GRAVITATIONAL WAVES: 2017.10.17 Neutron star smash shakes universe Scientists have, for the first time, captured gravitational waves as well as light, from two neutro…
NEUTRON STAR MERGER: 2017.10.16 Now we can find out where the heavy elements come from The discovery of a kilonova produced by the collision of two neutron stars brings researchers a big…
Building block of life in Space: 2017.10.03 ALMA and Rosetta Detect Freon-40 in Space Observations made with ALMA and ESA’s Rosetta mission by an international team, including…
Climate research: 2017.10.03 New generation ESA-satellites capable of revealing future sea level rises NEGIS, the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, splits into three gigantic glaciers - holding back ice…
Quantum computer: 2017.10.02 New ’building material’ points toward quantum computers A Danish-American research team has shown that it is possible to produce ‘Majorana particles’ in a…
Star formation: 2017.09.15 Star formation influenced by local environmental conditions Three scientists at Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), University of Copenhagen, have carried out extensiv…
Volcanic eruptions: 2017.09.05 Massive Antarctic Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Abrupt Southern Hemisphere Climate Changes Near the End of the Last Ice Age Halogen-rich eruptions created a stratospheric ozone hole over Antarctica that, analogous to the…
Major outburst floods: 2017.08.13 Satellite photos reveal gigantic outburst floods The lake has been the source of four major outburst floods over the last 50 years - each…
Malaria research: 2017.08.08 Spying on malaria parasites at -196 Celsius A team of scientists led by postdoc Sergey Kapishnikov from the Niels Bohr Institute has managed to…
Cell: 2017.07.13 The earliest stages of life might be simpler than we thought In the very earliest stages of life, mammalian cells multiply and form the embryo. New research fro…
Quantum physics: 2017.07.13 Smart atomic cloud solves Heisenberg's observation problem One of the most fundamental principles of physics, "Quantum Back Action", has been challenged by…
Superconductors: 2017.07.07 Iron secrets behind superconductors unlocked Due to magnetism iron should - theoretically - be a poor superconductor. Nevertheless certain…
Black holes & Gravitational waves: 2024.11.05 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: 2024.10.07 The annual Niels Bohr Institute photo October 7 is the birthday of Niels Bohr, and according to our tradition at the institute, the annua…