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New Research: Strong Link Between Western Diet During Pregnancy and ADHD

New research from Denmark reveals that a mother’s diet during pregnancy—characterised by a Western…

VAT adjustments could save 170,000 lives a year in Europe

170,000 deaths a year could be avoided if European countries were to increase value-added tax (VAT)…

Twenty years on, biodiversity struggles to take root in restored wetlands

While the restoration of natural areas is high on political agendas, a comprehensive new study from…

Many Greenlanders Face 10 Times Higher Risk of Diabetes – Exercise May Be Their Only Solution

A significant portion of the Greenlandic Inuit population carries a genetic variant that increases…

Historic Drilling Campaign Reaches more than 1.2-Million-Year-Old Ice

It is expected that the 2,800 meter deep ice core drilling down to the bedrock under the Antarctic…

Half of all students worry about plagiarism detection software

In a new study around half of the high school and university students from seven European countries…

Computer Science

Coming soon – offline speech recognition even on low-memory phones

More than one in four people currently integrate speech recognition into their daily lives. A new…

How chemical reactions deplete nutrients in plant-based drinks

A University of Copenhagen study of plant-based drinks reveals a common issue: they are lacking in…

Electrical stimulation of the nervous system can improve motor learning

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the brain's ability to learn…

One of world's largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland

For the first time, scientists have observed the release of a massive glacial lake outburst in East…