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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
Read moreGlass 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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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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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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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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