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Fishery and tourism

Fishing boats in the harbour haul tourists into the hotel

The presence of active fishing boats in local harbours is a boon for Danish tourism, according to a…

New study on children and food: Fruit chunks in yogurt are a turn off for one age group in particular

It’s no secret that kids aren’t crazy about having too many seeds, pulp or chunks in their food. Bu…

Spotted apex predator being pressured by spotted pack hunters – and it's our fault

Leopards, who are already in decline, can’t keep up with hyenas when people are around. As we human…

Organic material from Mars reveals the likely origin of life’s building blocks

Two samples from Mars together deliver the "smoking gun" in a new study showing the origin of…

Bo Jellesmark Thorsen to continue as head of department

For the past eight years, Bo Jellesmark Thorsen has been at the helm of the Department of Food and…

Artificial intelligence

AI successfully helps detecting more breast cancers around Danish capital

AI has helped to detect significantly more cases of breast cancer and reduce radiologist workloads.…

New head of the Department of Plant and Environmental Science

Professor Morten Petersen has been appointed new head of the Department of Plant and Environmental…

Researchers invent one hundred percent biodegradable "barley plastic"

A biofriendly new material made from barley starch blended with fibre from sugarbeet waste sees the…

Artificial Intelligence

AI method reveals millions of dead trees hidden among the living before California’s historic 2020 wildfires

University of Copenhagen scientists may have found a new explanation for the California wildfires o…

artificial intelligence

Popular chatbot is a politically left-leaning EU supporter

LlamaChat, a popular AI chatbot alternative to ChatGPT, leans left and holds pro-European views.…