dark Cosmology Centre at the University of Copenhagen,…
Maersk Tower
2017.01.18
Maersk Tower officially inaugurated in Copenhagen
The University of Copenhagen added 42,700 square metres of floor space when the 75-metre-tall…
Video
2017.01.16
The Indonesian fermented food tempe in Scandinavian context
Head Chef at the Nordic Food Lab, University of Copenhagen, Roberto Flore on how the lab is…
ampk
2017.01.02
AMPK – the enzyme that makes physical activity healthy
Physical activity benefits diabetics and others with insulin resistance. One of the reasons is that…
FACEBOOK
2016.12.23
Facebook makes you #unhappy and #lonely
A study from the Department of Sociology shows that the constant streem of friends' happy status…
WEIGHT LOSS AND PSORIASIS
2016.12.22
Weight loss reduces psoriasis symptoms
Weight loss has a significant and prolonged positive impact on psoriasis symptoms and quality of…
underwater archaeology
2016.12.20
Archaeologists connect ancient Corinth's inner and outer harbours
Researchers from the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports and the University of Copenhagen are…
obesity
2016.12.19
Are all obese individuals unhealthy?
Why are some overweight people affected by conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases…
Stem cells
2016.12.16
How does the liver find its place in the body?
New research investigating how the liver finds its place in the body during development. In a…
dairy engineer
2016.12.14
Dairy engineer heads leading biotech center
The managing director of the research and innovation consortium BIOPRO, Jesper Bryde-Jacobsen, is…
ARCTIC RESEARCH.
2016.12.13
The Earth releases more CO2 to the atmosphere when temperatures rise
Understanding the Earth’s release of greenhouse gases is crucial to predicting how the atmosphere’s…
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
2016.12.08
2016 Junior Researchers seek to uncover stock fraud and the motivation to learn German
Four innovative upper-secondary-school students are the winners of this year's Project Junior…
pharmaceuticals
2016.12.07
New company to optimize pharmaceuticals
The newly started company GlycoDisplay has discovered how to alter the properties of proteins by…
origins of agriculture
2016.12.05
Prehistoric plant remains highlight diverse origins of cereal domestication
Recent archaeological studies have suggested that the cultivation of morphologically wild plant…
Pharmacology
2016.11.30
Danish research paves the way for new treatments of the brain
New research results from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of…
ANNUAL COMMEMORATION
2016.11.22
Innovation success honoured at the annual commemoration
The 2016 Innovation Prize was awarded to two researchers whose spin-out projects have raised…
AWARD
2016.11.21
FOOD Professor Rasmus Bro receives the first Nils Foss Excellence Prize
The first recipient of the Nils Foss Excellence Prize is Professor Rasmus Bro, who works with…
AWARD
2016.11.21
Bekzod Khakimov received the first Nils Foss Talent Prize
Bekzod Khakimov, from the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen, is the first…
New network
2016.11.21
The University of Copenhagen joins strategic alliance
The University of Copenhagen has been invited to join LERU, an exclusive European network of…
WHALE SHARK DNA
2016.11.21
Whale shark genetics revealed by water samples
How many whale sharks can fit into a liter of water? From just a few water samples collected off th…
ANCIENT MAIZE
2016.11.18
DNA study unravels the history of the world’s most produced cereal
Genome sequence of a 5,310-year-old maize cob provides new insights into the early stages of maize…
DEEP DNA
2016.11.17
Greenland deep sea DNA
From just a few liters of water it is now possible to examine the ocean’s fish down to one kilomete…
FOOD-Health
2016.11.11
New interdisciplinary research group at FOOD sees food science as a path to better health
In recent years, the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen has had an…
New Rector
2016.11.11
Experienced researcher and leader to be the new Rector
The Board of the University of Copenhagen has found the person to succeed Ralf Hemmingsen as leader…
FOOD-Health
2016.11.11
Food scientists hunting for biological “blood trail” left by muscles
Already at the age of 50, we begin to lose muscle mass (called sarcopenia), which increases our ris…
FOOD-Health
2016.11.11
Food research prevents illness in infants
Associate Professor Dereck Chatterton at the Department of Food Science at the University of…
arctic diet
2016.11.08
Earliest greenlanders had whale for dinner
Test pit in the midden at Fladstrand, East Greenland, with bone remains and a clearly visible…
Dental health
2016.11.08
Fluoride for all
Fluoride can help prevent dental cavities. This is the main point of a new publication from the…
Pancreatitis
2016.11.08
Blood fats equals risk of pancreatitis
New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that mild to moderate levels of blood fats…
New times
2016.11.07
Danish research centre on threshold of quantum revolution
Within a few decades, quantum physics will reshape society as we know it. This will include the…
Innovation, Education
2016.11.02
Innovation Day full of good ideas and entrepreneurial spirit
How do you move forward with your idea? What’s needed to support innovation in teaching? And what i…
Genetic variations
2016.11.01
Understanding genetic diseases in detail
Anders Albrechtsen, associate professor at the Section for Computational Biology and RNA Research a…
Plant life
2016.10.31
Fossils reveal approaching relocation of plants on Earth
Scientists from Centre for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate predict profound changes in the…
eyetracking
2016.10.24
Eyetracking data can improve language technology and help readers
New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that recordings of gaze data – within a few…
EU FISCAL POLICY
2016.10.20
Danish 'father of the euro' to head new eu fiscal body
The European Commission has appointed Professor Niels Thygesen of the University of Copenhagen to…
Brain research
2016.10.18
New initiative will promote brain research in Denmark
Five of Denmark’s leading researchers on structural biology will collaborate on a project to gain…
Molecular aging
2016.10.14
Substance with the potential to postpone aging
The coenzyme NAD+ plays a main role in aging processes. In mice and roundworm adding the substance…
Skin research
2016.10.12
New research center will contribute to better drugs for skin disorders
Understanding how drugs interact with skin has long been a challenge within pharmaceutical research…
Sclerosis
2016.10.12
New project to find correlations between diet and health in people suffering from sclerosis
Cut down on meat, leave out all dairy products and eat lost of leguminous fruit. Advice is plentifu…
Wild astronomical discovery:
2016.10.11
Chaos in cosmos: Stars with three planet-forming discs of gas
Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have discovered a system consisting of two stars with…
Biophysics:
2016.10.11
Trust fosters networking and knowledge sharing
A group of researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have examined how a communication network can…
Climate change
2016.10.07
As oceans warm, coral reef fish might prefer to move rather than adapt
A group of international scientists has new evidence that coral reef fish – which struggle to adapt…
PSYCHIATRY
2016.10.06
Get Psychiatric Help via Your Smartphone
New research into digital treatment has led to the development of an app for treating people…
New top job:
2016.10.06
Robert Feidenhans’l resigns as head of the Niels Bohr Institute
Robert Feidenhans’l, professor and head of the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen…
food fraud
2016.10.05
Food scientists: We can detect much more food fraud
Researchers from the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen point out…
Systems Medicine
2016.10.05
Systems medicine – the future approach to diseases
In his review in the acknowledged journal Nature professor and pioneer in the field of…
Grant
2016.10.04
A million USD for intestinal flora research that could potentially prevent obesity
The Department of Food Science (FOOD) at University of Copenhagen has received 6.3 million Danish…
Genes
2016.09.30
Genes affect birth weight and risk of lifestyle diseases
Researchers have identified 60 genes that are essential for babies' birth weight and can also…
Top-class
2016.09.29
The Carlsberg Foundation's Research Prize 2016 goes to two UCPH researchers
UCPH professors in mathematics and in International Development Law received the Carlsberg…
Genetic diversity
2016.09.29
Animals in human altered areas have higher risk of extinction
Human activity has already transformed the surface of the Earth. A just published Science paper…
Climate:
2016.09.27
Tracking the amount of sea ice from the Greenland ice sheet
By analysing ice cores drilled from deep inside the Greenland ice sheet, researchers have started t…
OBESITY
2016.09.21
Carriers of the obesity gene can also lose weight
The risk of becoming obese is 70% greater for carriers of the famous obesity gene, FTO, and on…
Climate
2016.09.19
Acidity in atmosphere minimised to preindustrial levels
New research shows that human pollution of the atmosphere with acid is now almost back to the level…
Cholesterol
2016.09.08
Danish researchers establish link between gene and ‘good cholesterol’
Danish researchers are the first in the world to have finally established a link between the GALNT2…
Management
2016.08.26
The University of Copenhagen seeks a new Rector
After almost 12 years, Ralf Hemmingsen will retire from his post as Rector of the University of…
Greenland shark
2016.08.11
Greenland sharks live for hundreds of years
While the more than 5 meter long Greenland shark is one of the world's largest sharks, it is also…
ICE-FREE CORRIDOR
2016.08.10
Textbook story of how humans populated America is “biologically unviable”, study finds
Using ancient DNA, researchers have created a unique picture of how a prehistoric migration route…
Ghost particles:
2016.08.08
The long hunted sterile neutrino cannot be traced
Some of the most abundant particles in the universe are the so-called ghost particles, neutrinos,…
Breakthrough:
2016.08.02
Gentle cancer treatment using nanoparticles works
Cancer treatments based on laser irridation of tiny nanoparticles that are injected directly into…
Quantum physics:
2016.07.15
Optical magnetic field sensor can detect signals from the nervous system
The human body is controlled by electrical impulses in, for example, the brain, the heart and…
Biophysics:
2016.07.14
Bacteria avoid age defects through collective behaviour
As they age, more and more defects arise in most organisms. Researchers from the Niels Bohr…
DIABETES
2016.07.13
Gut bacteria imbalance increases diabetes risk
Currently, scientists think the major contributors to insulin resistance are excess weight and…
DIABETES
2016.07.12
Genetics of type-2 diabetes revealed in unprecedented detail
The world’s largest study of type-2 diabetes provides us with the most detailed picture of the…
2016.07.11
Injured cartilage cannot heal itself
New research on sports medicine reveals that worn down joint cartilage does not regenerate…
Alzheimers.
