Niels Bohr Institute

With a new expansion of the Tycho supercomputer, the University of Copenhagen will get its first water-cooled and green supercomputer. The computer will be a virtual laboratory that supports research into biological soft matter such as bacterial colonies and cell tissue, gravitational waves, the foundations of gravity and observations and models of how the first galaxies formed in the early Universe.

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS:

Tycho supercomputer gets new green superpowers

Physicists from the University of Copenhagen have begun using the gigantic magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe distant black holes in their search for an elusive particle that has stumped scientists for decades.

PARTICLE PHYSICS:

Intergalactic experiment: Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever trick

The International Society of General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) offers an annual prize to recognize outstanding achievements by scientists in the early stages of their careers. This year, Niels Bohr Institute Associate Professor Jose Maria Ezquiaga was awarded the 2025 IUPAP General Relativity and Gravitation Early Career Prize.

EARLY CAREER PRIZE:

Jose M. Ezquiaga Receives General Relativity and Gravitation Early Career Prize

Zvi Bern is awarded the Niels Bohr Institute of Honour for his remarkable list of scientific achievements in theoretical physics. His association with the Niels Bohr Institute goes back more than 40 years.

MEDAL OF HONOUR:

Zvi Bern receives the Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour, 2024

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.

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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.

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Intergalactic experiment: Researchers hunt for mysterious dark matter particle with clever trick

Physicists use magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe black holes in their search for a…

Quantum sensing:

Quantum leap in precision sensing across technologies

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have developed a tunable system that paves the way for more…

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Tycho supercomputer:

Tycho supercomputer gets new green superpowers

With a new expansion of the Tycho supercomputer, the University of Copenhagen will get its first…

Early Career Prize:

Jose M. Ezquiaga Receives General Relativity and Gravitation Early Career Prize

Associate Professor Jose Maria Ezquiaga at the Niels Bohr Institute was awarded the 2025 IUPAP…

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