https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:56:28 +0200 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:56:28 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/a-novel-way-of-investigating-star-forming-gas-in-the-early-universe/ Combining observations of exploding stars and observations of galaxies, astronomers at the Cosmic Dawn...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/a-novel-way-of-investigating-star-forming-gas-in-the-early-universe/" alt="A novel way of investigating star-forming gas in the early Universe" title="A novel way of investigating star-forming gas in the early Universe"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/a-novel-way-of-investigating-star-forming-gas-in-the-early-universe/grb1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/a-novel-way-of-investigating-star-forming-gas-in-the-early-universe/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:45:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/one-in-five-galaxies-in-the-early-universe-could-still-be-hidden-behind-cosmic-dust/ Astronomers at the University of Copenhagen’s Cosmic Dawn Center have discovered two previously...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/one-in-five-galaxies-in-the-early-universe-could-still-be-hidden-behind-cosmic-dust/" alt="One in five galaxies in the early universe could still be hidden behind cosmic dust" title="One in five galaxies in the early universe could still be hidden behind cosmic dust"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/one-in-five-galaxies-in-the-early-universe-could-still-be-hidden-behind-cosmic-dust/skjulte_galaksa_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/one-in-five-galaxies-in-the-early-universe-could-still-be-hidden-behind-cosmic-dust/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:30:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/innovative-chip-built-by-ucph-physicists-resolves-quantum-headache/ Quantum physicists at the University of Copenhagen are reporting an international achievement for Denmark...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/innovative-chip-built-by-ucph-physicists-resolves-quantum-headache/" alt="Innovative chip built by UCPH physicists resolves quantum headache" title="Innovative chip built by UCPH physicists resolves quantum headache"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/innovative-chip-built-by-ucph-physicists-resolves-quantum-headache/Anasua_forskerteam_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/innovative-chip-built-by-ucph-physicists-resolves-quantum-headache/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/reported-record-distant-explosion-turns-out-to-be-probably-just-a-piece-of-space-junk/ A perspective into how science sometimes operates: Even with the most careful measures taken to ensure...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/reported-record-distant-explosion-turns-out-to-be-probably-just-a-piece-of-space-junk/" alt="Reported record-distant explosion turns out to be probably just a piece of space junk" title="Reported record-distant explosion turns out to be probably just a piece of space junk"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/reported-record-distant-explosion-turns-out-to-be-probably-just-a-piece-of-space-junk/rumskrot1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/reported-record-distant-explosion-turns-out-to-be-probably-just-a-piece-of-space-junk/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ucph-astronomers-find-six-distant--and-mysteriously-dead--galaxies/ Astronomers from the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), among others,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ucph-astronomers-find-six-distant--and-mysteriously-dead--galaxies/" alt="UCPH astronomers find six distant – and mysteriously dead – galaxies" title="UCPH astronomers find six distant – and mysteriously dead – galaxies"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ucph-astronomers-find-six-distant--and-mysteriously-dead--galaxies/Doede_galakser_1_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ucph-astronomers-find-six-distant--and-mysteriously-dead--galaxies/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/astronomers-spot-the-same-supernova-three-times--and-predict-a-fourth-sighting-in-16-years/ The enormous gravitation of a cluster of galaxies warps space to the extent that light from distant galaxies...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/astronomers-spot-the-same-supernova-three-times--and-predict-a-fourth-sighting-in-16-years/" alt="Astronomers spot the same supernova three times — and predict a fourth sighting in 16 years" title="Astronomers spot the same supernova three times — and predict a fourth sighting in 16 years"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/astronomers-spot-the-same-supernova-three-times--and-predict-a-fourth-sighting-in-16-years/Sn-requiem1_1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/astronomers-spot-the-same-supernova-three-times--and-predict-a-fourth-sighting-in-16-years/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/danish-student-solves-how-the-universe-is-reflected-near-black-holes/ Space is so warped around black holes that even light rays curve around them. However, this has not been...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/danish-student-solves-how-the-universe-is-reflected-near-black-holes/" alt="Danish Student solves how the Universe is reflected near black holes" title="Danish Student solves how the Universe is reflected near black holes"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/danish-student-solves-how-the-universe-is-reflected-near-black-holes/Gargantua1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/danish-student-solves-how-the-universe-is-reflected-near-black-holes/ Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-research-into-the-spreading-of-infections-reveals-need-for-greater-collaboration-between-biology-and-physics/ Researchers have modelled the spread of infections under a variety of scenarios, and the Coronavirus...