Science

Oluf Borbye Pedersen has shown that humans are temporary guests on a planet that is actually ruled by bacteria. His discovery of gut microbes faced fierce resistance — but is now patented by the University of Copenhagen.

Denmark enters the global race for chip production — the University of Copenhagen and French company RIBER to build a new manufacturing plant in the Niels Bohr Building.

In 1936, seismologist Inge Lehmann was the first in the world to prove that the Earth has a solid inner core. She earned widespread international acclaim — but in Denmark, she received neither the title nor the recognition she deserved.

If University of Copenhagen's 38,000 students are representative, 1,300 of them have the skin condition plaque psoriasis. A lot of people have it, but current treatments are impractical. Two UCPH researchers have developed a clever alternative.

In body-temperature incubators at BRIC, a series of micro cancer tumours are growing — based on cells from real patients. The tumours can be used to test more than 1,000 alternative treatment options simultaneously.

David Dreyer Lassen sees a shift in the EU’s view on technology with both civilian and military uses — UCPH must decide where to draw the line.

Academics can feel like they’ve tricked their colleagues into overestimating them. This researcher knows how to fight it.

Women left out of architectural history — UCPH project aims to set the record straight through Wikipedia edit-a-thons.

Artificial intelligence evokes fascination, fear — and a good deal of hype. A new Danish interdisciplinary centre aims to guide public authorities and businesses in using the technology for the benefit of citizens and society.

Minister for Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund used the Royal Danish Academy’s annual meeting to warn against both naivety and isolation in international research.