Discovery of the first planet the size of Earth

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:30:00 +0100

Astronomers from the NBI have participated in the first discovery of a planet the size of Earth. Using...

Cosmic research picked in breakthroughs of 2011

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:30:00 +0100

Astronomers from NBI have developed a groundbreaking method for measuring long distances in the universe...

News in the hunt for the Higgs particle

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:15:00 +0100

There is a live link from CERN, where researchers, including researchers from NBI, are taking part...

Andre Geim receives Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:15:00 +0100

Professor and Nobel laureate Andre Geim has been awarded the Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour in...

Mysterious Christmas star explosion

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:30:00 +0100

Christmas Day 2010 the Swift satellite observed a very strange gamma-ray burst in the distant universe....

Ancient stars shed light on the prehistory of the Milky Way

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:30:00 +0100

Some of the oldest stars in the Milky Way – a kind of stellar fossils contain abnormally large...

Billions in savings in health costs through reduced air pollution

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:45:00 +0100

Air pollution causes people to get sick, and illness costs society money. A report from CEEH shows that...

Giant star explosion casts light on distant galaxies

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:00:00 +0100

Astronomers including members from the NBI have used light from a distant gamma-ray burst to investigate...

Two giant grants from the EU to the Niels Bohr Institute

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:15:00 +0200

The Niels Bohr Institute has received two large research grants totalling 35 million kroner from ERC....

Sea levels will continue to rise for 500 years

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:15:00 +0200

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute are part of a team that has calculated the long-term outlook...

Culture Night at NBI – is this a rock concert here?

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:45:00 +0200

Many visitors there were indeed for this year’s Culture Night, when the Niels Bohr Institute...

World leading researcher and new research center to the Niels Bohr Institute

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:15:00 +0200

Charles Marcus, one of the world’s absolute leading researchers in nanophysics, has received a...

NEEM ice core drilling in Greenland provides comprehensive new results

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:45:00 +0200

The drilling through the ice sheet at NEEM (77 N, 51V) was completed in August and now scientists can...

'Dark energy' and 'dark matter' the focus of the Euclid space mission

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:45:00 +0200

The future European space mission, Euclid, which the European Space Agency has just selected for launch...

66 new telescopes to explore first solar systems and the primordial universe

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:45:00 +0200

How do clouds of dust and gas surrounding newly formed stars become planets? – and how far back...

Light from galaxy clusters confirm theory of relativity

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:00:00 +0200

Astrophysicists at the Dark Cosmology Centre at the NBI have managed to measure how the light is affected...

Astronomers discover new way to measure Universe

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:00:00 +0200

Astronomers at Dark Cosmology Centre at Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute have found a new way...

Particle faster than light

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:00:00 +0200

Brand new data from CERN indicates a particle that moves faster than the speed of light. It breaks with...

Satellite crashing down on Friday – Denmark barely in the danger zone

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:30:00 +0200

NASA’s defunct Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) will crash down to Earth on Friday,...

Four Faculties merge into two

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:30:00 +0200

At its September 15. meeting, the university board asked the university management to prepare a plan...

New record for measurement of atomic lifetime

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:15:00 +0200

Researchers at NBI have measured the lifetime of a stable energy level of magnesium atoms. The new measurements...

Quantum optical link sets new time records

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:00:00 +0200

The key component in quantum communication over long distances is entanglement between two atomic systems....

Record number of new physics students

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:30:00 +0200

172 new students will begin physics studies at the Niels Bohr Institute this year. That is 40 more than...

Large variations in Arctic sea ice

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:45:00 +0200

For the last 10,000 years, summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has been far from constant. For several...

ESS Science Symposia launched at the Niels Bohr International Academy in Copenhagen

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:15:00 +0200

The first ESS Science Symposium at Niels Bohr International Academy (NBIA) was held in Copenhagen in...

Extreme gamma radiation from black hole in a distant galaxy

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:30:00 +0200

The extreme gamma radiation is most likely due to a star that has been swallowed up by a super massive...

New insights into the 'hidden' galaxies of the universe

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:15:00 +0200

A unique example of some of the lowest surface brightness galaxies in the universe have been found by...

New results about the primordial universe from the CERN experiments

Wed, 25 May 2011 09:00:00 +0200

The three LHC-experiments (ALICE, ATLAS and CMS), which study lead-collisions have presented their latest...

New insights into DNA under the influence of strong forces

Tue, 24 May 2011 08:45:00 +0200

Researchers in biophysics, including members from the Niels Bohr Institute, have discovered new properties...

New X-ray method for understanding brain disorders better

Thu, 12 May 2011 14:45:00 +0200

Researchers from NBI have developed a new method for making detailed X-ray images of brain cells. The...

First galaxies created earlier than previously thought

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

A team of astronomers, including members from the Niels Bohr Institute, have discovered a distant galaxy...

Researchers study cell life with new nano method

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Focusing on interdisciplinary research is now leading to breakthroughs in bio nanotechnology research....

Major advance in understanding how nanowires form

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

New insights into why and how nanowires take the form they do will have profound implications for the...

Rare observation of cosmic explosion

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Gamma ray bursts, which are the most powerful bursts of radiation in the universe, have now been observed...

The universe is teeming with planets

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

More than a thousand potential planets have been found in the universe using NASA’s Kepler Satellite...

CERN continues the hunt for the Higgs

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

It has just been decided that CERN will run for the next two years without a break. The Higgs could...

Dynamic systems in living cells break the rules

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

There is considerable interest in understanding transport and information pathways in living cells....

Curved carbon for electronics of the future

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

A new scientific discovery could have profound implications for nanoelectronic components. Researchers...

Controlled heating of gold nanoparticles

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Tiny gold particles are good for transferring heat and could be a promising tool for creating localized...

Astronomers discover Earth-sized exoplanet

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

A solid planet approximately 1½ times the size of the Earth has been observed outside our solar...