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12/02/2022
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UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

HEMICALS
2022.02.11

Reusable plastic bottles release hundreds of chemicals

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found several hundred different chemical substances in tap water stored in reusable plastic bottles. Several of these substances are potentially harmful to human health.…
4EU+
2022.02.11

Onboarding students in new educational projects

On 1 December, UCPH invited incoming and outgoing 4EU+ students to a Christmas reception in one of the University’s old historical buildings to meet with fellow students and exchange experiences from their respective…
4EU+
2022.02.11

Student mobility triples within 4EU+ university alliance

4EU+ was established in response to the European Commission’s call to strengthen university collaboration across borders. In 2019, 4EU+ was selected by the European Commission as a pilot in the new Erasmus+ action…
BLOG
2022.02.11

Hard work – great results

In this edition of our international newsletter, we focus on 4EU+ – the European University Alliance of which UCPH is a member. Just a few years ago, the Alliance, as it looks today, did not exist. Today, it keeps us…
BEER
2022.02.10

Researchers make non-alcoholic beer taste like regular beer

Finally, researchers have found a way to brew non-alcoholic beer that tastes just like regular beer. Even more, the method is far more sustainable than the existing brewing techniques. “It’s a game changer for…
CELLS
2022.02.07

Researchers gain a unique view of the inner life of cells

The ever-changing shape of the interior of cells limits our understanding to whatever snapshot we’re looking at under the microscope. Now, a new computer model developed at the University of Copenhagen is allowing…
BABY BEHAVIOUR
2022.02.04

New research shows how babies’ behavior is influenced by those around them

Young infants’ search for potential hidden objects is influenced by how many objects another person believes to be hidden, according to a new study.
BUILDINGS
2022.02.02

Rescue for failed construction project

Minister for Higher Education and Science Jesper Petersen promises that the University of Copenhagen will not be left alone with the extra costs for the delayed and ill-famed Niels Bohr building.
FOOD SCIENCE
2022.01.26

X-rays will make plant diets of the future more tasty

X-rays can be used to examine the tiniest parts of food and provide us with fresh knowledge about what makes yogurt feel soft and what it takes for chocolate to have just the right snap. According to researchers at the…
GEOGRAPHY
2022.01.24

Satellite images reveal a nexus between war, cropland abandonment and food insecurity in South Sudan

A new study sheds light on a complex interaction of armed conflict, cropland abandonment and implications to food security in war-ravaged South Sudan.
MATHEMATICS
2022.01.24

Researchers will enlighten us about insurance and pensions

With DKK 45 million (€6M) over the next 12 years, the University of Copenhagen has landed a historically large agreement for additional research and educational programming in the insurance and pension field that will…
THE BRAIN
2022.01.20

Four universities and Lundbeck Foundation boost Danish brain research and talent development with a new neuroscience academy

With a programme grant of DKK 187 million from Lundbeck Foundation, the framework is established for an ambitious new growth dynamo for neuroscience in Denmark – the Neuroscience Academy Denmark (NAD).
EPIGENETICS
2022.01.20

You can feel this acid when you work out. Now it may help increase knowledge of cancer medicine

New research shows that specific enzymes can remove lactic acid marks. This finding may increase our understanding of cancer medicine and how physical exercise, among other things, can affect human epigenetics.
COLLABORATION
2022.01.20

UCPH establishes investment company to boost entrepreneurship activities

The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) has established a limited company with the main aim of investing in the University’s own spin-out companies. It is the first time that a Danish university establishes an investment…
GEOLOGY
2022.01.19

The early Earth may have behaved more like Venus

A new study from the University of Copenhagen suggests that there may have been another form of tectonics on Earth 3.7 billion years ago, meaning that the way in which Earth’s crust formed and behaved was significantly…
INEQUALITY
2022.01.13

Men’s health more vulnerable after breakups, divorces, and living alone, than women’s

A new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen establishes a connection between increased risk of inflammation in men and both breakup and living alone for a number of years.
DNA
2022.01.06

Which animals exist right here? Now researchers are able to find the answer out of thin air

Using a new technique, researchers are able to vacuum animal DNA from the air and identify the species that live nearby. The researchers expect to be able to use it to map threatened and invasive animal species.
GRANTS
2022.01.05

New intervention to strengthen efforts against diabetes in Vietnam

As one of four new Danida-supported projects involving researchers from the Department of Anthropology, a collaborative health anthropological project addresses diabetes among pregnant women in Vietnam.
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