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Anja Andersen new Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Technology

Anja C. Andersen has been appointed at the Niels Bohr Institute as Denmark’s first Professor for th…

Colour technology of ancient egyptian papyrus revealed by synchrotron analysis

Copper has for the first time been found to be a constituency of papyrus black ink. The papyri are…

Anja C. Andersen has been awarded the Danish Authors' Society Literary Prize 2017

The prize has previously been awarded, among others, to Ebbe Kløvedal Reich, Tor Nørretranders, Jør…

Mogens Høgh Jensen appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

Mogens Høgh Jensen was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog by HM Queen Margrethe on the…

The Star That Would Not Die:

New discovery: Supernova explodes several times

Astronomers have for the first time discovered a star that exploded multiple times over a period of…

GRAVITATIONAL WAVES:

Neutron star smash shakes universe

Scientists have, for the first time, captured gravitational waves as well as light, from two neutro…

NEUTRON STAR MERGER:

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…

Congratulations to Niccolò Maffezzoli

Congratulations to Niccolò Maffezzoli at the Centre for Ice and Climate who successfully defended…

Building block of life in Space:

ALMA and Rosetta Detect Freon-40 in Space

Observations made with ALMA and ESA’s Rosetta mission by an international team, including…

Climate research:

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…