https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/ en Tue, 19 May 2026 06:54:40 +0200 Tue, 19 May 2026 06:54:40 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/ai-finds-formula-on-how-to-predict-monster-waves/ Long considered myth, freakishly large rogue waves are very real and can split apart ships and even damage...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/ai-finds-formula-on-how-to-predict-monster-waves/" alt="AI finds formula on how to predict monster waves" title="AI finds formula on how to predict monster waves"><img src="https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/ai-finds-formula-on-how-to-predict-monster-waves/Biggest_Wave_In_The_World__Nazare__Portugal_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/ai-finds-formula-on-how-to-predict-monster-waves/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 21:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/sensing-the-signature-of-life/ Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) have removed a key obstacle for development of extremely...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/sensing-the-signature-of-life/" alt="Sensing the signature of life" title="Sensing the signature of life"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/sensing-the-signature-of-life/the-eugene-team1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/sensing-the-signature-of-life/ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 12:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/webb-observes-the-glowing-embers-of-colliding-neutron-stars/ A a team of researchers including astronomers from the Niels Bohr Institute has used the James Webb...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/webb-observes-the-glowing-embers-of-colliding-neutron-stars/" alt="Webb observes the glowing embers of colliding neutron stars" title="Webb observes the glowing embers of colliding neutron stars"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/webb-observes-the-glowing-embers-of-colliding-neutron-stars/kilonova1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/webb-observes-the-glowing-embers-of-colliding-neutron-stars/ Wed, 25 Oct 2023 16:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/colliding-neutron-stars-provide-a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe/ In recent years, astronomy has seen itself in a bit of crisis: Although we know that the Universe expands,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/colliding-neutron-stars-provide-a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe/" alt="Colliding neutron stars provide a new way to measure the expansion of the Universe" title="Colliding neutron stars provide a new way to measure the expansion of the Universe"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/colliding-neutron-stars-provide-a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe/billede1-nyhed1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/colliding-neutron-stars-provide-a-new-way-to-measure-the-expansion-of-the-universe/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astronomers-discover-newborn-galaxies-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope/ With the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are now able to peer so far back in time...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astronomers-discover-newborn-galaxies-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope/" alt="Astronomers discover newborn galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope" title="Astronomers discover newborn galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astronomers-discover-newborn-galaxies-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope/LEDA-2046648-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astronomers-discover-newborn-galaxies-with-the-james-webb-space-telescope/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/a-galaxy-group-in-the-early-universe/ Contrary to typical observations, the galaxy was discovered not by the light it emits, but by the light...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/a-galaxy-group-in-the-early-universe/" alt="A galaxy group in the early Universe" title="A galaxy group in the early Universe"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/a-galaxy-group-in-the-early-universe/stefans-kvintet1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/a-galaxy-group-in-the-early-universe/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/new-understanding-of-the-bodys-cells-synchronise-like-pendulum-clocks/ Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered that old grandfather clocks and human cells...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/new-understanding-of-the-bodys-cells-synchronise-like-pendulum-clocks/" alt="New understanding of the body’s cells: Synchronise like pendulum clocks" title="New understanding of the body’s cells: Synchronise like pendulum clocks"><img src="https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/new-understanding-of-the-bodys-cells-synchronise-like-pendulum-clocks/Bornholmerur1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/new-understanding-of-the-bodys-cells-synchronise-like-pendulum-clocks/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 09:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/pay-dirt-for-ice-core-scientists-in-east-greenland-as-they-reach-bedrock/ An international research collaboration (EGRIP) headed by ice core scientists from the University of...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/pay-dirt-for-ice-core-scientists-in-east-greenland-as-they-reach-bedrock/" alt="Pay dirt for ice core scientists in East Greenland as they reach bedrock" title="Pay dirt for ice core scientists in East Greenland as they reach bedrock"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/pay-dirt-for-ice-core-scientists-in-east-greenland-as-they-reach-bedrock/hul_i_isen.