Niels Bohr Institute

Happening at the Niels Bohr Institute

Black holes & Gravitational waves:

Maarten van de Meent awarded ERC Synergy grant

Maarten van de Meent, current member of the Strong Group at NBI, is one of the four principal…

Picture of the institute:

The annual Niels Bohr Institute photo

October 7 is the birthday of Niels Bohr, and according to our tradition at the institute, the annua…

Troels Petersen joins as Denmark's scientific delegate at CERN

On October 1st 2024 Troels Christian Petersen, a NBI researcher in particle physics for many years,…

Podcasts at NBI:

International science journalist visits the Niels Bohr Institute

With an international Maria Leptin journalist scholarship behind him, science journalist Jens Deget…

New DNRF Center of Excellence

Center of Gravity (CoG): a new DNRF Center of Excellence at NBI

In 2025, NBI will host a new DNRF Center of Excellence called the Center of Gravity (CoG), to link…

Blockbuster of the Blok 4:

Blockbuster of the Blok - Ala Trusina

The NBI teaching committee has decided to highlight a teacher four times a year to recognize…

"News from DAWN" at cosmicdawn.dk

Charlotte Mason receives large ERC grant

Read about the latest news from DAWN.

New B.Sc. students:

Welcome to 142 new physics students

We are pleased to welcome everyone with an introduction program consisting of a voluntary kickstart…

Black holes and gravitational waves:

Black Hole Week at NBI

This August we are celebrating black holes in Copenhagen! There are many reasons to be excited. We…

Blockbuster of the Blok 3:

Blockbuster of the Blok - Saulius Vaitikenas

The NBI teaching committee has decided to highlight a teacher four times a year to recognize…

Research news

Particle physics:

First peek at nuclear shape transitions

Based on an experiment at CERN, a collaboration led by the Niels Bohr Institute, University of…

Dance of electrons measured in the glow from exploding neutron-stars

The temperature of elementary particles have been observed in the radioactive afterglow following…