https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/ en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:10:40 +0200 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:10:40 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/science-and-physics-world-breakthrough-of-the-year-2017/ Science Breakthrough of the Year 2017 in the highly acclaimed publications, Science and Physics World,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/science-and-physics-world-breakthrough-of-the-year-2017/" alt="Science and Physics World Breakthrough of the Year 2017" title="Science and Physics World Breakthrough of the Year 2017"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/neutronstjerners-sammenstoed-rystede-universet/neutronstjerne55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/science-and-physics-world-breakthrough-of-the-year-2017/ Thu, 21 Dec 2017 14:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/interdisciplinary-research-collaboration-leads-to-new-discoveries_kopi/ Physicists and molecular biologists from the University of Copenhagen have published a new and exciting...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/interdisciplinary-research-collaboration-leads-to-new-discoveries_kopi/" alt="Research Collaboration on virus attacks" title="Research Collaboration on virus attacks"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/tvaerfagligt-forskningssamarbejde-foerer-til-helt-nye-opdagelser/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/interdisciplinary-research-collaboration-leads-to-new-discoveries_kopi/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 13:45:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/chaos-in-the-transition-from-sleep-to-awake/ Danish researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have investigated how to describe one of the most significant...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/chaos-in-the-transition-from-sleep-to-awake/" alt="Chaos in the transition from sleep to awake" title="Chaos in the transition from sleep to awake"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/chaos-in-the-transition-from-sleep-to-awake/mogens_mathias55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/chaos-in-the-transition-from-sleep-to-awake/ Fri, 15 Dec 2017 11:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/qubits-put-into-reverse/ A group of scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, has figured out how to make...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/qubits-put-into-reverse/" alt="Qubits put into reverse" title="Qubits put into reverse"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/qubits-put-into-reverse/Filip_Malinowski10-496.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/qubits-put-into-reverse/ Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:30:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/from-deep-under-the-antartica-surface-icecube-has-collected-new-knowledge-about-high-energy-neutrinos/ High-energy neutrinos ‘caught’ in Antarctica Scientists from NBI were part of an international...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/from-deep-under-the-antartica-surface-icecube-has-collected-new-knowledge-about-high-energy-neutrinos/" alt="From deep under the Antartica-surface: IceCube has collected new knowledge about high-energy neutrino physics" title="From deep under the Antartica-surface: IceCube has collected new knowledge about high-energy neutrino physics"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/from-deep-under-the-antartica-surface-icecube-has-collected-new-knowledge-about-high-energy-neutrinos/neutrino55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/from-deep-under-the-antartica-surface-icecube-has-collected-new-knowledge-about-high-energy-neutrinos/ Thu, 23 Nov 2017 11:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/colour-technology-of-ancient-egyptian-papyrus-revealed-by-synchrotron-analysis/ Copper has for the first time been found to be a constituency of papyrus black ink. The papyri are fabricated...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/colour-technology-of-ancient-egyptian-papyrus-revealed-by-synchrotron-analysis/" alt="Colour technology of ancient egyptian papyrus revealed by synchrotron analysis" title="Colour technology of ancient egyptian papyrus revealed by synchrotron analysis"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/colour-technology-of-ancient-egyptian-papyrus-revealed-by-synchrotron-analysis/papyrus1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/colour-technology-of-ancient-egyptian-papyrus-revealed-by-synchrotron-analysis/ Mon, 20 Nov 2017 10:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-discovery-supernova-explodes-several-times/ Astronomers have for the first time discovered a star that exploded multiple times over a period of more...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-discovery-supernova-explodes-several-times/" alt="New discovery: Supernova explodes several times" title="New discovery: Supernova explodes several times"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-discovery-supernova-explodes-several-times/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-discovery-supernova-explodes-several-times/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/neutron-star-smash-shakes-universe/ Scientists have, for the first time, captured gravitational waves as well as light, from two neutron...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/neutron-star-smash-shakes-universe/" alt="Neutron star smash shakes universe" title="Neutron star smash shakes universe"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/neutronstjerners-sammenstoed-rystede-universet/neutronstjerne55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/neutron-star-smash-shakes-universe/ Tue, 17 Oct 2017 11:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/now-we-know-where-the-heavy-elements-come-from/ The discovery of a kilonova produced by the collision of two neutron stars brings researchers a big step...