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/pay-dirt-for-ice-core-scientists-in-east-greenland-as-they-reach-bedrock/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/gloomy-climate-calculation-scientists-predict-a-collapse-of-the-atlantic-ocean-current-to-happen-mid-century/ Important ocean current that redistribute heat, cold and precipitation between the tropics and the northernmost...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/gloomy-climate-calculation-scientists-predict-a-collapse-of-the-atlantic-ocean-current-to-happen-mid-century/" alt="Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century" title="Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/gloomy-climate-calculation-scientists-predict-a-collapse-of-the-atlantic-ocean-current-to-happen-mid-century/boelger.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/gloomy-climate-calculation-scientists-predict-a-collapse-of-the-atlantic-ocean-current-to-happen-mid-century/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 17:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/extreme-measuring-device-can-bring-quantum-technology-to-your-smartphone/ University of Copenhagen researchers have invented a “quantum drum” that can measure pressure,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/extreme-measuring-device-can-bring-quantum-technology-to-your-smartphone/" alt="Extreme measuring device can bring quantum technology to your smartphone" title="Extreme measuring device can bring quantum technology to your smartphone"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/extreme-measuring-device-can-bring-quantum-technology-to-your-smartphone/kvant2.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/extreme-measuring-device-can-bring-quantum-technology-to-your-smartphone/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 13:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/promising-building-blocks-for-photonic-quantum-simulators/ Deterministic single photon light sources, creating quantum bits at extreme rates and speed are now coupled...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/promising-building-blocks-for-photonic-quantum-simulators/" alt="Promising building blocks for photonic quantum simulators" title="Promising building blocks for photonic quantum simulators"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/promising-building-blocks-for-photonic-quantum-simulators/chip1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/promising-building-blocks-for-photonic-quantum-simulators/ Wed, 24 May 2023 15:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/james-webbs-too-massive-galaxies-may-be-even-more-massive/ The first results from the James Webb Space Telescope have hinted at galaxies so early and so massive...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/james-webbs-too-massive-galaxies-may-be-even-more-massive/" alt="James Webb’s “too massive” galaxies may be even more massive" title="James Webb’s “too massive” galaxies may be even more massive"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/james-webbs-too-massive-galaxies-may-be-even-more-massive/SMACS0723-1100x600-eng.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/james-webbs-too-massive-galaxies-may-be-even-more-massive/ Wed, 17 May 2023 10:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/nearby-galaxies-help-astronomers-understand-distant-galaxies/ In a newly published study researchers show how the amount of light that escapes from a galaxy is connected...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/nearby-galaxies-help-astronomers-understand-distant-galaxies/" alt="Nearby galaxies help astronomers understand distant galaxies" title="Nearby galaxies help astronomers understand distant galaxies"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/nearby-galaxies-help-astronomers-understand-distant-galaxies/lars0809-IBU-eng-1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/nearby-galaxies-help-astronomers-understand-distant-galaxies/ Wed, 10 May 2023 08:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/first-ever-asteroid-hit-by-spacecraft-could-save-the-earth-from-impact/ Humanity’s first attempt to re-direct asteroids that could collide with Earth, the NASA Double...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/first-ever-asteroid-hit-by-spacecraft-could-save-the-earth-from-impact/" alt="First ever asteroid hit by spacecraft could save the Earth from impact" title="First ever asteroid hit by spacecraft could save the Earth from impact"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/first-ever-asteroid-hit-by-spacecraft-could-save-the-earth-from-impact/asteroid-impact1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/first-ever-asteroid-hit-by-spacecraft-could-save-the-earth-from-impact/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-brightest-explosion-ever-seen/ A particularly bright Gamma-ray burst was recently detected by several space telescopes, and a team of...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-brightest-explosion-ever-seen/" alt="The brightest explosion ever seen" title="The brightest explosion ever seen"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-brightest-explosion-ever-seen/gammaglimt1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-brightest-explosion-ever-seen/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/intergalactic-gas-brings-supermassive-black-holes-at-the-heart-of-galaxies-to-life/ Black holes become active and grow by consuming gas captured from other galaxies. This is the finding...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/intergalactic-gas-brings-supermassive-black-holes-at-the-heart-of-galaxies-to-life/" alt="Intergalactic gas brings supermassive black holes at the heart of galaxies to life" title="Intergalactic gas brings supermassive black holes at the heart of galaxies to life"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/intergalactic-gas-brings-supermassive-black-holes-at-the-heart-of-galaxies-to-life/opo9941a_pas.