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News on Geophysics

Compact, massive triple star system detected for the first time

How this unique combination of a binary set of stars and a revolving bigger star can form, is now…

Congratulations to Giulia Sinnl

Congratulations to Giulia Sinnl at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended her…

Black holes helped quenching star formation in the early Universe

While some galaxies form stars at a continuous rate, others die out and lead a more passive life.…

Planets of binary stars as possible homes for alien life

Nearly half of Sun-size stars are binary. According to University of Copenhagen research, planetary…

Climate research:

Danish astrophysics student discovers link between global warming and locally unstable weather

A Danish astrophysics student at the Niels Bohr Institute has used a mathematical approach to unvei…

Quantum computing:

A quantum drum that stores quantum states for record-long times

With a coherence time of one hundred milliseconds, the membrane can for example store sensitive…

Greenland ice sheet

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen awarded Hans Egede Medal

On Wednesday, ice core researcher Dorthe Dahl-Jensen was awarded the Hans Egede Medal for her…

Congratulations to Dion Häfner

Congratulations to Dion Häfner at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended his…

Scientists discovers new properties of magnetism that could change our computers

Our electronics can no longer shrink and are on the verge of overheating. But in a new discovery…

Theoretical Particle Physics:

New and surprising duality found in theoretical particle physics

A new and surprising duality has been discovered in theoretical particle physics. The duality exist…