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Bacteria bring ancient DNA back to life

Ancient DNA fragments from a 43,000 year old mammoth bone can become active again. This challenges the current understanding of what bacteria are, and has implications for the development of antibiotics

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Supernova event proves gamma ray burst theory

Observations of a recent 'close-to-us' exploding star are important, says astrophysicist at the University of Copenhagen's Dark Cosmology Centre

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The physics of tweets

Postings on Twitter and prices on the stock market may have a lot in common. Theories of physics can be used to analyse the interaction of people in large-scale communities, according to University of Copenhagen scientists

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Science and Cocktails event: What about the climate?

What's up with the weather? Nerds and non-nerds alike gather in Christiania to hear the latest climate change news while sipping on bubbling cocktails . We talked to Tuesday's speaker Professor Halsnæs

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How to get your sleep - the latest research

You can’t fall asleep before an important exam? These ten steps will help you out

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New exhibit: A dress made of pills

Femme Vitale is a new art work at the University of Copenhagen’s medical museum, the Medical Museion

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Copenhagen students took 'gold' in France

A team of 11 synthetic biology students from the University of Copenhagen were among 26 teams awarded a gold medal in Lyon, France. They were awarded for a new cancer treatments idea and for knowledge sharing

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Students to compete in synthetic biology in France

Today, a group of creative biologists, chemists, and even philosophers, will be saying 'bonjour' at the iGEM competition in Lyon, France

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Atom's 100th birthday celebrated with liquid nitrogen

One hundred years ago, the 'model of the atom' was born in Copenhagen

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Nobel laureate Gross on the theory of everything

Free will is just an illusion, says physics laureate David Gross. It would be strange if an electron had free will and did whatever it wanted

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