2016.07.06
Testing for Alzheimer's before the disease sets in
People who suffer from the incurable brain disease show signs of the disease a long time before…
Artificial evolution
2016.06.29
Humans artificially drive evolution of new species
Humans cause evolution of new species. A new study summarises the causes of manmade speciation, and…
Climate:
2016.06.27
Warning from the past: Future global warming could be even warmer
Future global warming will not only depend on the amount of emissions from man-made greenhouse…
Extraordinary teaching:
2016.06.22
Jan W. Thomsen receives the award Teacher of the Year, SCIENCE 2016
“Jan W. Thomsen captivates the physics students when he takes them into the world of quantum optics…
INNOVATION
2016.06.13
INFUSER wins a Copenhagen business prize
Infuser produces ground-breaking air cleaning system based on research from Department of Chemistry…
Innovation
2016.06.09
Novozymes rewards students for environmentally friendly ideas
A small gadget that can protect us against food poisoning and reduce food waste. Organic dyes which…
food science
2016.06.08
New Professor in Dairy Process Technology
Lilia Ahrné has since 1 April been a full professor at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of…
Food Award
2016.05.27
Head chef of Nordic Food Lab wins Sardinian Prize
Roberto Flore, head chef of Nordic Food Lab at University of Copenhagen, won the Sardinian award…
Education
2016.05.25
When greenhouses bring education to life
The use of hands-on course sessions in the greenhouses has proven to be a useful tool when teaching…
Energy
2016.05.24
Green efforts save DKK 35 million a year
An ambitious effort to save energy at the University of Copenhagen has paid off, yielding both gree…
Microalgae
2016.05.20
Modified microalgae converts sunlight into valuable medicine
A special type of microalgae can soon produce valuable chemicals such as cancer treatment drugs and…
GLOBAL GOALS WORLD CUP
2016.05.17
Students and researchers compete for United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
Both researchers and students will be on the field when the qualification round for the first…
Professor
2016.05.11
New Professor Thomas Günther-Pomorski breaks it all apart...
…just to build it up again. According to the recently appointed Professor, that is the key approach…
OBESITY
2016.05.10
Obesity less dangerous than 40 years ago
New research from Denmark involving more than 100,000 individuals suggests that the excess risk of…
Marine life
2016.05.10
Coral mass spawning triggered by seasonal rises in ocean temperature
Scientists have discovered rapidly rising seasonal sea temperatures are the likely trigger for cora…
EMPLOYMENT
2016.05.04
New, dynamic and visible Head of the Department of Political Science
Starting on 1 September 2016 professor Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen will be taking over from Lars Bo…
ROYAL REWARD
2016.05.02
Two Australian exchange students awarded by Crown Princess Mary
On Friday HRH Crown Princess Mary gave out the Crown Princess Mary Scholarship to two Australian…
Sleep Research
2016.04.29
Salts in the brain control our sleep-wake cycle
Danish research is behind a new epoch-making discovery, which may prove decisive to future brain…
HEALTH
2016.04.27
No need to fast before a cholesterol test
New research from Denmark, Canada and the US involving more than 300,000 individuals suggests that…
Vaccine
2016.04.26
Danish researchers behind vaccine breakthrough
A Danish research team from the University of Copenhagen has designed a simple technique that makes…
Quantum technology:
2016.04.26
Superfast light source made from artificial atom
New research results from the Niels Bohr Institute show that light sources can be made much faster…
Agreement
2016.04.18
Danish diabetes expertise reaches Mexico
The University of Copenhagen has signed an agreement with the Mexican health authorities about…
Success
2016.04.18
Arla Foods and University of Copenhagen consolidate ambitious collaboration agreement
Today, Arla Foods and University of Copenhagen celebrate the renewal of a strategic framework…
SOCIAL MEDIA
2016.04.14
The Faculty of Social Sciences is investing heavily in social big data
The Faculty of Social Sciences is opening a new research centre for social big data: Copenhagen…
OBESITY
2016.04.14
Obese people can maintain stable weight loss
Maintaining a stable weight loss is the biggest struggle for obese individuals, yet new research…
zinc
2016.04.11
Researchers find key to zinc rich plants to combat malnutrition
The diet in many developing countries is lacking zinc, but researchers have just solved the riddle…
Talents
2016.04.11
Aspiring researchers are budding
246 upper-secondary-school students participate in this year’s junior researcher project. Emphasis…
Plant gasses possibly dampen
2016.04.05
Plant gasses can counteract arctic climate change
Plant gasses possibly dampen the temperature rise in Greenland. Plants emit compounds to deter pest…
Reverse photosynthesis
2016.04.04
Biotech breakthrough: Sunlight can be used to produce chemicals and energy
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered a natural process they describe as…
Cutbacks
2016.04.04
Only a few small study programmes to survive cuts
Several small study programmes to close at the Faculty of Humanities. Some may continue as elements…
Appointment
2016.04.01
Danish professor new vice-president of the CERN Council
Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, a professor of particle physics and head of the Subatomic research group at…
Chemistry education
2016.03.30
New bachelor programme in chemistry opens doors to international jobs
University of Copenhagen Department of Chemistry is establishing a new chemistry undergraduate…
GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH
2016.03.30
For the first time scientists can observe the nano structure of food in 3D
Scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland have,…
Published in SCIENCE:
2016.03.25
Gatekeepers of cell membranes studied one at a time with revolutionary nanotechnology
All cells protect themselves from the environment using very thin but ultra-strong membranes. In…
Easter
2016.03.18
Easter can be calculated with greater accuracy using new ‘old’ astronomical method
Easter can fall early and late, in fact, the timing can fluctuate by an entire month from late Marc…
Chemistry business
2016.03.17
University of Copenhagen spin-out presents air cleaner in Beijing
A novel technology to clean air is now presented in the Chinese capital Beijing...
chemistry research
2016.03.17
Cleaning air with light proven to be uniquely versatile
A novel invention using light to remove air pollution has proven to be more versatile than any…
plant protection
2016.03.17
Breakthrough: Microbes protect plants with plant hormones
Researchers from the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at University of Copenhagen hav…
Climate
2016.03.16
Climate variations analysed 5 million years back in time
When we talk about climate change today, we have to recognise the natural variations to be able to…
Chemistry Business
2016.03.10
University of Copenhagen spinout opens advanced air laboratory
Danish air quality company “Infuser” is now inaugurating what promises to be Europe’s, and possibly…
climate change
2016.03.03
Professors in The Lancet: We need an analysis of the consequences of climate change beyond 2050
What if there is good reason to believe the greatest risks of climate change lie beyond 2050? This…
Cell treatment
2016.03.02
Cancer treatment on a cellular level
The most common treatments for cancer are radiation and chemotherapy. However they have side effect…
chemistry research
2016.03.01
Greener chemistry through renewable energy
A group of researchers, headed by chemists based at the University of Copenhagen, plan to use green…
chemistry research
2016.03.01
Chemical snapshot unveils path to greener biofuel
Chemists at the University of Copenhagen have taken a leap ahead in understanding how one family of…
Marie Curie
2016.03.01
Mapping the unknown: what is the function of non-coding RNA in plants?