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/now-we-know-where-the-heavy-elements-come-from/" alt="Now we can find out where the heavy elements come from" title="Now we can find out where the heavy elements come from"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/nu-er-det-bevist-her-kommer-de-tunge-grundstoffer-fra/periodisk_system55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/now-we-know-where-the-heavy-elements-come-from/ Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/alma-and-rosetta-detect-freon-40-in-space/ Observations made with ALMA and ESA’s Rosetta mission by an international team, including researchers... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/alma-and-rosetta-detect-freon-40-in-space/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-generation-esa-satellites-capable-of-revealing-future-sea-level-rises/ NEGIS, the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, splits into three gigantic glaciers - holding back ice masses...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-generation-esa-satellites-capable-of-revealing-future-sea-level-rises/" alt="New generation ESA-satellites capable of revealing future sea level rises " title="New generation ESA-satellites capable of revealing future sea level rises "><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/esas-nyeste-generation-af-satellitter-kan-afsloere-fremtidige-havvandsstigninger/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-generation-esa-satellites-capable-of-revealing-future-sea-level-rises/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-building-material-points-toward-quantum-computers/ A Danish-American research team has shown that it is possible to produce ‘Majorana particles’...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-building-material-points-toward-quantum-computers/" alt="New ’building material’ points toward quantum computers" title="New ’building material’ points toward quantum computers"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-building-material-points-toward-quantum-computers/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-building-material-points-toward-quantum-computers/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 10:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/star-formation-influenced-by-local-environmental-conditions/ Three scientists at Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), University of Copenhagen, have carried out extensive...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/star-formation-influenced-by-local-environmental-conditions/" alt="Star formation influenced by local environmental conditions" title="Star formation influenced by local environmental conditions"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/star-formation-influenced-by-local-environmental-conditions/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/star-formation-influenced-by-local-environmental-conditions/ Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/massive-antarctic-volcanic-eruptions-triggered-abrupt-southern-hemisphere-climate-changes-near-the-end-of-the-last-ice-age/ Halogen-rich eruptions created a stratospheric ozone hole over Antarctica that, analogous to the modern...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/massive-antarctic-volcanic-eruptions-triggered-abrupt-southern-hemisphere-climate-changes-near-the-end-of-the-last-ice-age/" alt="Massive Antarctic Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Abrupt Southern Hemisphere Climate Changes Near the End of the Last Ice Age" title="Massive Antarctic Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Abrupt Southern Hemisphere Climate Changes Near the End of the Last Ice Age"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/massive-antarctic-volcanic-eruptions-triggered-abrupt-southern-hemisphere-climate-changes-near-the-end-of-the-last-ice-age/Mount-Takahe-volcano1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/massive-antarctic-volcanic-eruptions-triggered-abrupt-southern-hemisphere-climate-changes-near-the-end-of-the-last-ice-age/ Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/satellite-photos-reveal-gigantic-outburst-floods/ The lake has been the source of four major outburst floods over the last 50 years - each representing...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/satellite-photos-reveal-gigantic-outburst-floods/" alt="Satellite photos reveal gigantic outburst floods" title="Satellite photos reveal gigantic outburst floods"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/satellite-photos-reveal-gigantic-outburst-floods/groenland1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/satellite-photos-reveal-gigantic-outburst-floods/ Sun, 13 Aug 2017 11:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/spying-on-malaria-parasites-at--196-celsius/ A team of scientists led by postdoc Sergey Kapishnikov from the Niels Bohr Institute has managed to obtain...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/spying-on-malaria-parasites-at--196-celsius/" alt="Spying on malaria parasites at -196 Celsius" title="Spying on malaria parasites at -196 Celsius"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/spying-on-malaria-parasites-at--196-celsius/sergey_jens55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/spying-on-malaria-parasites-at--196-celsius/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/the-earliest-stages-of-life-might-be-simpler-than-we-thought/ In the very earliest stages of life, mammalian cells multiply and form the embryo. New research from...