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Klarlund cleared of scientific dishonesty charges

A Danish court has cleared Professor Bente Klarlund Pedersen, a well-known, popular expert on sports physiology at the University of Copenhagen, of scientific dishonesty. Latest fall-out from the Penkowa case complex

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Simple blood test can predict dementia

Scientists at University of Copenhagen have found an easier technique for predicting signs of the disease

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Danish scientists: Four hours a week spent on bureaucracy

Study by Danish think-tank DEA reveals facts about researchers' time-use

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Down on the (cricket) farm

Afton Halloran is researching the sustainability of cricket farming in Thailand

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Back to basics for top professor in brain energy conversion

The brain accounts for around 20 per cent of the body's total energy consumption. Five questions to the professor who has helped map out how it works, and who is now going back into research

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Denmark can now compete for the best scientists

Danish Aliens Act eased up for non-European researchers. As part of a wide-ranging reform, researchers outside Europe can now work without a residence permit for up to three months

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Analysis: Rude comments online are a reality we can’t get away from

Social media are making us rude, writes Vincent Hendricks in an article originally published in The Conversation

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Chemist trying to tease more oil out of the earth

Oil is adhesive and getting it out of the earth is a sticky problem. Chemist Theis Sølling has left his job at the University of Copenhagen and moved his family to Qatar to deal with it. He has been hired to figure out ways to squeeze more of the gluey crude up where it is needed.

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UCPH gets DKK 550m for new natural history museum project

Financing now in place from private donations. The University of Copenhagen's Museum of Natural History will be in the heart of the city

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PhD scored DKK 15 million in grants - here are his hot tips

He has got DKK 15 million so far for snake antivenom research and diverse projects. How on earth does he do it? The University Post sent him five questions

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