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18. October 2017

DNRF-financed astrophysicists play a central role in sensational space discovery

Scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute almost choked on their afternoon coffee at August 17th this year. The time was 2.41pm when what the astrophysicists…

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16. October 2017

The DNRF puts talent development in the spotlight

The DNRF and the Carlsberg Foundation together arranged a networking meeting for research funders and research councils in Denmark on October 11. Under the headline,…

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16. October 2017

Morten Bennedsen gives inaugural lecture as Niels Bohr Professor

Professor Morten Bennedsen gave his inaugural lecture as a Niels Bohr professor on October 10 at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics. Bennedsen is…

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The photo on the left shows a delta in West Greenland photographed in 1985 and on the right the same delta in 2010. It clearly shows how the delta has been extended by several kilometres over this 25-year period. (Foto: CENPERM)
5. October 2017

Post-doc Mette Bendixen from CENPERM publishes article in Nature about the link between global warming and growing deltas on Greenland

Today, a group of researchers from the Centre for Permafrost (CENPERM) from the University of Copenhagen publish in an article in Nature about the growth of deltas…

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5. October 2017

DG head of center Eske Willerslev is senior author at study that shows how prehistoric humans avoided inbreeding

Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks at a surprisingly early stage in order to avoid inbreeding. This is concluded from research conducted…

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4. October 2017

Head of center Anja Boisen gets ERC Proof of Concept grant for her innovative research

The European Research Council just announced the results from the latest application round for the program Proof of Concepts (PoC), and among the 33 grant…

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26. September 2017

Three DNRF affiliated researchers get prestigious Starting Grant at the latest funding session from the European Research Council

Some say that all good comes to those who wait – and work hard for it. This has especially been the case for a total…

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19. September 2017

Scientists from Stellar Astrophysics Centre publish article in Monthly Notices about measuring technique for star clusters

The human fascination and investigation of the stars is sometimes limited by insufficient measuring equipment, which has been the case so far when observing bright…

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15. September 2017

The Carlsberg Foundation Research Prizes 2017 are awarded to DNRF center leader Mette Birkedal Bruun and former DNRF center leader Karl Anker Jørgensen

Mette Birkedal Bruun and Karl Anker Jørgensen receive the prizes for their groundbreaking work on church history and organic chemistry. With each prize follows DKK…

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13. September 2017

Watch CP3-Origins’ youngest prodigy, KvanteKarina (Quantum Kate) introducing quantum physics to the young generations

Watch CP3-Origins’ youngest prodigy, KvanteKarina (Quantum Kate) introducing quantum physics to the young generations. So far, she only speaks Danish, but she’ll be hitting the international scene…

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10. August 2017

Center leader Rubina Raja behind the first systematic documentation of the development of ancient mosaics

Professor and director at Center for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet) Rubina Raja has published the paper Mosaicists at work: the organisation of mosaic production in Early Islamic…

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8. August 2017

Glass and Time still publishes results from the grant period

  Professor Jeppe Dyre, originator of the concept “Roskilde-simple” and from 2005 to 2015 the director of the DNRF Centre for Viscous Fluid Dynamics (Glass…

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2. June 2017

Niels Bohr Professor Jaan Valsiner receives prestigious European research award

Niels Bohr Professor Jaan Valsiner from Centre for Cultural Psychology at Aalborg University receives the European research prize the Hans Kilian award of 80.000 euro.…

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30. May 2017

Center leader Peter Vuust receives Dansk Lydpris 2017

On Thursday May 18th 2017, professor and center leader of Center for Music in the Brain, Peter Vuust, received Dansk Lydpris 2017 at the yearly…

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23. May 2017

Center leader Peter Vuust (Center for Music in the Brain) publishes new book

What happens in the brain when we listen to or play music? How are we influenced by music – both physically, emotionally and linguistically? These,…

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