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Science of egg and bacon ice-cream

Molecular gastronomy could help us all eat healthier, say Copenhagen researchers, as they take a closer look at the scientific side of space-age food

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Beyond the code - making artificial proteins

Nature can only get you so far: Kristian Strømgaard and his team are now taking the next step

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Scientists set off fruit juice worries

High levels of antimony, which may cause cancer, have been found in fruit juices. Maybe a health risk for consumers, say University of Copenhagen chemists

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Kierkegaard thinkers team up with the theologians

Three new PhD grants for Kierkegaard research mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Danish thinker in 2013. This was announced at a ceremony marking the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre’s merger with the University of Copenhagen

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Copenhagen scientists map genes of extinct human

Ancient Greenlander ‘Inuk’ was bald, dark, and his forefathers were from Siberia, scientists say

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Aliens? Why not, says Canadian student presenter

Astrophysics student tours Danish high schools with talk of life on other planets

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New professor at »aging« exhibition

Bacteria you can eat, a PhD disaster, and the link beween yeast and a cure for cancer. All delivered by Oxford professor Ian Hickson in his inaugural lecture at the Centre for Healthy Aging

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Football lowers blood pressure risk

If you are an inactive man with high blood pressure, soccer is better for your health than jogging or weightlifting. This is according to a new University of Copenhagen study

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»I am desperately in love with Copenhagen«

PhD student Ana Mosneaga is researching the transition from international student to migrant worker, at the Department of Geography. She fell in love with Copenhagen when she arrived in 2005 as an international student, and has since decided to make Denmark her home

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How the insurance industry created obesity

The concept of ideal weight is constructed around bio medicinal data collection and interpretation methods first practiced by life insurers looking to save a dollar or two, says Ulrike Thoms, a humanist among medical researchers

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