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Letting nature manage itself may lead to the least costs —but EU subsidies remain an obstacle

Nature management through rewilding can be significantly more cost-effective than by traditional…

New study sows doubt about the composition of 70 percent of our universe

Researchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of dark…

carbon footprint

Climate labeling reduces our CO2 footprint — even for those who willfully attempt to remain uninformed

Climate labels informing us of a meat product’s carbon footprint cause many people to opt for…

New documentation: Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated

The claim that old-growth forests play a significant role in climate mitigation, based upon the…

Researchers discover intact plant fossils beneath Greenland’s ice sheet for the first time

For the first time ever, researchers have found fossils under Greenland's ice sheet that are so…

LITTLE NINJA protein helps crops grow more side shoots

A tiny, newly discovered protein can regulate how tall grass species like wheat, barley and rice…

Classic math conundrum solved: Danish computer scientist has developed a superb algorithm for finding the shortest route

One of the most classic algorithmic problems deals with calculating the shortest path between two…

An epic walk: 15 million years needed for dinosaurs to get from South America to Greenland

For the first time, two researchers—one from the University of Copenhagen and the other from…

Dissemination Award:

Award-winning professor writes forgotten women into the history books

Women sent the first computer into space and programmed some of the 1970’s most iconic computer…

New head of the Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen

Jakob Grue Simonsen, professor at the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Universit…