Science

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

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

University of Copenhagen scientists have excavated the remains of several Vikings in an effort to prove that it is possible to study uncontaminated ancient DNA

The Danish Ministry of Science has delegated DKK 210 million to establish a new research infrastructure. The University of Copenhagen is receiving DKK 58 million for three different projects

Animals can have personalities. Bad personalities. A new University of Copenhagen study reveals definite variations in the behaviour from one Siamese fighting fish to another, and makes it personal

A three-year research collaboration between the University of Copenhagen and Aberdeen University reveals that a killer whale is not simply a killer whale. There are two distinct types that grow to different sizes, and have different feeding habits

A new research project at the Faculty of Life Sciences will show architects how urban areas can be designed to encourage city dwellers to choose bicycles as their preferred mode of transport. The project has been granted DKK 13 million by the Danish Council for Strategic research

Woolly mammoths and other megafauna may have traversed the North American plains for much longer than previously thought. Scientists have used break-through methods to date DNA material sealed in Alaskan permafrost

Everyone at the University Post head quarters is staring at each other, judging - in some cases even placing bets. A recent Danish study indicates that people who look young for their age live longer

The Almighty is wrecking the multi-billion euro CERN-experiment, and the proof of it is in a pack of playing cards. Is this serious physics? The University Post went to find out