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X-rays will make plant diets of the future more tasty

X-rays can be used to examine the tiniest parts of food and provide us with fresh knowledge about…

Satellite images reveal a nexus between war, cropland abandonment and food insecurity in South Sudan

A new study sheds light on a complex interaction of armed conflict, cropland abandonment and…

Researchers will enlighten us about insurance and pensions

With DKK 45 million (€6M) over the next 12 years, the University of Copenhagen has landed a…

The early Earth may have behaved more like Venus

A new study from the University of Copenhagen suggests that there may have been another form of…

Consumer behaviour

Healthy shopping peaks in January

Year after year, January is the month when we load our shopping baskets with the healthiest foods,…

For some Greenlanders, eating sugar is healthy

A genetic variation among some Greenlanders makes sugar healthy – significantly more than for most…

Food scientist wants to create data model for personalised dietary recommendations

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen want to create a personalised dietary profile that…

Super telescope will peer nearly 14 billion years back in time

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen figure prominently in the launch of the enormous Jame…

Years later, restored wetlands remain a shadow of their old selves

A study of restored wetlands on the Danish island of Funen reveals that plant species richness…

After thousands of years, an iconic whale confronts a new enemy

The iconic tusked whale of the Arctic has a new enemy – noise. A unique study from the University o…