Non-coding RNA could play an important role in plants’ ability to cope with temperature changes and…
On the edge of new territories
2016.02.25
Physicist Peter Lodahl receives prestigious EliteForsk Award
Peter Lodahl, professor of quantum physics at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of…
ELITE RESEARCH PRIZES 2016
2016.02.25
Elite Research Travelling Scholarship awarded to DIKU PhD Fellow in Computer Science
On 25 February 2016 the prestigious Elite Research prize awards celebrate their first decennium. Th…
Innovation project
2016.02.23
Innovation project will bridge the gap between industry and research
Three universities are joining forces to help Danish companies use brand new methods for product…
chemistry research
2016.02.18
Chemistry trick paves way for safer diabetes medication
Entirely new approach for designing insulin-based pharmaceuticals could open the door for more…
Life on Earth
2016.02.15
Oxygen was present in the atmosphere much earlier than previously assumed
Reconstructing the emergence and evolution of life on our planet is tightly linked to the questions…
RECORD
2016.02.15
New seal of approval to the University of Copenhagen
Top researchers from the University of Copenhagen have been awarded eight large grants from the…
Big Data, DABAI
2016.02.11
New research centre DABAI will create innovation through Big Data
In a large alliance with Danish universities, public and private organisations, the Computer Scienc…
Nature
2016.02.09
Experts urge extreme caution on “rewilding” to save wild places
Efforts to “rewild” the landscape have become increasingly popular, but a new paper led by the…
CERN
2016.02.09
The universe’s primordial soup flowing at CERN
Researchers have recreated the universe’s primordial soup in miniature format by colliding lead…
Plant science
2016.02.08
Anarchistic proteins could hide secret to develop crops with high stress resistance
A group of researchers at the University of Copenhagen will unveil the mysteries of disordered…
SAVINGS
2016.02.04
Massive layoffs to hit research and education
The University of Copenhagen is cutting deep into its staff in response to the Danish government's…
Visual science
2016.02.04
University kicks of battle of beautiful data
Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen and Faculty of SCIENCE are inviting researchers…
Ecology
2016.02.03
Hummingbirds provide insight into food specialisation across the Americas
The mapping of food specialisation in hummingbird communities across the Americas, has led to a rar…
Climate change
2016.02.03
Will climate change make the koalas’ diet inedible?
The koala could soon be even more endangered than at present, if it turns out that climate change…
Chemical award
2016.01.29
Torkil Holm prize for straddling chemistry and biology
Professor Dimitrios Stamou is awarded the Torkil Holm prize for work on borders between chemistry…
New planet
2016.01.26
The solar system’s ninth planet in sight
Two American researchers believe that they have found evidence that there is still a giant planet i…
Tropical diseases
2016.01.21
A predictive risk map for the nematode parasite Mansonella perstans in Uganda
Infection with the nematode parasite Mansonella perstans is one of the most neglected of the…
Language
2016.01.18
Slashing small programme offering
A series of study programmes at the University of Copenhagen is about to halt the intake of new…
APPOINTMENT
2016.01.15
Rebecca Adler-Nissen new member of European foreign policy think tank
Associate Professor Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Department of Political Science, has been appointed a…
Peter Naur, computer science
2016.01.05
Famous Danish computer scientist Professor Peter Naur dead
Peter Naur, a great Danish scientist and the first Danish professor in Computer Science at…
underwater archaeology
2015.12.23
Greek and Danish archaeologists excavate the ancient Greek harbour town Lechaion
In Greece, underwater excavations of Lechaion, ancient Corinth’s partially submerged harbour town,…
Mars discovery
2015.12.17
Very high silicon content surprises Mars researchers
New results from the Mars rover Curosity show that some rocks in Gale Crater have a high content of…
chemistry research
2015.12.11
Promising cancer therapy advanced by chemical explanation
Researchers at the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, have discovered an unknown…
Jurassic climate
2015.12.11
Knowledge gap on extreme change in temperature elucidated
New study by geologist Christoph Korte from IGN, provides documentation to explain a previously not…
DIPLOMACY AND TWEET
2015.12.10
When leaders tweet
Leaders and diplomats tweet diligently - also from closed negotiations. Rebecca Adler-Nissen will…
Historic astronomy
2015.12.08
Astronomy archaeology – finding 120-year-old observations
In the basement under the Niels Bohr Institute building on Juliane Maries Vej in Copenhagen they…
HEALTH
2015.12.03
What your father ate before you were born could influence your health
There is increasing evidence that parents’ lifestyle and the environment they inhabit even long…
Intestinal bacteria
2015.12.02
Intestinal bacteria are affected by antidiabetic drugs
Intestinal bacteria change their composition and function when diabetic patients are treated with…
HEALTH
2015.12.02
Negative news about statins is causing early death for heart disease patients
Researchers in Denmark have found that negative news stories about statins are linked to some peopl…
Protein
2015.12.01
Pioneering crops for future generations
By 2050, the global population is expected to increase to 9.6 billion people. The world will need…
CERN
2015.11.25
CERN collides heavy nuclei at new record high energy
The world’s most powerful accelerator, the 27 km long Large Hadron Collider (LHC) operating at CERN…
FROM COLD TO COLDER
2015.11.23
Adapting to -70 degrees in Siberia: a tale of Yakutian horses
From an evolutionary perspective it happened almost overnight. In less than 800 years Yakutian…
Birds
2015.11.20
The cuckoo sheds new light on the scientific mystery of bird migration
The cuckoo is not only capable of finding its way from unknown locations; it does this through…
food cooperation
2015.11.16
FOOD works towards the formation of a European food innovation alliance
Department of Food Science at University of Copenhagen is part of the consortium "FoodNexus"…
social cognition
2015.11.13
Rare facial paralysis gives researchers new insights into social interaction
Persons with facial paralysis often experience difficulties in their social interactions because…
Healthy Aging
2015.11.13
Seniors expend as much energy as Tour de France cyclists
Physically fit seniors expend as much energy as Tour de France cyclists. New Danish research shows…
DOCTORAL THESIS
2015.11.11
Politicians condition the influence of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
EU politicians have decisive influence on the broader impact of the Court’s jurisprudence. That is…
Climate change
2015.11.09
The past shows how abrupt climate shifts affect Earth
New research shows how past abrupt climatic changes in the North Atlantic propagated globally. The…
Astronomy
2015.11.06
Swift satellite detects 1000th gamma-ray burst
The NASA satellite, Swift, has now detected its 1000th gamma-ray burst. Since the launch of the…
Climate
2015.11.04
The most vulnerable countries miss out on climate change knowledge
Collaborations on climate change research are divided into separate regions of the world with littl…
Chemistry business
2015.11.04
More productive chemistry researchers with new UCPH product
A University of Copenhagen professor in electrochemistry has started the company, “Nordic…
Climate
2015.11.04
The Greenland ice sheet contains nutrients from precipitation
New research shows that the ice sheet on Greenland contains the nutrient phosphorus, which was…
food security
2015.11.03
The role of plant science in food security
Plant science has a necessary but not sufficient role to play in meeting the global food security…
Climate
2015.11.02
Bugs collected on rooftop for 18 years reveal climate change effects
Study of insects on the roof of Zoological Museum has revealed local insect community turnover due…
Diabetes
2015.10.26
Insulin cells determine weight loss surgery success rate
Danish researchers have found that the ability to produce insulin is pivotal to the success of…
EARLY PANDEMIA
2015.10.23
Plague Infected Humans Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
However, it was at least another thousand years until the bacterium that causes the disease,…
Birds
2015.10.21
European birdwatchers unravel how birds respond to climate change
New details on how birds respond to climate change have been revealed by volunteer bird watchers al…
CANCER
2015.10.13
Malaria vaccine provides hope for a general cure for cancer
The hunt for a vaccine against malaria in pregnant women has provided an unexpected side benefit fo…
Parkinson's disease
2015.10.09
Immune gene prevents Parkinson's disease and dementia
A research team at BRIC has discovered that non-inheritable PD may be caused by functional changes…
CANCER
2015.10.01
Scientists discover how to trap cancer cells before they spread
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the Francis Crick Institute have discovered a new…
EXTREME DEMOGRAPHIC COLLAPSE
2015.09.24
After 100 years in captivity, a look at the world’s last truly wild horses
In the 1870s, the world’s last truly wild horses, known as Przewalski’s horses, lived in the Asian…
REFUGEE SUMMIT
2015.09.23
UCPH: Task force needed for the education of refugees
The University of Copenhagen has been invited to the Danish Prime Minister’s summit on integration.…
Collaboration
2015.09.21
Shared workdays to strengthen and stimulate collaboration between researchers and businesses
The Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences invites businesses to benefit from the…
RESEARCH
2015.09.18
UCPH scientists well represented in Nature and Science
The University of Copenhagen has joined the ranks of the top 50 research institutions that publish…
Film
2015.09.16
Panum location for new film
He is one of the writers behind top box office films like Fasandræberne (The Pheasant Killers), A…
Refugee crisis
2015.09.14
Give refugees access to education
New thinking in education is called for if Denmark is to deliver a truly humanitarian effort while…
The right tree
2015.09.08
The right tree for the right place in Africa
A new version of vegetationmap4africa makes it easier to select species for agroforestry and land…
Climate
2015.09.08
Copepod migrations are important for the ocean’s uptake of CO2
Zooplankton no bigger than grains of rice play a much larger role in the transport and storage of…
Childhood asthma
2015.09.07
American NIH grant to Danish research on childhood asthma
Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC), led by Professor Hans Bisgaard,…
language technology
2015.09.07
Linguists use the Bible to develop language technology for small languages
Linguists from the University of Copenhagen can now produce language technology – based on Biblical…
ISOLATED MOUNTAINS
2015.09.03
Africa’s secret rainforests revealed in new book
Udzungwa: Tales of Discovery in an East African Rainforest is a beautiful and lavishly illustrated…
Life in the soil
2015.09.02
Biodiversity belowground is just as important as aboveground
Most of the world’s biodiversity is below ground, but little is known about how it affects…
FUNDING
2015.08.28
Ambitious new biomedical research programme at University of Copenhagen
The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of DKK 60 million for an ambitious new research…
Health Axis Europe
2015.08.27
University of Copenhagen joins European health elite
Knowledge, growth and visions for future health. These will be the keywords when the University of…
ANNIVERSARY
2015.08.27
Department of Political Science celebrates its 50 year anniversary
The Department of Political Science is publishing an anniversary book to celebrate that on 1…
Conservation
2015.08.20
The Sumatran rhino is extinct in the wild in Malaysia
The future survival of the wild Sumatran rhinos now depends entirely on the less than 100…
Conference
2015.08.19
A day dedicated to education quality
For the fifth time the University of Copenhagen is hosting a teaching conference for everyone in…
Physical performance
2015.08.14
Higher intelligence score means better physical performance
New research reveals a distinct association between male intelligence in early adulthood and their…
EDUCATION
2015.08.04
New study preferences and high grade points in this year’s intake
On 30 July, 7,641 applicants were offered a place at the University of Copenhagen. The number is at…
Quantum technology
2015.07.27
Quantum networks: Back and forth are not equal distances!
Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have discovered a new type of photonic channels, where…
Emigration
2015.07.21
The population history of Native Americans
There is archaeological evidence of modern humans in the Americas by approx. 15 thousand years ago…
Chemistry research
2015.07.21
Rock paper fungus: How X-ray imaging of rocks will save papers of the past
Believe it or not: X-ray works a lot better on rocks than on paper. This has been a problem for…
HEALTH
2015.07.21
Definitive scientific evidence to support earlier initiation of HIV treatment
Final results from two landmark studies bolstered the scientific case for initiating HIV treatment…
Education
2015.07.16
University of Copenhagen remains first choice for most applicants
The University of Copenhagen received 25,995 applications from a total of 17,238 individual…
patent law
2015.07.11
Adverse effects of clinical trial data transparency – should we worry?
New legislation forces drug developers to disclose most of their clinical trials data when applying…
HEALTH
2015.07.10
Risk of COPD may already occur in adolescence
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of most common causes of death in the world…
Climate
2015.07.08
Volcanic eruptions are important for world climate
Large volcanic eruptions release huge clouds of ash and acid into the atmosphere. These clouds…
Astronomy
2015.07.08
Super-bright supernova with extreme burst of gamma radiation
Astronomers from NBI have observed a super-bright supernova association with a very unusual long…
EUROPEAN LANDSCAPES
2015.07.01
EU-project prepares “Roadmap” for the sustainable use of European landscapes
What will European landscapes look like in 2040? Researchers from IGN has gone through this questio…
NEW PhD PROJECT
2015.07.01
Do children with ADHD benefit from nature?
A new PhD project seeks to investigate whether time in nature can be an effective supplementary…
Healthy Aging
2015.06.26
Inactivity reduces people’s muscle strength
New research reveals that it only takes two weeks of not using their legs for young people to lose …
Nano technology
2015.06.24
Nanowires could be the LEDs of the future
The latest research from the Niels Bohr Institute shows that LEDs made from nanowires will use less…
ORGANISATION
2015.06.23
New Management at the Centre for Military Studies
New management has been appointed at the Centre for Military Studies, Department of Political…
NATIVE AMERICAN ORIGINS
2015.06.18
Kennewick Man: solving a scientific controversy
When Kennewick Man was discovered in 1996 initial cranial analysis suggested that he was a…
Sea level rise
2015.06.18
Risk of major sea level rise in Northern Europe
Global warming leads to the ice sheets on land melting and flowing into the sea, which consequently…
Ice core drilling
2015.06.17
New Greenland ice core drilled through the Renland ice cap
An international research team led by the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have…
Teacher of the Year Award 2015
2015.06.11
Teacher of the Year Award for a chemist... again
The Teacher of the Year at SCIENCE 2015 award has been bestowed upon Associate Professor Michael…
OBESITY
2015.06.10
New obesity treatment prevents bone loss during weight loss
Using the intestinal hormone GLP-1 in obesity treatment prevents the loss of bone mass otherwise…
BRONZE AGE GENETICS
2015.06.10
When modern Eurasia was born
Modern European and Central Asian peoples are genetically speaking not more than a couple of…
Scholarship programme
2015.05.29
Novo Nordisk and UCPH to boost exchange of talented students
UCPH rector, Ralf Hemmingsen, and executive vice president and chief science officer at Novo…
Savannas effect on CO2
2015.05.22
Savannas affect the level of CO2 in the atmosphere
In an article posted in Science, Guy Schurgers from IGN has taken part in research on the impacts o…
archaeology
2015.05.21
The Bronze Age Egtved Girl was not from Denmark
One of the best-known Danish Bronze Age finds, the famous Egtved Girl from 1370 BC, was not born in…
Football
2015.05.19
Promoting the health benefits of football
Football’s impact on health and the Danish exercise concept of Football Fitness are key points on…
SCIENCE award
2015.05.13
Young chemist reinvents clean air for industry
A UCPH Department of Chemistry researcher has been awarded the first ever “SCIENCE Business Prize…
CANCER
2015.05.08
Danish discovery accelerates targeted cancer treatment
In collaboration with international scientists, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have…
ROYAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2015.05.07
Two talented exchange students awarded by Crown Princess Mary
- Thanks to student exchange, each year thousands of young people criss-cross the world and like…
Spin out
2015.05.07
Gilead Sciences purchases research firm
EpiTherapeutics, a Danish firm that develops medicine using biomedical research conducted at the…
Chemistry research
2015.05.05
Chemistry student in sun harvest breakthrough
A student at Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen has made a breakthrough for…
Stem cells
2015.05.05
New clues into how stem cells get their identity
Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have identified one mechanism that explains how some ste…
TELOMERE
2015.04.29
Danish discovery may change cancer treatment
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have made a discovery that may change the way we treat…
Webcast
2015.04.28
Watch students debate with Merkel
Chancellor Angela Merkel and prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt debated economic growth in Europ…
UNDERGROUND CHANNEL
2015.04.20
World’s first geoscience video channel
Today sees the launch of the world’s first online video channel focusing on the geosciences.
