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Danish universities are tightening security to counter the threat from foreign powers with new guidelines against espionage. But with tighter security comes less freedom of research.
Nina Rønsted, who is the first director with a background in botany, is to unify the museum, strengthen its working environment, and prepare for the new museum's opening after a period of turbulence
Albert Sneppen is a bright young star in the field of astrophysics . He has his own key to Copenhagen’s medieval Round Tower and has just finished a book about the universe's black holes. »My publisher joked that the book was written for the nerdy dad type. But my hope is that it is the 14-year-old girls that get their hands on it.«
She has been the face of ice core research at the University of Copenhagen for decades. Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen has gone to Canada to make room for the next generation. Her message is: You should change – not fear – the future.
The psychedelic substance psilocybin can have a healing effect on people with psychiatric disorders. At the Copenhagen University Clinic for Psychedelic Research, they treat patients with therapy and a psilocybin trip, and the results are promising.
Consumers resort to excuses when they want to avoid cutting back on meat in their diets. The avocado, in particular, seems to be suitable.
Bee experts from the University of Copenhagen have rediscovered an endangered bee at a military exercise site in the north of the Danish island of Zealand.
Sabrina Ebbersmeyer is the first female philosophy professor in the University of Copenhagen's 545-year history. She looks at the skewed gender balance in the field with both seriousness and humour.
Research managers need to be better at focusing on how researchers relate to each other in the workplace. If they don’t do this, it will be harder for them to recruit talented researchers, according to a professor. He has helped start a new initiative.
Helle Porsdam is a professor of history and cultural rights. And as a UNESCO Chair, she advocates for cultural human rights. Cultural human rights include science, and they are often overlooked.
