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Nature's counter-measures

Wild species such as European birds can teach us a lesson that we can apply to food production and medicine. One of them is that any human practice can lead to a biological counter response. Our latest Lab & Library feature is from biologist Peter Søgaard Jørgensen

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Science

In the future, will robots fight wars?

By getting robots to dream, they can become even better soccer players than humans. Or sci-fi killer machines

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Science

Niels Bohr's atom model turns 100

In his model, electrons orbitted the nucleus like planets around the sun. This year is the centennial of Niels Bohr’s paper

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Politics

Minister: Economy won’t fully recover for six years, at least

DANISH NEWS: Finance minister predicts that the Danish economy will likely not recover until 2019, more than ten years after the start of the economic crisis

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Student life

Review: Borchs Kollegium (first review)

Students review their own housing and accommodation in Copenhagen. Check out inner-city chateau Borchs this week.

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Campus

See the pics: Faculty lounge on Panum rooftop

Taking a cue from American and English top universities, the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) now has a penthouse Faculty Club, where top health scientists can meet and exchange ideas in informal, inspiring surroundings. See the pictures here

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Campus

More students, less space

Over the last few years, the University of Copenhagen has gotten smaller. But it has accepted a record amount of students and hired more staff. Students and staff complain, but management argues that less space doesn't equal worse conditions

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Politics

Report: Nordic universities’ use of English can’t be stopped

Multi-language teaching environment at universities is a ‘challenge’, but is also an already established fact, shows report

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Education

Even more English skills needed at Nordic unis

If they are to be just as effective in English as in their own language, both teachers and students should boost their skills, argues a new report by Nordic language professors

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Politics

More English written and spoken on Danish campuses

Nine out of every ten PhDs at Danish universities are now written in English. Report on parallel language offers new data on the international makeup of Nordic campuses

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