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-research-into-the-spreading-of-infections-reveals-need-for-greater-collaboration-between-biology-and-physics/" alt="New research into the spreading of infections reveals need for greater collaboration between biology and physics" title="New research into the spreading of infections reveals need for greater collaboration between biology and physics"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-research-into-the-spreading-of-infections-reveals-need-for-greater-collaboration-between-biology-and-physics/superspredere1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-research-into-the-spreading-of-infections-reveals-need-for-greater-collaboration-between-biology-and-physics/ Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-invention-keeps-qubits-of-light-stable-at-room-temperature/ Researchers from University of Copenhagen have developed a new technique that keeps quantum bits of light...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-invention-keeps-qubits-of-light-stable-at-room-temperature/" alt="New invention keeps qubits of light stable at room temperature" title="New invention keeps qubits of light stable at room temperature"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-invention-keeps-qubits-of-light-stable-at-room-temperature/Eugene_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-invention-keeps-qubits-of-light-stable-at-room-temperature/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ancient-air-bubbles-speak-to-a-much-warmer-antarctica-during-the-ice-age-than-once-believed/ Twenty thousand-year-old air bubbles have revealed that Antarctic temperatures during the last ice age...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ancient-air-bubbles-speak-to-a-much-warmer-antarctica-during-the-ice-age-than-once-believed/" alt="Ancient air bubbles speak to a much warmer Antarctica during the ice-age than once believed" title="Ancient air bubbles speak to a much warmer Antarctica during the ice-age than once believed"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ancient-air-bubbles-speak-to-a-much-warmer-antarctica-during-the-ice-age-than-once-believed/Antje_Fitzner_7_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ancient-air-bubbles-speak-to-a-much-warmer-antarctica-during-the-ice-age-than-once-believed/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/physics-students-train-on-ibm-quantum-technology/ The Niels Bohr Institute will start training future generations of quantum physicists, next winter, when...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/physics-students-train-on-ibm-quantum-technology/" alt="Physics students train on IBM Quantum technology" title="Physics students train on IBM Quantum technology"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/physics-students-train-on-ibm-quantum-technology/studerende-teknik1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/physics-students-train-on-ibm-quantum-technology/ Mon, 07 Jun 2021 11:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/study-reveals-new-details-on-what-happened-in-the-first-microsecond-of-big-bang/ Researchers from University of Copenhagen have investigated what happened to a specific kind of plasma...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/study-reveals-new-details-on-what-happened-in-the-first-microsecond-of-big-bang/" alt="Study reveals new details on what happened in the first microsecond of Big Bang" title="Study reveals new details on what happened in the first microsecond of Big Bang"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/study-reveals-new-details-on-what-happened-in-the-first-microsecond-of-big-bang/Big_Bang_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/study-reveals-new-details-on-what-happened-in-the-first-microsecond-of-big-bang/ Fri, 21 May 2021 13:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/basic-research-in-physics-leads-to-promising-results-for-biology-and-medicine/ Oscillations are a fundamental phenomenon in physics. But it is not always readily apparent why these...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/basic-research-in-physics-leads-to-promising-results-for-biology-and-medicine/" alt="Basic research in physics leads to promising results for biology and medicine" title="Basic research in physics leads to promising results for biology and medicine"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/basic-research-in-physics-leads-to-promising-results-for-biology-and-medicine/svingninger1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/basic-research-in-physics-leads-to-promising-results-for-biology-and-medicine/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-physics-at-stake-deviation-from-the-standard-model-of-physics-confirmed/ An ultraprecise measurement of spinning muons, heavier cousins of electrons, in magnetic fields has strengthened...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-physics-at-stake-deviation-from-the-standard-model-of-physics-confirmed/" alt="New physics at stake? Deviation from the standard model of physics confirmed" title="New physics at stake? Deviation from the standard model of physics confirmed"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-physics-at-stake-deviation-from-the-standard-model-of-physics-confirmed/fermilab1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-physics-at-stake-deviation-from-the-standard-model-of-physics-confirmed/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/force-transmission-between-cells-orchestrates-collective-cellular-motion/ How do the billions of cells communicate in order to perform tasks? They sense the stiffness or...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/force-transmission-between-cells-orchestrates-collective-cellular-motion/" alt="Force transmission between cells orchestrates collective cellular motion" title="Force transmission between cells orchestrates collective cellular motion"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/force-transmission-between-cells-orchestrates-collective-cellular-motion/cellepopulationer1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/force-transmission-between-cells-orchestrates-collective-cellular-motion/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/alma-discovers-rotating-infant-galaxy-with-help-of-natural-cosmic-telescope/ Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers at the Cosmic Dawn Center at UCPH/DTU...