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Proteins

2024.05.22

New weapon against dementia

The clumping of proteins is at the root of a wide range of neurodegenerative disorders that affect…

Nobel Prize

2022.10.06

University of Copenhagen professor wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Professor Morten Meldal, of the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Chemistry, has been awarde…

Medicinal Chemistry

2022.03.31

Revolutionary tool could meet future pandemics with accelerated response

A new tool speeds up development of vaccines and other pharmaceutical products by more than one…

2021.09.22

New Novo Nordisk Foundation Center aims at recycling CO2

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded €84.7 million for establishing the world’s first…

2021.09.15

Bo Wegge Laursen receives Ellen and Niels Bjerrum's Chemist Prize

In 2021 Ellen and Niels Bjerrum's Chemist Prize has been awarded to Bo Wegge Laursen, Professor at…

PROTEINS AND AI

2021.08.31

Using artificial intelligence to fingerprint suspicious proteins

An artificial intelligence tool created by researchers at the University of Copenhagen can quickly…

awards

2021.05.05

Elite Researcher 2021: "I find solutions for problems that we don't even have yet."

Chemist Gemma Solomon is an explorer in the world of molecules, where among billions of molecules,…

2020.10.06

Tomorrow’s pharmaceuticals could be discovered by quantum simulators

Professors Gemma Solomon and Jesper Nygård along with other researchers from the Nano-Science Cente…

2019.12.12

Paper in Nature Communications

A scientific collaboration led by researchers at iNANO/Aarhus University and Copenhagen University…

Enzymes

2019.11.27

Vital ingredient in everything from washing detergents to pharmaceuticals: Researchers finally grasp the work week of enzymes

Scientists have found a novel way of monitoring individual enzymes as they chomp through fat. The…

chemistry

2019.11.04

Breakthrough: Researchers find the key to making fluorescent silver

A fluorescent blend of silver and DNA could help us better understand diseases. University of…

Green chemistry

2019.10.23

New center to replace oil and gas with sustainable chemistry

The chemical industry requires new technologies as they phase out oil and gas in the years ahead.…

2019.09.20

Frances Arnold’s visit (23 May, 2019)

On 23 May, 2019, we had a very special visit: 2018 Nobel Laureate Frances H. Arnold, Linus Pauling…

2019.08.26

Nikos Hatzakis receives award for his contribution to science in Europe

Nikos Hatzakis, Associate Professor from Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science Center, has been…

2019.08.22

Largest-made segments of the elusive carbon allotrope 6,6,12-graphyne

In a paper just published in Nature Communications, the syntheses and properties of the largest…

2019.08.11

Jan Rossmeisl receives the Alexander M. Kuznetsov Prize for Theoretical Chemistry

Professor Jan Rossmeisl from the Department of Chemistry has been awarded the 2019 Alexander M.…

2019.05.06

Dr. María Escudero Escribano receives Clara Immerwahr Award 2019

As the first ever researcher in Denmark, Dr. María Escudero Escribano from the Department of…

2019.04.09

Breakthrough Study of Cell Signaling Holds Promise for Immune Research and Beyond

An international collaboration under the Center for Geometrically Engineered Cellular Systems has…

HONORARY AWARD: 

2019.03.08

Research Talent: Artists and researchers see the world from new angles

As a youth, Kirsten Marie Ørnsbjerg Jensen imagined studying art history or playing classical music…

Energy

2019.03.05

Discovering the next generation of catalysts

The use of solar and wind energy must be doubled to meet the world's demand for clean energy over…

counterfeit goods

2019.02.20

New weapon to combat counterfeit goods: use your smartphone to check for fake merchandise

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have invented a chemical fingerprint that, when used…

Genetic Research

2018.11.29

New Research Could Fine-Tune the Gene Scissors CRISPR

When researchers and doctors use the tool CRISPR to correct genetic errors, it may have side effect…

2018.09.02

Jan Rossmeisl receives medal

On 23 August 2018 Jan Rossmeisl, professor at Department of Chemistry and member of the Nano-Scienc…

2018.08.24

Assistant Professor Kirsten Ørnsbjerg Jensen receives funding: EUR 1.4 million from the EU

Assistant Professor Kirsten Ørnsbjerg Jensen, Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science Center,…

2018.08.20

European talent programme bets on UCPH-researchers

Female researchers were more strongly represented than ever before, when the European Research…

Nano science

2018.06.07

Current-insulating molecules can shrink electronics

University of Copenhagen researchers have discovered the most current-insulating molecule ever. The…

New marking system

2018.01.29

New marking technique could halt counterfeit goods

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed the world's most secure marking system…

2018.01.24

Villum Young Investigator Grant for Jiwoong Lee and Maria Escudero Escribano

María Escudero Escribano, Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry at the University of…

TALENT:

2017.12.07

Talent Prize goes to Kirsten Ørnsbjerg Jensen

For her research in materials, Kirsten Ørnsbjerg Jensen has received the L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women I…

ART in SCIENCE:

2017.10.17

Culture (Night) is (also) art

More than 3,500 people visited ARTiS: ART in SCIENCE exhibition on Culture Night 14 October. The…