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News on Geophysics

Quantum membranes for ultraprecise mechanical measurements:

The Sound of Quantum Vacuum

Quantum mechanics dictates sensitivity limits in the measurements of displacement, velocity and…

Publication tendency:

Scientific ‘facts’ could be false

When is a scientific result true or false? Experiments always have a certain proportion of positive…

Newly formed stars shoot out powerful whirlwinds

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have used the ALMA telescopes to observe the early stages…

Spinning Supermassive Black Hole: New Suspect in the Death of Unlucky Star

In the search for truth, questioning accepted assumptions is the duty of any scientist. This…

Christine Hvidberg new Head of Studies

Christine Schøtt Hvidberg, associate professor of geophysics in Ice and Climate at the Niels Bohr…

Mystery of ultra-diffuse faint galaxies solved

Over the last year, researchers have observed some very faint, diffuse galaxies. The galaxies are a…

Quantum computer:

University of Copenhagen partners with Microsoft to develop topological quantum computer

Professor Charles Marcus will build the world's first topological quantum computer at the Niels Boh…

Congratulations to Arianna Marchionne

Congratulations to Arianna Marchionne who succesfully defended her PhD thesis at Centre for Ice and…

Large EU grant for astronomy project

Astrophysicist Heidi Korhonen, associate professor in the Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr…

Harald of the Year:

Marianne Vestergaard receives the University of Copenhagen Teaching Award 2016

Marianne Vestergaard studies the physical processes of the quasars – their structure and evolution,…