2015.04.18
Johan Andersen-Ranberg wins PhD Cup 2015
Synbio scientist wins prestigious price as Denmark’s best PhD-science communicator
research
2015.04.16
New blood test can predict future breast cancer
By analysing a simple blood sample, scientists from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in…
ELECTIONS
2015.04.15
The Danish election poster has become a shadow of its former self
In the past the Danish election poster was a piece of art. Today it is often like a dull…
Liquid water on Mars
2015.04.13
Mars might have liquid water
Researchers have long known that there was water in the form of ice on Mars. Now, new research from…
Ice on Mars
2015.04.07
Mars has belts of glaciers consisting of frozen water
Mars has distinct polar ice caps, but Mars also has belts of glaciers at its central latitudes in…
Award
2015.04.07
Namiko Mitarai receives prestigious Japanese elite researcher award
Namiko Mitarai, associate professor and researcher in biophysics in the research group BioComplexit…
Quantum physics
2015.03.30
Super sensitive measurement of magnetic fields in swinging atoms
There are electrical signals in the nervous system, the brain and throughout the human body and…
Exercise
2015.03.30
Exercise can outweigh harmful effects of air pollution
New research from the University of Copenhagen has found that the beneficial effects of exercise ar…
ADMISSIONS
2015.03.27
More quota-2 applicants making University of Copenhagen their first choice
The number of quota-2 applicants in 2015 rose slightly over last year. Half had the University of…
Disturbed Ecosystems
2015.03.26
Increased sensitivity to climate change in disturbed ecosystems
Plants are particularly sensitive to climatic changes in early life stages and even small climatic…
Stem cells
2015.03.25
Stem cells make similar decisions to humans
Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have captured thousands of progenitor cells of the…
BUSINESS
2015.03.24
New forum for dialogue between business leaders and graduates in political science
The Department of Political Science has established a Business Forum with representatives from the…
Habitable planets
2015.03.18
Planets in the habitable zone around most stars, calculate researchers
Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets in our galaxy, the Milky Way. By analysing thes…
RESEARCH
2015.03.18
Researchers reverse type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease
In a project co-funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Basic Metabolic Research,…
Research collaboration
2015.03.17
Quantum link between QDev in Denmark and QuTech in Holland
The Center for Quantum Devices, QDev at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen an…
archaeology
2015.03.17
Weights will shed new light on prehistoric trade and economy
How did the introduction of balance weights in Bronze Age Europe and Asia shape the way prehistoric…
Physical chemistry
2015.03.13
Copenhagen chemists discover an unlikely connection
As with magnets and alternating current, positively charged molecules never aim for one another. Or…
AWARD
2015.03.12
Danish EU scholar receives Nordic award
Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Rebecca Adler-Nissen, receives the Nils…
LHC restarts
2015.03.12
CERN starting the LHC accelerator up again to solve new mysteries
The 27 km long subterranean particle accelerator, the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN is ready…
HEALTH
2015.03.10
High levels of vitamin D is suspected of increasing mortality rates
The level of vitamin D in our blood should neither be too high nor to low. Scientists from the…
Tooth fillings
2015.03.10
New research into materials for tooth fillings
Tooth decay is a serious health problem and it is often necessary to repair cavities. Today they…
Research collaboration
2015.03.09
Chemistry at the heart of new Danish-Qatari partnership
Faculty of Science Dean John Renner Hansen recently signed an agreement with Qatar University’s…
Medicinal chemistry
2015.03.09
Quick, easy and early diagnosis with rare earth ions
A chemist from the University of Copenhagen has invented a compound which measures oxygen in cells…
2015.03.09
Poorly preserved DNA from African slaves reveals their origins
An analysis of DNA extracted from the tooth roots of three 17th century slaves reveals that they…
Atomic clock
2015.03.06
Quantum mechanic frequency filter for atomic clocks
In an atomic clock, electrons jumping from one orbit to another decides the clock’s frequency. To…
Rare cosmic sight
2015.03.05
Astronomers observe four images of the same supernova using a cosmic lens
Astronomers have for the first time observed a supernova multiply-imaged due to gravitational…
information and bubbles
2015.03.02
The Carlsberg Foundation funds Centre for Information and Bubble Studies
The Carlsberg Foundation has awarded Professor Vincent F. Hendricks 1,92 million euros to establish…
Early Universe
2015.03.02
Astronomers find dust in the early universe
Dust plays an extremely important role in the universe – both in the formation of planets and new…
Diabetes
2015.02.26
GLP-1 secretion is reduced in overweight, pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes
The world’s largest study looking at the secretion of the gut hormone GLP-1 has found that the…
Eliteforsk award
2015.02.26
Biophysicist receives EliteForsk Award 2015
Biophysics professor Lene Oddershede of the University of Copenhagen's Niels Bohr Institute at the…
rising sea level
2015.02.20
Greenland is melting – the past might tell what the future holds
A team of scientists lead by Danish geologist Nicolaj Krog Larsen have managed to quantify how the…
Prize
2015.02.12
Prestigious American award for Danish Professor Maiken Nedergaard
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded scientist Maiken…
Equal opportunity
2015.02.10
Hiring target: A woman in every applicant pool
Equal opportunity New University of Copenhagen hiring guidelines now require that women be included…
Conservation
2015.02.09
World’s governments are failing on protected areas for nature
A new study has found that while governments are making progress in expanding Protected Area…
Research
2015.02.06
Global focus on metabolic research at University of Copenhagen
A ‘world-renowned’ scientist from Yale University, Professor Tamas L. Horvath is going to establish…
Health
2015.02.05
University of Copenhagen and University of British Columbia share international professorship
Funding from the Lundbeck Foundation ensures joint professorship in drug delivery and nanomedicine…
Healthy Aging
2015.02.03
Innovative aging researcher gives us new view of older people
Professor Rudi Westendorp has for many years endeavoured to change the way society view older peopl…
QUITTING SMOKING
2015.01.27
Neuroscience researchers believe in quitting smoking gradually
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have studied the immediate reaction in the brain after…
Medicinal chemistry
2015.01.26
New strategy to combat “undruggable” cancer molecule
Three of the four most fatal cancers are caused by a protein known as Ras. Now a group from the…
RESISTANCE
2015.01.21
New type of antibiotic resistance living in hiding
New research from the University of Copenhagen shows how MRSA bacterial strains under special…
Planetary Boundaries
2015.01.15
Four of nine planetary boundaries now crossed
Four of nine planetary boundaries have now been crossed as a result of human activity, says a team…
Protein
2015.01.14
University of Copenhagen on track to becoming a global hub for protein research
The Novo Nordisk Foundation has decided to award an additional grant of DKK 180 million (€24.2…
obesity
2015.01.13
The obese can teach us how to lose weight
New research shows that patients who have been through gastric bypass surgery can teach us importan…
Neuroscience
2015.01.13
Danish Researchers one-step closer towards a cocaine antidote
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have gained new insight into future medical treatment…
nanoscience
2015.01.12
New superconducting hybrid crystals developed at the University of Copenhagen
A new type of ‘nanowire’ crystals that fuses semiconducting and metallic materials on the atomic…
Biopharmaceuticals
2015.01.06
New drug design enhances brain signalling by a factor of 1,000
Chemical-biological research from the University of Copenhagen sheds light on important…
NEW MUSEUM
2014.12.17
Christmas present of the year: 550 m from private foundations ensures new museum of natural history.
