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Plant detective chasing food criminals

Junior researcher Kristian Holst Laursen reveals the tampering with our foodstuffs by using analytical chemistry. Food fraud is big business, and the perpetrators often get away with it because there are no reliable analytical methods to provide evidence

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Women scientists lag behind the men in salary race

Female professors earn an average of DKK 24,000 less than their male colleagues in annual salary. Especially the Faculty of Humanities' women are falling behind. They get an average of DKK 86,000 less than the faculty’s male professors – and DKK 113,000 less than the men in the Faculty of Health and Medicine

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The truth about the world's oldest shark

The story of a Greenland shark, with an estimated age between 272 to 512 years has gone round the world. PhD student at the University of Copenhagen Julius Nielsen talks about the efforts to estimate the shark's age, and the challenge of getting the media to understand the main message of his research.

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Should your research be on our site?

Time to get yourself profiled on our science and research feature

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You would understand me better if I spoke emoji!

How do facial expressions promote understanding? Can emojis replace non-verbal aspects of conversation in text? University of Copenhagen student has investigated the use of emojis in her bachelor project

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New balloon method tested under Greenland ice

It is the summer season for scientists on, and below, the Greenland ice sheet

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Physicists release new photon gun - huge computing potential

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute's Quantum Photonics Lab get multi-million investment for a 'photon gun' - promising a new stage in quantum computing

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Students like messy, open-ended greenhouse projects

Hands-on course sessions in University of Copenhagen' greenhouses are popular with both students and staff

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Bacteria could do the repair work on space missions

Students on Copenhagen's iGEM team are working on a concept for a bio-plastic generation system that can be used in space

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Student-organised environment conference to Copenhagen

Week-long event will bring European university students together to discuss the future of urban sustainability

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