Niels Bohr Institute

Ligia Bouton explores time through sculpture and photography.

Ligia Bouton explores time through sculpture and photography.

Center for Active Living Matter — Information, Vitality, and Emergence, an international six-year research centre funded with 75 million DKK.

Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme:

Niels Bohr Institute Wins Flagship European Grant for the Physics of Living Matter

New study based on six years of data from the Dark Energy Survey challenges the standard cosmological model - could force a rethink of what drives the accelerating expansion of the Universe.

A A new model for dark energy rewrites the fate of the Universe

Physics at the University of Copenhagen

At the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, we research and teach within a broad spectrum of physics areas: Quantum computers and quantum communication, astrophysics, particle physics, computational physics, solid state physics, climate and geophysics and biophysics.

Research facilities

With us, you get access to a wide range of advanced equipment in bio- and quantum technology, supercomputers, workshops in both electronics and mechanics as well as special laboratory facilities that are necessary to support the research process. Our astrophysicists have observation time on the largest telescopes, e.g. James Webb Space Telescope.

Research news

A new model for dark energy rewrites the fate of the Universe

New study based on six years of data from the Dark Energy Survey challenges the standard…

Scientists have designed a clay that can prevent fruits and vegetables from rotting too quickly

The gas ethylene causes fruit and vegetables to ripen faster and is responsible for millions of ton…

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Niels Bohr Institute Wins Flagship European Grant for the Physics of Living Matter

International research team, led by Amin Doostmohammadi at NBI, awarded the first European edition…

Global Neutrino Network Dissertation Prize goes to Tetiana Kozynets, former Ph.D. at NBI.

Tetiana Kozynets, former PhD student at the Niels Bohr Institute, awarded the 2025 Global Neutrino…

Jens Martin Knudsen Award:

Markus Ahlers receives the Jens Martin Knudsen Award 2024

At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niel…

Jens Martin Knudsen Award:

Brian Møller Andersen receives the Jens Martin Knudsen Award 2025

At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niel…

Niels Bohr Lectures

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