Through generous donations from VILLUM FONDEN, The Novo Nordisk Foundation, The Obel Family…
Diversity
2014.12.11
International team maps "Big Bang" of bird evolution
The genomes of modern birds tell a story of how they emerged and evolved after the mass extinction…
GREEN CAMPUS
2014.12.10
New green strategy puts UCPH in the sustainability Champions League
The University of Copenhagen has set out ambitious new targets for sustainability designed to make…
Ants
2014.12.08
Fungus-growing ants selectively cultivate their crops
Ever since agriculture evolved ca 10.000 years ago, plants have been artificially selectedto become…
Nature’s ingenious systems:
2014.12.08
Celldivision induces tissue ordering
If there is a blood clot preventing blood from flowing across the endothelial cells, they begin to…
Christmas trees
2014.12.04
Cloned Christmas trees can help reduce pesticide use
A new method makes it possible to clone Nordmann firs – the Danes’ Christmas tree of choice. Robust…
The world’s largest telescope
2014.12.04
Green light for construction of the E-ELT
The ESO Council has now decided to start building the new large European telescope E-ELT (European…
Steiner tree, Algorithmics
2014.11.26
The Steiner tree research at DIKU experiences a revival
Early December, DIKU researchers travel to the east coast of the USA to participate in the…
Cosmic distances:
2014.11.26
Using supermassive black holes to measure cosmic distances
One of the major problems in astronomy is measuring very large distances in the universe. The…
POISONOUS LUNCH
2014.11.25
Vultures evolved an extreme gut to cope with disgusting dietary habits
How is it that vultures can live on a diet of carrion that would at least lead to severe…
health
2014.11.24
Selenium compounds boost immune system to fight against cancer
Cancer types such as melanoma, prostate cancer and certain types of leukaemia weaken the body by…
Innovation Award
2014.11.21
Innovation award for inventor of natural air cleaner
University of Copenhagen has presented its Innovation Award 2014 to Matthew Johnson who is a…
CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
2014.11.21
Innovative Hindi instructor named 2014 teacher of year
The University of Copenhagen’s teacher of the year for 2014 is known for taking students out of the…
Health
2014.11.19
Low vitamin D levels increase mortality
New research from the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital shows that low…
JUNIOR RESEARCHERS PROJECT
2014.11.17
Junior researchers take unconventional routes
All four winners of this year's Junior Researchers Project and Minister of Education Christine…
EDUCATION
2014.11.07
Minister and universities agree on dimensioning model
Even though the University of Copenhagen must still reduce enrolment by 883 student places, a new…
Early European history
2014.11.06
Ancient genomes show the European meta-population
DNA recovered from a 36,000 year old fossil skeleton found in Russia shows early divergence of…
Climate changes
2014.11.05
New professor is going to take part in uncovering the consequences of climate changes in the Arctic
1 December 2014 Per Ambus will commence as professor in arctic isotope geochemistry at Center for…
Healthy Aging
2014.11.05
High-fat diet postponing brain aging
New Danish-led research suggests that signs of brain aging can be postponed in mice if placed on a…
Nanoscopy
2014.11.03
At the forefront with Nobel Prize winning microscope
The invention of super resolution microscopy won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry - a…
EMPLOYMENT
2014.10.31
New Head of Department at the Department of Anthropology
Helle Samuelsen continues in her position as Head of the Department of Anthropology at the Faculty…
ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS
2014.10.27
Adverse drug reactions in children following use of asthma medications
In a new study based on EU adverse drug reaction reports, researchers at the University of…
SUSTAINABILITY
2014.10.24
Global boom in hydropower expected this decade
This could reduce the number of our last remaining large free-flowing rivers by about 20 percent an…
Geophysics
2014.10.23
Danish scientist elected as Fellow of Geological Society of America
Professor in Geophysics Hans Thybo, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management at…
SUSTAINABILITY
2014.10.23
New policymaking tool for shift to renewable energy
Multiple pathways exist to a low greenhouse gas future, all involving increased efficiency and a…
Green advice
2014.10.20
Top universities create green guide for universities
Ten of the world's top universities now release the Green Guide for Universities at the…
2014.10.17
Negotiable sustainability
Copenhagen Competition 2014 takes place in the University of Copenhagen’s Ceremonial Hall 20 to 21…
Bacteria
2014.10.17
Scientists opens black box on bacterial growth in cystic fibrosis lung infection
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shown for the first time how bacteria can grow…
Sea level:
2014.10.13
Rising sea levels of 1.8 meters in worst-case scenario
The climate is getting warmer, the ice sheets are melting and sea levels are rising – but how much?…
FUNDING
2014.10.09
Three new centres of excellence at UCPH
The Danish National Research Foundation has announced its new centres of excellence. The University…
ageing
2014.10.08
Active ageing is much more than exercise
To equate active ageing strictly with health is too narrow a focus, new research from University of…
Congress
2014.10.08
Sustainable trends give businesses new opportunities
Companies need to pay close attention if they want to be frontrunners in technological development:…
Funding
2014.10.07
Innovative and excellent research at the highest international level
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is involved in 4 of the 12 projects afforded the status…
Brain research
2014.10.06
Researchers redefine hypothesis on holes in the brain
Researchers at University of Copenhagen have studied access conditions at brain cell level. New…
2014.10.03
David Dreyer Lassen publishes paper in British Journal of Political Science
This article analyzes the political origins of differences in adherence to the fiscal framework of…
Biodiversity targets
2014.10.03
More investment needed to reach international biodiversity targets by 2020
Despite some progress, more needs to be done to reach the internationally agreed set of biodiversit…
take a ride with UCPH
2014.09.29
Universities do more
Universities are typically publicly acknowledged for providing two kinds of services – education an…
Data Research
2014.09.26
Google director is the new Honorary Alumna at University of Copenhagen
The top researcher Corinna Cortes, born in Denmark, spends most of her days on Google’s floor of…
Genes
2014.09.19
Size at birth affects risk of adolescent mental health disorders
New research from the Copenhagen Centre for Social Evolution and Yale University offers compelling…
EDUCATION
2014.09.18
New research cooperation to improve public health
University College Capital and Metropolitan University College are joining the University of…
A PLACE TO CALL HOME
2014.09.16
From barracks to dorms
Starting in 2015, students will be able to start calling the former barracks on Copenhagen's…
Business
2014.09.16
Turning knowledge into innovation
The University of Copenhagen is now putting even greater effort onto encouraging student innovation…
Brain research
2014.09.16
Researchers debunk myth about Parkinson's disease
Using advanced computer models, neuroscience researchers at the University of Copenhagen have gaine…
Medicinal Chemistry
2014.09.15
Protein courtship revealed through chemist's lens
Staying clear of diseases requires the proteins in our cells to cooperate with one another. But, it…
Brain research
2014.09.04
New research offers help for spinal cord patients
In a study on rats, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered the cause of the…
PRIDE
2014.09.01
550 students and staff from 'Diversity' of Copenhagen help set Pride record
Some 550 students, employees and their guests participated in this year’s Copenhagen Pride. The…
MATRICULATION
2014.08.29
Fewer handshakes during annual Matriculation Ceremony
As part of a time-honoured tradition, Rector Ralf Hemmingsen will today welcome new University of…
New quantum technology:
2014.08.29
Breakthrough in light sources for new quantum technology
Future quantum circuits are photonic circuits, i.e. circuits based on light (photons) instead of…
PREHISTORIC MIGRATIONS
2014.08.28
New DNA study unravels the settlement history of the New World Arctic
We know people have lived in the New World Arctic for about 5,000 years. Archaeological evidence…
Environmental chemistry
2014.08.25
Barbeque fumes choke joggers at popular event
Runners of Copenhagen’s popular DHL Relay Race are exposed to so many particles that they might as…
Health
2014.08.25
Large-scale study focuses on heavy smokers
A study based on blood samples from more than 55,000 Danes conducted by the University of Copenhage…
Civilization's impact
2014.08.15
Human pressure on land is increasing shows world map
During the past two decades, 64 % of the Earth’s land-based area has experienced an increase in…
cholesterol
2014.08.14
New technology offers insight into cholesterol
With new advanced techniques developed by the Copenhagen Center for Glycomics at the University of…
Education
2014.07.31
Fewer undergraduates accepted, tougher requirements
This year, the University of Copenhagen has granted acceptance to 7,616 applicants for undergraduat…
NEW APPROACH
2014.07.24
Crisis and displacement create new economic dynamics
edited by MSO Professor Amanda Hammar, Centre of African Studies, Copenhagen University.
Protein research
2014.07.16
Scientists redirect proteins towards specific areas of the genome
Certain protein domains could be used as 'drones' to direct DNA repair or activator proteins toward…
Brain research
2014.07.16
New knowledge about the brain's effective bouncer
Research from the University of Copenhagen is shedding new light on the brain's complicated barrier…
Health
2014.07.10
Mouse study: Natural birth may strengthen the immune system
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have uncovered new knowledge about the immune system…
Cell identity and cancer
2014.07.04
Target for cancer therapy protects cell identity
New research from BRIC identifies crucial mechanism for maintaining cell identity and enables new…
GENETIC KEY TO PARKINSON'S DISEASE
2014.07.03
Movement disorders in young people related to ADHD
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen University Hospital have identified …
Male cooking
2014.06.30
PhD thesis on masculinity in TV cooking shows
Masculinity in TV cooking shows is the focus in a new PhD dissertation by Jonatan Leer.
Award
2014.06.25
Forward-thinking protein scientist receives prestigious award
Professor Jiri Lukas, director of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, has been…
STEP BY STEP
2014.06.24
Researchers mapping your route from illness to illness
Studies in a complex data landscape now enable researchers to pinpoint very busy routes for…
Heart Research
2014.06.18
New research can improve heart health
For the first time, researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet are able to show…
METABOLIC GENETICS
2014.06.18
Scientists break the genetic code for diabetes in Greenland
New Danish genetics research explains the high incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Greenlandic…
Genetics
2014.06.16
Researchers map parasite with promising effect on autoimmune diseases
Researchers have successfully mapped the genome of the whipworm parasite.
