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24. April 2020

A photo of a young turbot just before it is released into Roskilde Fjord has won the DNRF’s Photo Competition 2020

The first prize in this year’s DNRF Photo Competition goes to a photo of a young turbot, which shortly after the photo was taken, was…

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Øjet af en Isfisk. Foto: Henrik Lauridsen
24. April 2020

A scan of the eye of an Antarctic icefish wins third prize in the DNRF’s Photo Competition 2020

The Antarctic icefish is a distinctive animal with milky white blood and the densest network of blood vessels in the eye’s retina known in any…

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24. April 2020

The winning pictures of the Foundation’s Photo Competition 2020 have been chosen

Photos have the ability to uncover the world of science in a surprising and inviting way, by revealing its beauty and fascinating appeal. The DNRF…

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Billedet viser den golde jord i Peary Land i Nordgrønland.
22. April 2020

CENPERM contributes to revised estimations of methane emissions from the Arctic

Existing estimates of how much methane is emitted from the Arctic need to be revised after a new international study investigated methane emissions from both…

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Foto: CCS/KU
8. April 2020

CCS: a certain enzyme plays a central role in the earliest stages after fertilization 

Some researchers have discovered that a particular enzyme may affect post-fertilization development and may explain why some artificial fertilization is not successful. Behind the discovery…

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Coronavirus.CDC Unsplash
2. April 2020

CARD will test a well-known drug in the fight against coronavirus

A research team from the center of excellence CARD at the Danish Cancer Society will collaborate with colleagues from the University of Helsinki to test…

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Postdoc Peter Ouma Okeyo.
31. March 2020

Other March News in Brief

Jørgen Kjems has received DKK 25 million of the Carlsberg Foundation for Corona Research; Peter Ouma Okeyo of IDUN is behind a method for characterizing…

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Billedet stammer fra studiets undersøgelser og viser fire grafer over nogle af forskningsresultaterne.
26. March 2020

CCG develops a new method for mapping important sugars

The blood-thinning drug heparin is used worldwide. But the underlying structures and the related group of sugars, called heparan sulfates, have not been mapped in…

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Jeppe Druedahl, adjunkt ved grundforskningscentret CEBI
20. March 2020

Jeppe Druedahl from CEBI analyzes the significance of the corona crisis for the Danish economy in Information

The Danish newspaper Information has published an analysis of the corona crisis’s impact on the Danish economy. It argues what it will take to get…

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Aracarien. Foto Jesper Sonne CMEC
16. March 2020

Researchers from CMEC might have found the answer to old biodiversity mystery

Research from the former DNRF-funded center CMEC sheds new light on the old mystery of how biodiversity arises. The reason why some areas of the…

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DNRF logo
12. March 2020

Changed contact information at the DNRF due to the coronavirus

The Danish government has asked everyone to act responsibly in the serious situation with the spread of the coronavirus in Denmark. On the basis of…

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To mikroskopibilleder i høj opløsning af henholdsvis en sund og fibrotisk lever viser tydeligt den cellulære forskel på de to levertilstande.
11. March 2020

ATLAS research gives new insight into liver fibrosis

Inflammation and scar tissue in the liver can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer, yet no efficient treatment is available today. A research team from…

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Billedet viser en computerskærm med koder. Foto: Florian Olivo/Unsplash.
10. March 2020

Hy-Q leads quantum project that aims to develop unhackable encryption

Researchers from the DNRF Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks (Hy-Q) at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, will head a new research project with…

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Grafisk illustration fra studiet af CCS i Cell Reports.
3. March 2020

DNA discovery from CCS gives hope for new treatments of aggressive cancer diseases

Researchers from the DNRF’s Center for Chromosome Stability (CCS) at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that our cells copy their DNA much more loosely…

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Photo of viking swords. Photo: Lennart Larsen/National Museum of Denmark
29. February 2020

February News in Brief

A new study from MIB explains our ability to reproduce music and language; a new book by Professor MSO Søren M. Sindbæk from UrbNet examines…

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