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Scientists spot newborn black holes

A pair of primordial black holes, formed soon after the Big Bang, have been discovered by an international team of researchers which includes a University of Copenhagen astrophysicist

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Breast milk flavours prepare baby for solids

University of Copenhagen researchers have discovered another reason why breast milk is best

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Ancient Egyptians interpreted through lions and crocodiles

Ancient Egyptian zoology seen in priestly inscriptions

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Film courses after dead Greenlander media success

Ancient man’s gene sequence got massive coverage. Now Faculty of Science offers its researchers a one-hour film crash course

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Selfish ant queens sacrifice their colony

Queen ants attempt to look after number one, even if the colony must pay. And this does not go unpunished, shows new Copenhagen research

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Why athletes can’t pee in the jar

Researchers get DKK 530,000 to find out why sportsmen can't urinate during drug tests

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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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