EU law
2014.05.30
Reports uncover the tender spot in relation to EU citizens' rights
Recently published reports uncover that there are considerable differences in EU Member States’…
Climate change
2014.05.27
Climate warming favours light-coloured insects in Europe
Butterflies and dragonflies with a lighter shade of colour do better in warmer areas of Europe. Thi…
Gambling mania
2014.05.26
At New Delhi's racecourse races are rigged
PhD Stine Simonsen Puri's dissertation deals with gambling at the New Delhi racecourse. It provides…
Nutrition
2014.05.15
HIV patient nutrition more vital than once assumed
Access to HIV medication has significantly reduced the number of AIDS related deaths in Africa. Yet…
internationalisation
2014.05.15
International collaboration in medicines regulatory affairs
The Universities of Copenhagen, Basel, Hertfordshire and King’s College, London, have signed a…
Healthy aging
2014.05.09
Constant arguing increases premature death risk
People who frequently argue with family and friends, or worry too much about their loved ones, may…
Polarbears
2014.05.09
Genome gives clues to how polar bears rapidly evolved to cope with high-fat diet
A comparison of the genomes of polar bears and brown bears reveals that the polar bear is a much…
AUSTRALIAN TRIO
2014.05.08
Australian students awarded by Crown Princess Mary
Today HRH Crown Princess Mary gave out The Crown Princess Mary Scholarship to two Australian…
Diabetes
2014.05.08
Gluten-free diet reduces risk of type 1 diabetes in mice
New experiments on mice show, that mouse mothers can protect their pups from developing type 1…
CLIMATE
2014.05.07
Deep green cuts reduce University energy consumption 20%
The University of Copenhagen has met its first climate goal of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions…
Climate change
2014.05.01
Multiple dimensions of climate change reveal unappreciated impacts on biodiversity
Shrinking ice sheets and melting ice caps are well known consequences of climate change. But a new…
climate fiction
2014.04.23
Fiction prepares us for a world changed by global warming
Climate fiction – or simply cli-fi – is a newly coined term for novels and films which focus on the…
Media and politics
2014.04.10
Newspapers follow suit when Danish politicians go to war
Danish newspapers mirror to a high degree the viewpoints of the political elite when Danish militar…
ANIMAL WELFARE
2014.04.10
Experts disagree on horses with incoordination
At least one in 100 horses at some point in its life will lose the ability to control of its gait a…
science and responsibility
2014.04.08
Scientists disagree on responsible research
Responsible research has been put firmly on the political agenda with, for instance, EU’s Horizon…
Parasites
2014.04.04
E-learning contributes to fight vicious worm
Tips for preparing a pork chop and good principles for free-range livestock are some of the scenes…
CULTURE PRIZE
2014.04.03
Michael Haneke is awarded the Sonning Prize 2014
The largest cultural award in Denmark, the Sonning Prize, will go to the Austrian film director…
HEALTHY AGING
2014.03.26
Cell-saving drugs could reduce brain damage after stroke
A new and surprising mechanism turns out to control the blood flow within the brain. The mechanism…
Appointment of Dean
2014.03.26
Director of Research appointed new Dean at the Faculty of Law
Professor Jacob Graff Nielsen has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law starting 1 April 2014.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
2014.03.18
Why international sanctions do not always work
It is far from always that international sanctions and diplomatic pressure have the intended effect…
everyday life
2014.03.14
Stroke patients may benefit from new routines
People who have suffered a stroke often experience severe fatigue. But doctors find it hard to help…
documentaries
2014.03.12
Documentaries change our view of the world
In his new book, Engaging with Reality: Documentary and Globalization, Professor Ib Bondebjerg of…
SIDE EFFECTS
2014.03.11
Cosmetic treatment can open the door to bacteria
Many people have ‘fillers’ injected into their facial tissue to give them ‘bee-stung lips’ or to…
Medicinal chemistry
2014.03.10
New sugar-test to reduce false-positive cancer diagnoses
The world’s most widespread test for ovarian cancer reports false-positives in 94 of 100 diagnosed…
Gene research
2014.03.06
Enzyme controls transport of genomic building blocks
Research from BRIC, University of Copenhagen, shows how the enzyme TLK1 turns a cellular carrier of…
AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
2014.03.05
3D scans map widespread fish disease
Seventy-five per cent of antibiotics in Danish fish farms is used to treat fish with enteric…
infostorms
2014.02.28
Social media harm our ability to act rationally
The Internet and social media provide easy and instant access to an abundance of information but do…
Environmental chemistry
2014.02.27
Danish chemist cracks code for cloud creation
Atmospheric chemists at the University of Copenhagen have now revealed an important factor in the…
Technological discovery
2014.02.23
New technology detect cellular memory
New technology developed at BRIC, University of Copenhagen, reveal secrets of cellular memory
TEAM SPORT
2014.02.21
Team sport compensates for oestrogen loss
When women enter menopause, their oestrogen levels taper. This increases their risk of…
SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENT
2014.02.19
New study programme in Security Risk Management includes new partnerships
The new study programme in Security Risk Management at the University of Copenhagen will provide th…
Medicinal chemistry
2014.02.19
Chemist gets US patent for solution to resistance problem
A chemist based at the University of Copenhagen has just taken out a patent for a drug that can mak…
POTENT PLANT
2014.02.18
Garlic counteracts virulent bacteria
Aggressive multi-resistant infections constitute an increasing health problem all over the world.…
Brain disease
2014.02.16
New blood cells fight brain inflammation
Researchers from BRIC have identified a new group of anti-inflammatory blood cells in patients with…
COLONIZATION
2014.02.12
Americas only Clovis skeleton had its genome mapped
They lived in America about 13,000 years ago where they hunted mammoth, mastodons and giant bison…
Global health
2014.02.11
Dental care in school breaks down social inequalities
A new global survey documents how dental care in the school environment is helping to assure a…
EXCELLENCE
2014.02.06
Law professor receives prestigious award for giving developing countries a hand up
Law Professor Morten Broberg has been awarded the EliteForsk research award for his work to…
GUT CONTENT
2014.02.05
A "smoking gun" on the Ice Age megafauna extinctions
It was climate that killed many of the large mammals after the latest Ice Age. But what more…
EDUCATION
2014.01.31
New UCPH study programme to become an expert on Global Development
The University of Copenhagen offers a new MSc study programme in Global Development.
MOLECULAR REMODELLING
2014.01.30
Designer proteins provide new information about the bodys signal processes
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen can radically alter the properties of proteins by…
Stem cells
2014.01.29
Major EU research grant focused on stem cell-based treatment of diabetes
A new project will contribute significantly to better treatment and quality of life for the…
oral health and diabetes
2014.01.27
Researchers motivate diabetics to adopt healthy lifestyle
By means of so-called health coaching, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have helped a…
jazz history
2014.01.27
Afro-Jewish band dominated Nazi-occupied Denmark's music scene
During the Nazi occupation of Denmark 1940-1945, the jazz orchestra Harlem Kiddies, which boasted a…
DNA
2014.01.26
Blue eyes and dark skin, thats how the European hunter-gatherer looked like 7,000 years ago
A 7,000 years old individual from the Mesolithic Period, whose remains were recovered at La…
Resources
2014.01.24
Mining no shortcut for Greenland
Greenland would benefit most by permitting a limited number of mines, operational for a limited…
Climate research
2014.01.22
Climate change research is globally skewed
The supply of climate change knowledge is biased towards richer countries - those that pollute the…
physical activity
2014.01.21
If overweight, your child will be less active
A new study from the University of Copenhagen’s OPUS Research Centre reports that being overweight…
New cooperation
2014.01.13
Demand for improved insulation materials spawns new collaboration
Better insulation materials are a money and energy saver for all. A new collaborative project is se…
Inflammation
2014.01.10
Researchers pursuing arthritis protein
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have investigated a special protein that appears in…
Diabetes
2014.01.09
Cancer drug protects against diabetes
New research shows that low doses of a cancer drug protect against the development of type 1…
BACTERIA
2014.01.08
Marine bacteria to fight tough infections
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen is studying a new form of treatment based on marine…
STEM CELLS
2014.01.07
Stem cells on the road to specialisation
Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have gained new insight into how both early embryonic…
PREGNANCY
2014.01.02
Study on pregnancy and alcohol fails to take psychological factors into account
Large Danish population study on pregnancy and alcohol lacks focus on important psychological…
Reemployment
2013.12.20
Troels Østergaard Sørensen to continue as Dean of Social Sciences
Rector Ralf Hemmingsen has complied with the unanimous recommendation of a nominating committee and…
Diabetes
2013.12.19
Congenital heart disease causes hypoglycaemia
In a new study, scientists from University of Copenhagen document a connection between congenital…
Immune systeme
2013.12.16
Fish skin adding new knowledge about the immune system
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied immune responses in fish skin and mapped…
CHRISTMAS PRESENT OF THE YEAR
2013.12.13
Misty the Dinosaur comes to Denmark
Now the Natural History Museum of Denmark can reveal that it received the Christmas present of the…
Research
2013.12.13
Snail fever expected to decline in Africa due to climate change
The explanation is that the parasite’s host snails stand to lose suitable habitat due to climate…
Food security
2013.12.12
Scientists map food security and self-provision of major cities
