Niels Bohr Institute

LEGO IceCubers fly the Danish flag and the University of Copenhagen sign in front of the IceCube Lab at the South Pole. Photo: Marc Jacquart, taken while wintering over at the South Pole.

Neutrino research

Nobel Prize in Physics goes to IceCube pioneer Francis Halzen

Culture Night 2026

Culture Night 2026

Come explore, experiment, and discover more about the world around you at Culture Night 9 October.

The ALICE detector at CERN (credit: Julien Ordan/CERN)

Researchers create a Little Big Bang: Bowling-pin-shaped nuclei shed new light on the Universe’s first moments

Physics at the University of Copenhagen

At the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, we research and teach within a broad spectrum of physics areas: Quantum computers and quantum communication, astrophysics, particle physics, computational physics, solid state physics, climate and geophysics and biophysics.

Research facilities

With us, you get access to a wide range of advanced equipment in bio- and quantum technology, supercomputers, workshops in both electronics and mechanics as well as special laboratory facilities that are necessary to support the research process. Our astrophysicists have observation time on the largest telescopes, e.g. James Webb Space Telescope.

Research news

the origin of everything

Researchers create a Little Big Bang: Bowling-pin-shaped nuclei shed new light on the Universe’s first moments

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in recreating the primordial matter…

Breakthrough in unusual galaxy may help unravel the mystery of dark matter

For the first time, researchers have discovered a globular cluster stellar stream in a galaxy beyon…

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Neutrino research

Nobel Prize in Physics goes to IceCube pioneer Francis Halzen

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube…

What happens when the ocean tips? Consequences for nature and people – new EU project

A major change in an ocean current could have consequences far beyond temperatures in Northern…

ERC Grants for three NBI researchers

No less than three ERC Starting Grants for NBI.

Niels Bohr Institute Wins Flagship European Grant for the Physics of Living Matter

International research team, led by Amin Doostmohammadi at NBI, awarded the first European edition…

Niels Bohr Lectures

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