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Cuts force pharma to shed 4,200 teaching hours

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences is to cut 4,200 teaching hours in the coming academic year. This raises concerns among students and business

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Culture

Scalpels and dentist chairs are also works of art

Medical Museion is to focus more on art, culture, and aesthetics. Is hiring new associates

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Politics

New minister faced baptism of fire on TV

Flawed exam questions, no time for learning, and tuition fees. Viewers questioned the new Minister of Science on TV

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Science

Warming releases laughing gas into atmosphere

Thawing permafrost releases nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, according to Danish and Norwegian study. This may contribute to climate change

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Science

Programme predicts the effects of medicine

Danish scientists have developed a computer programme which predicts how drugs are absorbed in the body

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Science

Academics are left-wing for a reason, study shows

Professors tend to be political left-wingers, but why? A US study sheds some light on the issue

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Culture

A couch to sleep on - in every city

Copenhagen internationals are enthusiastic ‘couchsurfers’. It is the chance to meet new people, wherever you want. It is all about trust, they say

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Politics

University director clashes with strongest critic

We may have strong management, but it is not our management. So said academic Sune Auken as he faced down University of Copenhagen director Jørgen Honoré in a one-off battle of the titans

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International

Norwegians crack the egg conundrum

With Easter just around the corner, Norwegian scientists have developed a formula for boiling the perfect egg. Every time

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Science

New plant centre to sprout up on LIFE campus

Faculty invests DKK 200m in plant facility to research biofuels, food production, and medicine

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