Wealthy capital cities vary greatly in their dependence on the global food market. New research hav…
EARLY WARNING
2013.12.06
Conference speakers: International think tank needed to identify techno-social turning points
Today, the key elements of an open letter addressing everyone in the world is presented at a unique…
DEAN
2013.12.05
Ulla Wewer continues as Dean of Health and Medical Sciences
Rector Ralf Hemmingsen has complied with the unanimous recommendation of a nominating committee and…
GROWTH
2013.12.02
Researchers analyse growth potential in African bank loans
In Africa, small women-owned business owners find it easier to obtain loans than their male…
Atmospheric chemistry
2013.11.26
Chemist gets environmental prize for inventing fresh air
Atmospheric chemist Matthew Johnson is awarded one of the largest environmental prizes in Denmark,…
science bubbles
2013.11.22
Research funding has become prone to bubble formation
Fashions in research funding, reward structures in universities and streamlining of scientific…
Protein research
2013.11.21
Scientists show how cells protect their DNA from catastrophic damage
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have unveiled a profound biological process that…
Genetics
2013.11.20
Ancient Siberian genome reveals genetic origins of Native Americans
The genome sequence of a 24,000-year-old Siberian individual has provided a key piece of the puzzle…
DNA
2013.11.18
Bacteria recycle broken DNA
Researchers from Denmark and Norway have now shown that bacteria can take up small as well as large…
Children's health
2013.11.17
Researchers identify main genes responsible for asthma attacks in children
An international team spearheaded by researchers from the University of Copenhagen has identified…
Commemoration
2013.11.15
YouTube pioneer named teacher of the year
Chemistry professor Jan H. Jensen is the 2013 recipient of the University of Copenhagen’s…
Heart
2013.11.13
Danish researchers predict risk of valvular heart disease
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet and Herlev Hospital have identified a…
Stem cell research
2013.11.07
Why stem cells need to stick with their friends
Scientists at University of Copenhagen and University of Edinburgh have identified a core set of…
international politics
2013.11.07
Informal elite network changed international politics in the 1970s
In the 1970s, a network of businessmen, politicians, and diplomats from the US, Europe, and Japan –…
LABOUR MARKET
2013.11.06
Immigration creates better jobs in the Danish private sector
Economists behind a new extensive study done at the University of Copenhagen reach the conclusion…
CANCER RESEARCH
2013.11.06
Genetic aberration paves the way for new treatment of cancer disease
Researchers from University of Copenhagen have characterized a genetic aberration on a group of…
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
2013.10.31
New knowledge about serious muscle disease
Recent research from University of Copenhagen sheds light on previously unknown facts about muscula…
Migration
2013.10.30
We could all benefit from labour migration
International agreements on migration and rights for temporary migrants will benefit everybody…
MULTI-RESISTANCE
2013.10.30
New substance effectively combats multi-resistant bacteria
Researchers from University of Copenhagen have now developed and characterized a substance that…
FREE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
2013.10.24
Free exchange of information can avert technological threats
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Niels Bohr’s atomic theory, the University of Copenhagen is…
Heart
2013.10.21
Fatal cholesterol disease overlooked and untreated
Hereditary high blood cholesterol leads to premature heart disease. It is overlooked and untreated…
sociology
2013.10.21
The Danes do not abandon church Christianity
New research shows that Danes are not abandoning their communal Protestant religion in favour of…
Stem cell therapy
2013.10.17
Stem cells converted to living intestinal patches
Researchers from BRIC identifies new population of stem cells than can be grown as living patches i…
STEM CELL RESEARCH
2013.10.15
New 3D method used to grow miniature pancreas
An international team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen have successfully developed…
Dean
2013.10.11
Jørn Vestergaard acting Dean at the Faculty of Law
The Dean of the Faculty of Law Henrik Dam will be the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of…
CULTURE NIGHT
2013.10.09
University secrets come to life
On Friday 11 October, the public can visit a number of places at the University of Copenhagen, whic…
INTERDISCIPLINARITY
2013.10.07
Ten top-universities behind congress on global challenges and sustainable solutions
The congress invites experts across disciplines to break down academic barriers and jumpstart a…
STRESS AT WORK
2013.10.04
Work seems life threatening to people suffering from stress
Today stress causes more cases of prolonged absence from work due to sickness. Work and identity ar…
NANO-SCIENCE
2013.10.03
Great potential for faster diagnoses with new method
The more accurately we can diagnose a disease, the greater the chance that the patient will survive…
Obesity
2013.10.03
Why do humans pig out?
Scientist Haja Kadarmideen turned to Danish pigs to find out why do humans pig out?
Diet, Exercise and Diabetes
2013.10.02
Proper diet and exercise to limit diabetes epidemic
The number of diabetics worldwide is exploding. In response, the largest study of its kind to date…
genetic research
2013.10.01
New bio bank to resolve legal and ethical issues
A group of researchers across different disciplines within natural sciences, health sciences,…
Oxygen
2013.09.26
Earth's history to be rewritten
Until now, science has believed that oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere has been around for roughly…
Protein Research
2013.09.25
New knowledge on molecular mechanisms behind breast cancer
Researchers have gained more insight into the molecular mechanisms of importance for, for example,…
New rat genus
2013.09.20
New rat genus discovered in the birthplace of the theory of evolution
A new genus of rat which has been discovered in Indonesia. The international team of zoologists was…
Neurobiology
2013.09.19
Worm research: Right combination of sugars regulates brain development
New research from BRIC show that sugars guide neuronal migration and control development of the…
CELL LIFE
2013.09.19
New protein knowledge offers hope for better cancer treatment
Researchers from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research at the University of…
A HEALTHY LIFE
2013.09.18
Moderate exercising encourages a healthier lifestyle
Interdisciplinary research at the University of Copenhagen explains why moderate exercising is more…
Chemistry breakthrough
2013.09.16
Chemistry magic promises better medicine with fewer side-effects
A gentler new chemistry promises cleaner and subsequently far safer pharmaceuticals. The…
CANCER CELLS
2013.09.16
Specific sugar molecule causes growth of cancer cells
Certain sugar molecules are present in very high numbers in cancer cells and it now turns out that…
EDUCATION
2013.09.13
Young people choose education based on parents' background
Even though Danish students have equal access to education, their choice of studies is still…
A Collaborative Effort
2013.09.12
Effective supplements to benefit malnourished children worldwide
Thirty-three million children worldwide suffer from moderate acute malnutrition. It affects human…
Pharmaceutical Research
2013.09.10
Amino acid with promising anti-diabetic effects
New experiments conducted by researchers from the University of Copenhagen show that the amino acid…
Ants
2013.09.10
Ants turn unwelcome lodgers into a useful standing army
Mercenary soldiers are notoriously unreliable because their loyalty is as thin as the banknotes the…
DIGITAL HEALTH
2013.09.04
Students design prototypes that can predict your health
The Danish health sector offers many different types of treatment, but how will it fare as the…
war crimes
2013.09.02
International criminal courts and tribunals work with unclear legal theory
The daunting task of international criminal courts and tribunals to adjudicate core international…
Christianity
2013.08.30
When things are at their worst, Christianity is intensely enacted
A new PhD thesis has taken a look at faith as practiced in the daily lives of Danish cancer…
WELCOME
2013.08.29
The sky is the limit for new generation of students
Rector Ralf Hemmingsen will be making history during this year’s Matriculation Ceremony on Friday 3…
BACTERIAL LIFE
2013.08.28
One in four has alarmingly few intestinal bacteria
International ground-breaking research with participation of Danish investigators from University o…
HORSES
2013.08.19
Important step forward for gait analysis of horses
New research makes it possible to use sensors to accurately measure a horse’s movements providing…
Stem cell research
2013.08.15
Shining stem cells reveals how our skin is maintained
New research results from BRIC, University of Copenhagen and Cambridge University, challenge curren…
THE ARCTIC STATION
2013.08.14
University of Copenhagen invites collaboration in the Arctic
UCPH is seeking to bolster its presence in Greenland and invites closer national and international…
The Arab Spring
2013.08.14
Volunteer work prepares young Egyptians for revolution
A new movement of young Egyptian Muslim committed to voluntary social work has given many young…
Killer fish
2013.08.12
Danish swimmers escape waters fearing killer fish
The capture of a fish with long sharp teeth has caused Danish swimmers to leave the water fearing a…
INCA RITUALS
2013.08.06
Inca children were drugged with coca and alcohol before sacrifice
Scientists have examined three 500-year-old Inca children giving new knowledge about an old Ince…
WAGE BARGAINING
2013.08.03
Both employees and companies benefit from flexible wage systems
Decentralised wage negotiations in the private sector leeds to rising wages for all employees and…
Climate
2013.07.28
New knowledge about permafrost improving climate models
New research findings from the Centre for Permafrost (CENPERM) at the Department of Geosciences and…
Antioxidants
2013.07.22
Antioxidants - too much of a good thing?
A compound in red grapes, including red wine, counteracts exercise benefits in older men
Endangered spicies
2013.07.21
Current efforts will not save the world's most endangered cat
The Iberian lynx is likely to go extinct within 50 years because the current management plans do no…
Green cars
2013.07.21