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H.C. Ørsted knew how to have good ideas

He was the discoverer of electromagnetism, had an adventurous life, and published as fast as anyone in the internet age

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New stories from old bones

Skeletons dug up from the ruins of the Æbelholt monastery show us medieval violence, sickness, and life

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Freak rain storm drowned skeletons

Hard work of staff and student assistants saved the day

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Excitement after faster-than-light CERN result

After a shocking result from the underground CERN facility, Copenhagen physics PhD speculates on 'extra dimensions', but places his bets on systematic error

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Battle of the brainiacs 2011

Serious brainpower and mountains of cool cash may not always go hand in hand, but if you are clever enough to sign up for this year’s 15 minutes of Brain contest that might be just what you end up having.

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Danes eat their own words

Danish is hard enough to learn, but even harder to understand. PhD student in phonetics at Copenhagen Business School, Ruben Schachtenhaufen explains why Danish sounds like gibberish

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Klarlund Pedersen reported for fraud

Health scientist and co-writer of Milena Penkowa articles in new fraud accusations, write media

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Prestigious grants awarded to 16 researchers

Sixteen University of Copenhagen researchers awarded with Sapere Aude grants to improve their research

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Obesity scientists meet to court EU funds

Danish obesity experts met last week at the University of Copenhagen to discuss how to get a hold of EU’s future research investments

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Moon younger than previously thought

An old friend has just become 100 million years younger. Our closest neighbour in the Solar System, the Moon is now only 4.36 billion years old, Copenhagen scientists reckon

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