The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded €84.7 million for establishing the world’s first interdisciplinary research center aimed at capturing and recycling carbon dioxide (CO₂). 

In 2021 Ellen and Niels Bjerrum's Chemist Prize has been awarded to Bo Wegge Laursen, Professor at the Department of Chemistry and leader of the Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen.

An artificial intelligence tool created by researchers at the University of Copenhagen can quickly and accurately identify suspicious or particularly 'talented' proteins in our bodies based upon their movements alone.

Chemist Gemma Solomon is an explorer in the world of molecules, where among billions of molecules, she looks for precisely those that can help us in, among other things, our green transition, by using power and heat more efficiently. Today, she receives the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s prestigious Elite Research Prize 2021 as one of Denmark’s most skilled and talented researchers in her field.

Using an advanced new X-ray scanning technique, a team of University of Copenhagen researchers has helped to identify the substances quietly eating their way through the wreckage of the Mary Rose, a 510-year-old English warship. The technique can be used to extend the life of the renowned shipwreck and better preserve other cultural artefacts around the world in the future.