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11/03-10 kl. 06:00 Research / Life Science

Breast milk flavours prepare baby for solids

University of Copenhagen researchers have discovered another reason why breast milk is best

03/03-10 kl. 10:13 Research / Life Science

Why athletes can’t pee in the jar

Researchers get DKK 530,000 to find out why sportsmen can't urinate during drug tests

01/03-10 kl. 06:00 Research / Life Science

Science of egg and bacon ice-cream

Molecular gastronomy could help us all eat healthier, say Copenhagen researchers, as they take a closer look at the scientific side of space-age food

16/02-10 kl. 11:30 Campus / Life Science

Denmark charmed more students last year

International students flocked to Denmark last year, and more specifically to the University of Copenhagen

12/02-10 kl. 06:00 Politics / Life Science / Science

Why us? Deans attempt to explain in newsletters

Toxic issue of staff cuts in the most-affected Science and Life faculties is taken on by the deans

05/02-10 kl. 10:24 Research / Life Science

Football lowers blood pressure risk

If you are an inactive man with high blood pressure, soccer is better for your health than jogging or weightlifting. This is according to a new University of Copenhagen study

Protests against job losses at the the university

03/02-10 kl. 12:15 Politics / Pharma / Life Science / Science / Health Science

Firing at home, hiring abroad

The University of Copenhagen is firing its own staff while actively seeking international PhDs. This apparent paradox has a simple explanation, according to the Faculty Director of Life Sciences

03/02-10 kl. 12:01 Politics / Pharma / Life Science / Science / Health Science

82 employees named for layoffs

Rector Ralf Hemmingsen has informed the university board of the exact number of University of Copenhagen employees to be fired. This was at a board meeting yesterday Tuesday

26/01-10 kl. 11:26 Campus / Life Science

Song for the sacked

Losing valued colleagues is not a pleasant experience for anyone. Some people pick up a pen to vent their emotions after job cuts at the university, while others reach for a guitar

21/01-10 kl. 11:43 Debate / Pharma / Life Science / Science / Social Science

University of Copenhagen, constantly in the red?

For the second year in a row, the University of Copenhagen has had to let staff go because of a bad economy. Leif Søndergaard, staff representative for academic employees at the university, comments on the effects of repeated rounds of cutbacks

See also:: 50 jobs axed at Faculty of Life Sciences; Forest and Landscape faces drastic cutbacks

16/01-10 kl. 06:00 Research / Pharma / Humanities / Life Science / Science / Health Science

DKK 210 million for research

The Danish Ministry of Science has delegated DKK 210 million to establish a new research infrastructure. The University of Copenhagen is receiving DKK 58 million for three different projects

14/01-10 kl. 11:48 Research / Life Science

Tactics of fish fightclub revealed

Animals can have personalities. Bad personalities. A new University of Copenhagen study reveals definite variations in the behaviour from one Siamese fighting fish to another, and makes it personal

14/01-10 kl. 11:36 Education / Life Science

Leaner, greener food production at Life

'LeanGreenFood', a new international network based at the Faculty of Life Sciences, will train food scientists to take account of social and environmental aspects when developing new food production processes

12/01-10 kl. 16:18 Campus / Life Science

Forest and Landscape faces drastic cutbacks

Forest and Landscape at the Faculty of Life Sciences has axed ten jobs. The centre has bid farewell to one tenth of its total workforce over the past few years

09/01-10 kl. 06:00 Research / Life Science

Killer whales come in two sizes

A three-year research collaboration between the University of Copenhagen and Aberdeen University reveals that a killer whale is not simply a killer whale. There are two distinct types that grow to different sizes, and have different feeding habits

08/01-10 kl. 10:36 Campus / Life Science

50 jobs axed at Faculty of Life Sciences

The Faculty of Life Sciences is the first faculty to name which employees will lose their jobs due to economic cutbacks at the University of Copenhagen

See also:: No miracles at the Department of Biology; Rearguard action to keep the jobs; Student protests at job-cuts meeting (updated)

07/01-10 kl. 12:40 Research / Life Science

Designing the bike-friendly city

A new research project at the Faculty of Life Sciences will show architects how urban areas can be designed to encourage city dwellers to choose bicycles as their preferred mode of transport. The project has been granted DKK 13 million by the Danish Council for Strategic research

17/12-09 kl. 12:20 Research / Life Science

Mammoths had more time

Woolly mammoths and other megafauna may have traversed the North American plains for much longer than previously thought. Scientists have used break-through methods to date DNA material sealed in Alaskan permafrost

17/12-09 kl. 06:00 Politics / Life Science

No miracles at the Department of Biology

The staff at the Department of Biology took it with a healthy amount of calm and gallows humour, as the Head of the Department explained that a lot of people will have to be let go for the second year in a row. DKK 16 million will need to be saved this time

14/12-09 kl. 11:31 Research / Life Science

Pandas can´t taste meat

Pandas eat bamboo because they can't taste high-protein foods. And they are not inbred. This is according to a new study which has catalogued the engangered bear's genome

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