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See pictures of plant fascination day at uni

Strange succulents, tiny seedlings and plant pests (under the microscope). All laid out in the greenhouses

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Historians debate Copenhagen links to Nazis

University of Copenhagen scientists kept co-operating with Nazified German scientists during the 1930's, and the official University upheld a co-operation policy with the Nazis from 1940. Recent conference sheds light on a murky period in Danish history

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Ancient societies were more complex

Conference on near eastern history will highlight ancient interactions and multiculturalism

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Feature: Clues to crisis are hidden in the data

To prevent the next crisis we need a much better understanding of something economists call 'disequilibrium'. So the argument of Professor Katarina Juselius, head of Copenhagen's new Soros-backed economics centre, in this featured comment for the University Post

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Health Faculty: We messed up, but no harm was done

More details have emerged surrounding the sudden appearance of scientific samples in the Milena Penkowa fraud case. Faculty director admits to minor mistakes: It was the Faculty that delayed. And Penkowa's name was, in fact, on the freezer

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Faculty: Penkowa's research is safe

Arnold Boon, Director of the Faculty of Health Sciences, maintains that Milena Penkowa's research materials have been registered and stored carefully: This is after a freezer belonging to the fraud-accused brain scientist suddenly emerged

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Billionaire financiers behind new centre

Two of the world's foremost financial speculators and philanthropists, George Soros and Jim Balsille behind new University of Copenhagen centre

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George Soros sees break up of euro

Billionaire financier and philanthropist compares the European Union to a financial bubble, saying some eurozone countries are like the ‘Third World’

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Financier George Soros to open economics centre

George Soros, the man who in 1992 broke the Bank of England by speculating against the British Pound, will be one of the speakers at the opening of a new centre at the University of Copenhagen Monday

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Hair sample from 3,400 year old Danish girl maps genetic past

Lock of hair from Egtved girl will be used to map genetic past

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