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/intergalactic-gas-brings-supermassive-black-holes-at-the-heart-of-galaxies-to-life/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:45:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/new-knowledge-about-ice-sheet-movement-can-shed-light-on-when-sea-levels-will-rise/ The trawling of thousands of satellite measurements using artificial intelligence has shown researchers...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/new-knowledge-about-ice-sheet-movement-can-shed-light-on-when-sea-levels-will-rise/" alt="New knowledge about ice sheet movement can shed light on when sea levels will rise" title="New knowledge about ice sheet movement can shed light on when sea levels will rise"><img src="https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/new-knowledge-about-ice-sheet-movement-can-shed-light-on-when-sea-levels-will-rise/isbillede.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/new-knowledge-about-ice-sheet-movement-can-shed-light-on-when-sea-levels-will-rise/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astrophysicists-discover-the-perfect-explosion-in-space/ When neutron stars collide they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until recently,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astrophysicists-discover-the-perfect-explosion-in-space/" alt="Astrophysicists discover the perfect explosion in space" title="Astrophysicists discover the perfect explosion in space"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astrophysicists-discover-the-perfect-explosion-in-space/kilonova_RobinDienel_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/astrophysicists-discover-the-perfect-explosion-in-space/ Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/does-ice-in-the-universe-contain-the-molecules-making-up-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-planetary-systems/ If you want to build a habitable planet, ice, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur. These elements...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/does-ice-in-the-universe-contain-the-molecules-making-up-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-planetary-systems/" alt="Does ice in the Universe contain the molecules making up the building blocks of life in planetary systems?" title="Does ice in the Universe contain the molecules making up the building blocks of life in planetary systems?"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/does-ice-in-the-universe-contain-the-molecules-making-up-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-planetary-systems/Molecular-Cloud-Chameleon1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/does-ice-in-the-universe-contain-the-molecules-making-up-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-planetary-systems/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:30:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/early-galaxy-formation-caught-in-the-act-with-james-webb/ Astronomers from the Cosmic Dawn Center have unveiled the nature of the densest region of galaxies seen...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/early-galaxy-formation-caught-in-the-act-with-james-webb/" alt="Early galaxy formation caught in the act with James Webb" title="Early galaxy formation caught in the act with James Webb"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/early-galaxy-formation-caught-in-the-act-with-james-webb/galakser1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/early-galaxy-formation-caught-in-the-act-with-james-webb/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:45:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/danish-quantum-physicists-make-nanoscopic-advance-of-colossal-significance/ In a new breakthrough, researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Ruhr University...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/danish-quantum-physicists-make-nanoscopic-advance-of-colossal-significance/" alt="Danish quantum physicists make nanoscopic advance of colossal significance" title="Danish quantum physicists make nanoscopic advance of colossal significance"><img src="https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/danish-quantum-physicists-make-nanoscopic-advance-of-colossal-significance/lodahl-studerende2_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/danish-quantum-physicists-make-nanoscopic-advance-of-colossal-significance/ Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-highest-greenland-temperatures-in-1000-years/ Recent high temperatures on the ice sheet in central and northern Greenland lies are unique, when compared...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-highest-greenland-temperatures-in-1000-years/" alt="The highest Greenland temperatures in 1000 years" title="The highest Greenland temperatures in 1000 years"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-highest-greenland-temperatures-in-1000-years/bo1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/the-highest-greenland-temperatures-in-1000-years/ Thu, 19 Jan 2023 09:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/cells-use-mechanical-principles-to-integrate-within-existing-tissues-new-study-shows/ A new interdisciplinary study reveals how new cells join a tissue by reading mechanical information from...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/cells-use-mechanical-principles-to-integrate-within-existing-tissues-new-study-shows/" alt="Cells use mechanical principles to integrate within existing tissues, new study shows" title="Cells use mechanical principles to integrate within existing tissues, new study shows"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/cells-use-mechanical-principles-to-integrate-within-existing-tissues-new-study-shows/bio1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news23/cells-use-mechanical-principles-to-integrate-within-existing-tissues-new-study-shows/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0100