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News 2011

Discovery of the first planet the size of Earth

2011.12.21

Astronomers from the NBI have participated in the first discovery of a planet the size of Earth.…
Cosmic research picked in breakthroughs of 2011

2011.12.16

Astronomers from NBI have developed a groundbreaking method for measuring long distances in the…
News in the hunt for the Higgs particle

2011.12.13

There is a live link from CERN, where researchers, including researchers from NBI, are taking part…
Andre Geim receives Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour

2011.12.08

Professor and Nobel laureate Andre Geim has been awarded the Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour i…
Mysterious Christmas star explosion

2011.12.01

Christmas Day 2010 the Swift satellite observed a very strange gamma-ray burst in the distant…
Ancient stars shed light on the prehistory of the Milky Way

2011.11.15

Some of the oldest stars in the Milky Way – a kind of stellar fossils contain abnormally large…
Billions in savings in health costs through reduced air pollution

2011.11.14

Air pollution causes people to get sick, and illness costs society money. A report from CEEH shows…
Giant star explosion casts light on distant galaxies

2011.11.02

Astronomers including members from the NBI have used light from a distant gamma-ray burst to…
Two giant grants from the EU to the Niels Bohr Institute

2011.10.28

The Niels Bohr Institute has received two large research grants totalling 35 million kroner from…
Sea levels will continue to rise for 500 years

2011.10.18

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute are part of a team that has calculated the long-term…

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Namely Names

Jun Ye awarded the Niels Bohr Medal of Honor 2021

Morten Kjærgaard admitted to the Danish Young Academy

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