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/alma-discovers-rotating-infant-galaxy-with-help-of-natural-cosmic-telescope/" alt="ALMA Discovers Rotating Infant Galaxy with Help of Natural Cosmic Telescope" title="ALMA Discovers Rotating Infant Galaxy with Help of Natural Cosmic Telescope"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/alma-discovers-rotating-infant-galaxy-with-help-of-natural-cosmic-telescope/Fujimoto2021_ALCS_sky1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/alma-discovers-rotating-infant-galaxy-with-help-of-natural-cosmic-telescope/ Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ice-cap-study-promises-new-prospects-for-accurate-local-climate-projections-internationally/ Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute - University of Copenhagen gathered the data from the ice cap...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ice-cap-study-promises-new-prospects-for-accurate-local-climate-projections-internationally/" alt="Ice cap study promises new prospects for accurate local climate projections internationally " title="Ice cap study promises new prospects for accurate local climate projections internationally "><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ice-cap-study-promises-new-prospects-for-accurate-local-climate-projections-internationally/recap-radar1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/ice-cap-study-promises-new-prospects-for-accurate-local-climate-projections-internationally/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/abrupt-ice-age-climate-changes-behaved-like-cascading-dominoes/ Throughout the last ice age, the climate changed repeatedly and rapidly during so-called Dansgaard-Oeschger...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/abrupt-ice-age-climate-changes-behaved-like-cascading-dominoes/" alt="Abrupt ice age climate changes behaved like cascading dominoes" title="Abrupt ice age climate changes behaved like cascading dominoes"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/abrupt-ice-age-climate-changes-behaved-like-cascading-dominoes/emilie1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/abrupt-ice-age-climate-changes-behaved-like-cascading-dominoes/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-study-sows-doubt-about-the-composition-of-70-percent-of-our-universe/ Researchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of dark energy,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-study-sows-doubt-about-the-composition-of-70-percent-of-our-universe/" alt="New study shows doubt about the composition of 70 percent of our universe" title="New study shows doubt about the composition of 70 percent of our universe"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-study-sows-doubt-about-the-composition-of-70-percent-of-our-universe/Universet_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/new-study-sows-doubt-about-the-composition-of-70-percent-of-our-universe/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/researchers-discover-intact-plant-fossils-beneath-greenlands-ice-sheet-for-the-first-time/ For the first time ever, researchers have found fossils under Greenland's ice sheet that are so large...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/researchers-discover-intact-plant-fossils-beneath-greenlands-ice-sheet-for-the-first-time/" alt="Researchers discover intact plant fossils beneath Greenland’s ice sheet for the first time" title="Researchers discover intact plant fossils beneath Greenland’s ice sheet for the first time"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/researchers-discover-intact-plant-fossils-beneath-greenlands-ice-sheet-for-the-first-time/Inlandsisen_1100x600_UVM.Joshua_Brown.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/researchers-discover-intact-plant-fossils-beneath-greenlands-ice-sheet-for-the-first-time/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:30:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/pice-copenhagen-joins-large-scale-joint-effort-in-the-arctic-within-the-danish-commonwealth/ The Ministry of Higher Education and Science has awarded just below 37 million kr to a targeted effort...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/pice-copenhagen-joins-large-scale-joint-effort-in-the-arctic-within-the-danish-commonwealth/" alt="PICE Copenhagen joins large scale joint effort in the arctic within the Danish Commonwealth" title="PICE Copenhagen joins large scale joint effort in the arctic within the Danish Commonwealth"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/pice-copenhagen-joins-large-scale-joint-effort-in-the-arctic-within-the-danish-commonwealth/dome1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/pice-copenhagen-joins-large-scale-joint-effort-in-the-arctic-within-the-danish-commonwealth/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/sea-level-will-rise-faster-than-previously-thought/ NBI researchers have constructed a new method of quantifying just how fast the sea will react to warming....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/sea-level-will-rise-faster-than-previously-thought/" alt="Sea level will rise faster than previously thought" title="Sea level will rise faster than previously thought"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/sea-level-will-rise-faster-than-previously-thought/sea-level1100x600.gif/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/sea-level-will-rise-faster-than-previously-thought/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/the-niels-bohr-institute-kick-starts-a-new-generation-of-climate-scientists/ There is a pressing need for skilled climate scientists with excellent insight into advanced mathematical...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/the-niels-bohr-institute-kick-starts-a-new-generation-of-climate-scientists/" alt="The Niels Bohr Institute kick starts a new generation of climate scientists" title="The Niels Bohr Institute kick starts a new generation of climate scientists"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/the-niels-bohr-institute-kick-starts-a-new-generation-of-climate-scientists/peter1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news21/the-niels-bohr-institute-kick-starts-a-new-generation-of-climate-scientists/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:15:00 +0100