Research

For fish, it is best to have no boss

Insects and fish have an uncanny ability to navigate in groups. And they do this with no clear leadership

Underwater pillars can help save climate

Secrets of strange Greenland mineral columns revealed to Copenhagen scientists

Ice sheet drilling hits bedrock

After five years of drilling, the NEEM ice-core project has reached the bottom of Greenlands inland ice

Computer use gives junk-food cravings

Staring at the computer screen makes you crave sweet and fatty treats, according to new University of Copenhagen research

Wave of industry PhDs to Life Sciences

Faculty of Life Sciences has tripled its number of new industry-partnered PhDs in 2010

Tibetans have genes for high mountains

Copenhagen biologist helps find gene for high altitude survival. The Tibetans have evolved the gene in record time

Computer scientists on Google shortlist

Copenhagen scholars went to Zürich for female computer scientist prize

Geologist helps police with murder case

University of Copenhagen scientist is helping police identify a murder victim by analysing strontium isotopes in the remains

Life Science placed 9th on workplace rankings

According to rankings, Copenhagen is one of the best places to work if you are a life scientist

No more garbled gobbledygook from google

Copenhagen research to make google a better translator

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Forced to Google-translate e-mails

Internationals bombarded with Danish e-mails

Protein factories and bacteria wars

The University Post met Nobel prize chemist Ada Yonath in Copenhagen to explain life’s fundamentals

Midnight snacks mean bad teeth

Watch out for those late evening World Cup soccer snacks. Eating food late at night can cause serious damage to teeth, warn University of Copenhagen researchers

Sensors may predict when horses go lame

Copenhagen scientists testing technology that takes a new look at horses' locomotion

Schizophrenia tied to late development

There is a link between late development and schizophrenia, starting as early as the first year of a child's life. This is according to a recent University of Copenhagen study

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Study links creativity and mental illness

Climate played a key role in mass extinctions

Scientists, including researchers from the University of Copenhagen, have discovered that climate change was an important factor in the mass extinction of mammals 50,000 years ago

Kenya and Copenhagen cooperate to save Mau forest

Climate change and poverty threaten Kenya’s most valuable water source, the Mau forest. University of Copenhagen researchers are helping to find sustainable solutions

Genes will reveal ancient migration secrets

Recent advances in genetic science, including the genome of a Neanderthal, will help chart ancient human migration patterns, says University of Copenhagen researcher

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Copenhagen scientists map genes of extinct human

Taking a swing at the golf balls problem

Golf balls are lost all the time, as golfers practise from rooftops, parking lots and any level stretch of grass they can find. Copenhagen scientist is looking at the environmental problem

PhD intro course a life raft for internationals

For international PhDs on their own in another country, an introductory course has much to offer, report shows

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