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(currently not being updated with new posts) Research and innovation news from the University of Copenhagen | For tweets in Danish: follow @koebenhavns_uni
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Joined May 2011
Gamers are often associated with unhealthy diets, messy living spaces and at times asocial lifestyles. While the gamer stereotypes first mentioned have some basis in reality, this is not necessarily for the reasons we thought 👉
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Gamers are often associated with unhealthy diets, messy living spaces and at times asocial lifestyles. While the gamer stereotypes first mentioned have some basis in reality, this is not necessarily...
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Researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut bacteria, a discovery that could pave the way for new treatments capable of saving lives 👉
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Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut bacteria,...
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Contrary to popular belief, children aren’t better at learning new skills than adults 👉
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Contrary to popular belief, children aren’t better at learning new skills than adults. Indeed, young adults seem to learn faster than kids – but also tend to forget more quickly. Here, better sleep...
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Researchers hope to develop novel drugs for gastrointestinal disorders by fermenting feces 👉
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In a new study, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have been cultivating ‘good viruses’ from feces. The goal is to replace fecal capsules now being used in so-called fecal transplants. Their...
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Besides helping to collect samples or spot butterflies for research projects — non-professionals can now conduct actual laboratory work alongside professional researchers 👉
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Besides helping to collect samples or spot butterflies for research projects — non-professionals can now conduct actual laboratory work alongside professional researchers. Together with Danish high...
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University of Copenhagen mathematicians have developed a recipe for upgrading quantum computers to simulate complex quantum systems, such as molecules. Their discovery brings us closer to being able to predict how new drugs will behave within our bodies and has the potential to
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When people suffering from the long-term effects of COVID-19 faced more questions than answers from doctors, they began collecting data on themselves using fitness watches to better understand their disease 👉
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When people suffering from the long-term effects of COVID-19 faced more questions than answers from doctors, they began collecting data on themselves using fitness watches to better understand their...
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The culture and archaeology on Rapa Nui have fascinated researchers for decades, leading to dark theories about the island’s past 👉 https://t.co/THMp9bBz9b
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Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and University of Lausanne debunks the popular theory.
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How can a fungus take over a fly's behavior? 👉
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How can a fungus take over a fly's behavior? An international group of researchers with participation from the University of Copenhagen hopes to find out with the help of a new genetic map of a...
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A Danish amber collector’s find upon a wild North Sea shore in the 1960’s has proved to be of great and surprising significance 👉
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A Danish amber collector’s find upon a wild North Sea shore in the 1960’s has proved to be of great and surprising significance. After having thoroughly examining the roughly 40-million-year-old...
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University of Copenhagen and @MIT Join Forces for Transatlantic Research in Quantum Computing 👉
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Quantum computers have the potential to change the world. A new collaboration between Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme at University of Copenhagen and Engineering Quantum Systems...
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A biofriendly new material made from barley starch blended with fibre from sugarbeet waste sees the light of day at the University of Copenhagen 👉
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A biofriendly new material made from barley starch blended with fibre from sugarbeet waste sees the light of day at the University of Copenhagen – a strong material that turns into compost should it...
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University of Copenhagen scientists may have found a new explanation for the California wildfires of 2020 👉
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University of Copenhagen scientists may have found a new explanation for the California wildfires of 2020. Applying AI to detailed aerial photos, they created a unique dataset detailing mortality...
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LlamaChat, a popular AI chatbot alternative to ChatGPT, leans left and holds pro-European views 👉
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LlamaChat, a popular AI chatbot alternative to ChatGPT, leans left and holds pro-European views. This is demonstrated by a University of Copenhagen study in which researchers tested the model on EU...
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Those of us who find it difficult to eat less meat for the sake of climate tend to apologize or justify ourselves in social contexts. And… shaming vegans isn’t off limits 👉
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Those of us who find it difficult to eat less meat for the sake of climate tend to apologize or justify ourselves in social contexts. And… shaming vegans isn’t off limits. This, according to a new...
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A whaler's forgotten aerial photos from 1937 have given researchers at the University of Copenhagen the most detailed picture of the ice evolution in East Antarctica to date 👉
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A whaler's forgotten aerial photos from 1937 have given researchers at the University of Copenhagen the most detailed picture of the ice evolution in East Antarctica to date. The results show that...
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A strong DAWN collaboration led by @KosmosKasper presents today in @ScienceMagazine the discovery of three of the very earliest galaxies caught in the process of forming. The Danish newspaper @politiken has a very nice article about the study: https://t.co/BiDDpHZHXU
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Længe har vi gættet på, at universets tidligste galakser nok opstod ved, at brinttåger samlede sig i stjerner. Nu har danske forskere som de første set det ske. Men ikke alt var, som de forventede.
Proud to present our work on extremely strong damped Lyman-alpha absorption in high-redshift galaxies, now published in @ScienceMagazine 🤩 See here: https://t.co/VLptWLggk6 And with a fantastic news story from the @NASA / @stsci team here:
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New weapon against dementia: "In just minutes, the AI solves a challenge that would take neuroscientists weeks" 👉
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The clumping of proteins is at the root of a wide range of neurodegenerative disorders that affect the brain such as Alzheimer's and dementia. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have...
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A biological mechanism familiar to people who fast helps plant roots grow strong 👉
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A biological mechanism familiar to people who fast helps plant roots grow strong. The discovery by University of Copenhagen scientists provides an answer to a long-unanswered question and a deeper...
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Young researcher has created a sensor that detects errors in MRI scans 👉
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Hvidovre Hospital has the world's first prototype of a sensor capable of detecting errors in MRI scans using laser light and gas. The new sensor, developed by a young researcher at the University of...
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