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Unsustainable coffee production is making more and more people sick

Intensive pesticide use on coffee farms around the world is leading to progressively more reports o…

Could this explain why childhood obesity leads to early puberty?

Puberty often begins early for children who are obese. While there is nothing new about this fact, …

Self-driving cars lack social intelligence in traffic

Self-driving cars fall short when it comes to understanding the social codes in traffic that let…

Leading mathematician wants to solve the riddle of a million quantum particles

One of Europe’s leading mathematicians - Professor Søren Fournais of the University of Copenhagen –…

Danish innovation to convert nutrients and CO2 from shrimp and fish farming into seaweed

Instead of polluting the sea and contributing to global warming, nutrients and CO2 from land-based…

Dissemination Award

Spaghetti-armed egghead strives to move people with facts

Hans Henrik Bruun is an especially active voice of reason in public discourse about the present and…

Researchers close to unleashing rapeseed’s protein power for human consumption

Half of plant proteins in the EU come from rapeseed plants. Until now, the plant has only been used…

Incredible bacterium can transfer its genes into plants and give them superpowers

Humans have bred for desirable plant and animal traits for millennia by selecting and crossing thei…

International research team: World's climate plans make for a worrying read

According to the climate plans submitted to the UN by 50 countries, 12 gigatons of CO2 per year wil…

Large grant for world-class research in algorithms

Professor Mikkel Thorup receives a grant of DKK 29.5 million from the VILLUM foundation to continue…