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EU Commissioner: EUR 80bn fund to revive Europe

Focus will be on climate and health, says Danish minister, as EU Commissioner slowly unveils huge research fund injection

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EU ministers discussing huge science boost

EU ministers discussing huge science boost

On EU ministers' table right now in Copenhagen: A EUR 80 billion research programme that aims to save Europe

Rare grey seal spotted near Copenhagen

The seal, washed up on the beach, was identified by the University's marine research station Øresundsakvariet halfway between Helsingør and Hellebæk on the Øresund

World breakthrough for LEGO Atlas detector

The large model in LEGO of the Atlas detector from the laws-of-physics-busting Large Hadron Collider is now to go on a world tour, says the model’s creator, Sascha Mehlhase. 23,000 people have seen it on UniversityPost.dk

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Gallery: Lego model of Hadron Collider's Atlas detector

Large Hadron Collider machine entirely in Lego

Astronomers: Planet Earth is not alone

Extra-terrestrial life is now considered more likely. This is after a six-year study by scientists shows a multitude of Earth-like planets

Advanced lasers, now without the vibrations

Physicists’ new address at the University of Copenhagen has a thick, hard, cement floor. Good for lasers that can 'split hairs'

Medieval knights were stressed out

The use of psychology by a University of Copenhagen historian challenges the myth of bloodthirsty medieval heroes

Danish mushroom kills cancer cells

Active ingredients in a poisonous mushroom found in Denmark are also toxic to cancer cells, according to research at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The exact species is being withheld, scientist explains to University Post

Gallery: Lego model of Hadron Collider's ...

Sasha Mehlhase, a post doc from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen has spent approximately 81 hours of work end EURO 2,000 to build a model of CERN's Large Hadron Collider's Atlas detector...out of LEGO bricks. All in all 9,500 LEGO brics were used on the model which is made in a 1:50 scale. His idea is to use the model for alternative learning - fx on events such as the Culture Night in Copenhagen. Sasha Mehlhase is currently working on a manual for construction of his model, so it can be reproduced.

Read the article about the model here

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Large Hadron Collider machine entirely in Lego

Large Hadron Collider machine entirely in Lego

Will it find the Higgs particle? Copenhagen physicist has built a model of CERN's atom smasher detector in toy bricks

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Excitement after faster-than-light CERN result

God is sabotaging the Large Hadron Collider

God shuffles the cards for CERN

There is gold out there: Scientists now know why

The most ancient stars have gold and platinum in abundance. They were ‘spray-painted’ with gold, shows research by a Master's student from the University of Copenhagen

Blood, phlegm and bile at Medical Museion

Would you think of your body in the same way if you lived in the 19th century? According to the Medical Museion, the answer is No.

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Gallery: Medical Museion has some weeeeiiiird stuff

Computer scientists to work on Millennium Problem

At the Department of Computer Sciences, the newly established COLA group will work on one of the Millennium Problems selected by the Clay Mathematical Institute. Its solution will be awarded with one million dollars

Ørsted knew how to have good ideas

He was the discoverer of electromagnetism, had an adventurous life, and published as fast as anyone in the internet age

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The Abbey of Æbelholt was founded in 1170-75 on the verge of Gribskov forest. Known for its medical expertise, it functioned a bit like a hospital right up until the upheavals of the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s.

For ten years, from 1941 to 1950, Vilhelm Møller-Christensen, a medical doctor and professor in medical history at the University of Copenhagen and his medical students spent their summers meticulously excavating the cemeteries at Æbelholt. In all nearly 1,000 skeletons were found.

See main article: New stories from old bones

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New stories from old bones

Freak rain storm drowned skeletons

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New stories from old bones

Skeletons dug up from the ruins of the Æbelholt monastery show us medieval violence, sickness, and life

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Freak rain storm drowned skeletons

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Freak rain storm drowned skeletons

Hard work of staff and student assistants saved the day

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New stories from old bones

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More photos of the skeletons excavated from Æbelholt.

The Abbey of Æbelholt was founded in 1170-75 on the verge of Gribskov forest. Known for its medical expertise, it functioned a bit like a hospital right up until the upheavals of the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s.

For ten years, from 1941 to 1950, Vilhelm Møller-Christensen, a medical doctor and professor in medical history at the University of Copenhagen and his medical students spent their summers meticulously excavating the cemeteries at Æbelholt. In all nearly 1,000 skeletons were found.

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New stories from old bones

Freak rain storm drowned skeletons

Excitement after faster-than-light CERN result

After a shocking result from the underground CERN facility, Copenhagen physics PhD speculates on 'extra dimensions', but places his bets on systematic error

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Art and physics collide at Niels Bohr

God is sabotaging the Large Hadron Collider