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/the-earliest-stages-of-life-might-be-simpler-than-we-thought/" alt="The earliest stages of life might be simpler than we thought" title="The earliest stages of life might be simpler than we thought"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/the-earliest-stages-of-life-might-be-simpler-than-we-thought/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/the-earliest-stages-of-life-might-be-simpler-than-we-thought/ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/clever-atomic-cloud-solves-heisenbergs-observational-problem/ One of the most fundamental principles of physics, "Quantum Back Action", has been challenged by researchers...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/clever-atomic-cloud-solves-heisenbergs-observational-problem/" alt="Smart atomic cloud solves Heisenberg's observation problem" title="Smart atomic cloud solves Heisenberg's observation problem"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/clever-atomic-cloud-solves-heisenbergs-observational-problem/eugene1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/clever-atomic-cloud-solves-heisenbergs-observational-problem/ Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/iron-secrets-behind-superconductors-unlocked/ Due to magnetism iron should - theoretically - be a poor superconductor. Nevertheless certain ironbased...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/iron-secrets-behind-superconductors-unlocked/" alt="Iron secrets behind superconductors unlocked" title="Iron secrets behind superconductors unlocked"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/iron-secrets-behind-superconductors-unlocked/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/iron-secrets-behind-superconductors-unlocked/ Fri, 07 Jul 2017 10:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/unexpected-rotation-in-a-stone-dead-galaxy/ A joint European-US study led by experts from Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, reveals...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/unexpected-rotation-in-a-stone-dead-galaxy/" alt="Unexpected rotation in a stone-dead galaxy" title="Unexpected rotation in a stone-dead galaxy"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/unexpected-rotation-in-a-stone-dead-galaxy/STSCI-H-p1726a-m-1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/unexpected-rotation-in-a-stone-dead-galaxy/ Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/holey-pattern-boosts-coherence-of-nanomechanical-membrane-vibrations/ Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have introduced a new type of nanomechanical resonator, in which...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/holey-pattern-boosts-coherence-of-nanomechanical-membrane-vibrations/" alt="Holey pattern boosts coherence of nanomechanical membrane vibrations" title="Holey pattern boosts coherence of nanomechanical membrane vibrations"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/holey-pattern-boosts-coherence-of-nanomechanical-membrane-vibrations/membrane1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/holey-pattern-boosts-coherence-of-nanomechanical-membrane-vibrations/ Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/alma_finds_ingredient_of_life_around_infant_sun_like_stars/ Astronomers, including researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, have used ALMA to observed stars like...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/alma_finds_ingredient_of_life_around_infant_sun_like_stars/" alt="ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars" title="ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/Nyheder/nyheder_17/en-af-livets-lego-klodser-fundet-med-alma-ved-unge-stjerner-af-samme-type-som-vores-sol/molekyler55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/alma_finds_ingredient_of_life_around_infant_sun_like_stars/ Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-ice-core-drilling-in-north-eastern-greenland/ The first crew of researchers, technicians and students has arrived at the EastGRIP research camp on...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-ice-core-drilling-in-north-eastern-greenland/" alt="New Ice core drilling in North Eastern Greenland" title="New Ice core drilling in North Eastern Greenland"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-ice-core-drilling-in-north-eastern-greenland/eastgrip55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/new-ice-core-drilling-in-north-eastern-greenland/ Thu, 27 Apr 2017 09:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/an-important-step-towards-new-malaria-medicine/ An international research team, led by Sergey Kapishnikov and Jens Als-Nielsen from the X-ray and Neutron...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/an-important-step-towards-new-malaria-medicine/" alt="An important step towards new malaria medicine" title="An important step towards new malaria medicine"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/an-important-step-towards-new-malaria-medicine/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/an-important-step-towards-new-malaria-medicine/ Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/ice-core-researcher-astrophysicist-and-computer-scientist-honoured-by-villum-fonden/ Professors Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Jens Hjorth and Mikkel Thorup of the University of Copenhagen’s... https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/ice-core-researcher-astrophysicist-and-computer-scientist-honoured-by-villum-fonden/ Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:45:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/first-step-towards-photonic-quantum-network/ Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have now developed the first building blocks needed to construct...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/first-step-towards-photonic-quantum-network/" alt="First step towards photonic quantum network" title="First step towards photonic quantum network"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/first-step-towards-photonic-quantum-network/lodahl1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news17/first-step-towards-photonic-quantum-network/ Wed, 25 Jan 2017 10:00:00 +0100