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SONG project led by SAC examines possible exoplanet and expands with two new telescopes
The Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC), a basic research center, is in charge of the Danish-led project Stellar Observations Network Group (SONG) that just finished an…
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Other December News in Brief
Head of Center Lone Grams is appointed to the board of Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) As of January 1, 2019, head of the DNRF…
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Four researchers with a connection to the DNRF receive Sapere Aude grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark
Recently, 34 researchers received the good news that they will become Sapere Aude research leaders, with grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark. Four of…
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Head of center Susanne Mandrup receives 60 million DKK to establish new research center
The head of the DNRF’s Center for Functional Genomics and Tissue Plasticity (ATLAS) at the University of Southern Denmark, Susanne Mandrup, has received 60 million…
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CCS in a new study: Folate deficiency can lead to hitherto unknown problems with cell division
In a study recently published in the scientific journal PNAS, researchers from the DNRF’s Center for Chromosome Stability (CCS) at the University of Copenhagen have…
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Transparency in wage statistics enlarge equality in wage between men and women
The DNRF’s Niels Bohr Professor Morten Bennedsen is in charge of a new analysis that shows how openness in gender-based wage statistics in companies creates…
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Newborns with vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia later in life
The DNRF’s Niels Bohr Professor John McGrath, from the University of Queensland, Australia and Aarhus University, Denmark, led a study that found how newborns with…
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Massive meteorite crater discovered underneath Greenland ice sheet
An international research team led by Professor Kurt H. Kjær from the DNRF’s Centre for GeoGenetics is behind the discovery of a huge meteorite crater…
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Other November News in Brief
David Dreyer Lassen appointed new chair for the Independent Research Fund Denmark Professor David Dreyer Lassen from the DNRF’s Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality…
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Heads of centers are part of big new EU Quantum Flagship
Last month, the EU’s big new research initiative Quantum Flagship was launched. Two DNRF heads of centers from the Technical University of Denmark and the…
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Jens Kehlet Nørskov appointed new chair of the Danish National Research Foundation
Press release: The minister of Higher Education and Science, Tommy Ahlers, has appointed Jens Kehlet Nørskov, a professor at DTU, as the new chair of…
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The DNRF Annual Meeting 2018: Diversity and Excellence in Recruitment and Career Development
The DNRF Annual Meeting 2018: Diversity and Excellence in Recruitment and Career Development On Friday, November 9, the DNRF’s annual meeting was held at the…
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Submit your photo now: Photographing Science – a DNRF photo competition
The winning photo 2018. Photo: Jonas S. Neergaard Nielsen, Hy-Q, DTU Photos have the ability to unseal the world of science in a surprising and…
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Researchers from Hy-Q solve central problem in quantum physics
Professor Albert Schliesser is the team leader for a research team at the DNRF’s Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks (Hy-Q) that, with the help of…
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DNA analysis of world’s oldest natural mummy unlocks secrets of Ice Age tribes in the Americas
A legal battle over a 10,600 year old ancient skeleton – called the ‘Spirit Cave Mummy’ – has ended after advanced DNA sequencing found it…
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