Niels Bohr Institute

Happening at the Niels Bohr Institute

Jens Martin Knudsen Award:

Markus Ahlers receives the Jens Martin Knudsen Award 2024

At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niel…

Jens Martin Knudsen Award:

Brian Møller Andersen receives the Jens Martin Knudsen Award 2025

At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niel…

New Makerspace for SCIENCE

With a DKK 42.3 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, SCIENCE is establishing a new…

Vin & Videnskab:

Sold-out Black Holes event at Vin & Videnskab

On Wednesday February 25, 2026, Professor Marianne Vestergaard (DARK, Niels Bohr Institute) gave a…

Interview with Politiken’s science editor:

A Night at Brorfelde Observatory

Assistant professor Sarah Pearson (DARK, NBI) recently visited Brorfelde Observatory with…

Kathrine Mørch Groth receives a Villum International Postdoc grant to create an overview of neutrino sources in the Universe

Grant awarded for research project: Mapping the sources of neutrinos – the mysterious particles tha…

SAN FRANCISCO/COPENHAGEN (Feb. 2026)

BendixLab on Biophysical Society’s 2026 Annual Meeting with “Physics of Living Interfaces”

BendixLab (University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute) has been featured at the Biophysical…

Villum Foundation grants for the next generation of research leaders

3 talented researchers from NBI, Shingo Kono, Giulia Perotti and Andrew Chael awarded Villum Young…

Copenhagen light festival 2026:

GRID - Step Into the Light

A dance performance and laser-light installation in the hanging bridge of the new Niels Bohr…

Danish-led space mission to map the lunar surface

The University of Copenhagen will lead Denmark’s first lunar mission. The mission aims to map the…

Research news

The early Universe:

James Webb finds surprisingly mature galaxies in early cosmic megastructure

Danish astronomy student leads new research: Some of the heaviest galaxy groups in the universe hav…

Quantum computing:

How to improve the performance of qubits: super-fast fluctuation detection achieved at NBI

Research at NBI pushes the detection speed of changes in qubits 100 times faster than previously…