A Sea Monster’s Genome – Full Genetic Sequence of the Elusive Giant Squid
The giant squid is an elusive giant, but its secrets are about to be revealed. A new study led by the University of Copenhagen has…
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Iron Isotopes Show That Planet Earth Formed Much Faster Than Scientists Thought
By measuring iron isotopes, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shown that our planet originally formed much faster than previously thought. This finding provides…
Massive Genetic Map of Cancer Mutations Cataloged – Available to Doctors and Researchers Worldwide
Mutations in 38 different types of cancer have been mapped by means of whole genome analysis by an international team of researchers from, amongst others,…
Scientists Extract Complete Human Genome From 5,700-Year-Old “Chewing Gum” – Here’s What They Found
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years-old “chewing gum”. According to the researchers, it is…
8,500-Year-Old Human Teeth Used As Jewelry Discovered at Prehistoric Archaeological Site
At a prehistoric archaeological site in Turkey, researchers have discovered two 8,500-year-old human teeth, which had been used as pendants in a necklace or bracelet….
Hunting and Ivory Trade Likely Drove Icelandic Walrus to Extinction
An international collaboration of scientists in Iceland, Denmark, and the Netherlands has for the first time used ancient DNA analyses and C14-dating to demonstrate the…
Hurricanes Have Become More Destructive for USA – Climatic Increase in Frequency of Worst Storms
A new study by researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Aslak Grinsted, Peter Ditlevsen and Jens Hesselbjerg shows that hurricanes have become…
Darwin Contradicted: Survival of the Friendliest Bacteria
New microbial research at the University of Copenhagen suggests that ‘survival of the friendliest’ outweighs ‘survival of the fittest’ for groups of bacteria Bacteria share…
Chinese Activists Protest the Use of Traditional Treatments – They Want Medical Science
In China, traditional Chinese medicine has the same status in the health system as modern medical science. This has led thousands of science activists to…
Record Breaking Observations Link Dark Matter to Galaxy Formation
An international team of astronomers with participation by researchers from DAWN, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen has discovered a protocluster of galaxies 13.0 billion…
‘Earth’s Heartbeat’ – Do Animals Control Earth’s Oxygen Level?
For the first time, researchers have measured how the production of algae and the Earth’s oxygen level affect each other – what you might call…
Earth’s Stunning Biodiversity is a Puzzle Worth Exploring
Life on Earth is amazingly diverse, and exhibits striking geographical global patterns in biodiversity. A pair of companion papers published September 13th in Science reveal…
Mathematicians Solve a 50-Year-Old Riddle: The Ever-Winning Lottery Ticket
After years of work, University of Copenhagen mathematics researchers have answered a mysterious half-century-old riddle. The mystery was all but forgotten until a Danish researcher…
Ground-Breaking Molecular Method to Reconstruct the Evolution of All Species
By looking into fossil teeth from almost 2 million years old rhinos, researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Cambridge launched a new molecular method…
What It Looks Like When A Massive Black Hole Devours A Star
Dr. Jane Lixin Dai, theoretical astrophysicist and assistant professor, and Prof. Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, both from the DARK Cosmology Center at the Niels Bohr Institute, University…
Scientists Discover New Protein Shield That Protects Broken DNA
Researchers from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research have uncovered a new protein shield that aids in repairing damaged DNA in cells and…
Scientists Identify Specific Enzyme Related to Colon Cancer
Researchers have identified an enzyme that is absent in healthy colon tissue but abundant in colon cancer cells, according to a report in the January…
Scientists Exploit Rhythm of DNA-Replication to Kill Cancer Cells
In a newly published study, scientists detail how they can manipulate the rhythm of DNA replication and suggest how this can be used in the…
