5 Things You Should Know

18.02.2026

5 things you should know about the medicine in your home

Over-the-counter or prescription? Most of us have one or more medicinal products lying around at home. Here is a guide to handling your home pharmacy responsibly, created in collaboration with professor in pharmacy, René Holm.

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17.12.2025

SDU to the Moon: Danish-led space mission to map the Moon’s surface

A consortium of Danish partners, led by the University of Copenhagen (KU), is set to carry out Denmark’s first-ever lunar mission. The mission will map the Moon’s surface in unprecedented detail, paving the way for safer landings and the future establishment of lunar bases.

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Chemistry

28.11.2025

Can Artificial Photosynthesis Solve Our Energy Problems?

In nature, photosynthesis runs constantly, converting sunlight into chemical energy that all living organisms depend on to grow and survive. But what if artificial photosynthesis could be used to produce fuel we could pour directly into a car’s fuel tank?

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Archaeometry

20.11.2025

New Research Reshapes our Understanding of Denmark’s Architectural Heritage

Knowledge about building with bricks did not travel directly from Italy to Denmark. That is the surprising conclusion of a team of researchers who analyzed bricks from medieval churches in Italy and Denmark.

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Grants

23.10.2025

Four NAT researchers receive support from the Independent Research Fund Denmark

Manuel Meyer, Nils Færgeman, Melih Kandemir, and James McPherson receive a total of DKK 12.5 million for new research projects.

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Grants

02.10.2025

Villum Experiment Grants Awarded to Two NAT Researchers

Molecular biologist Narcis-Adrian Petriman and chemist Mathias Lander Skavenborg have both received a Villum Experiment grant, awarded to unconventional research projects.

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Scientist Q&A

05.09.2025

I am Captivated by the Universe's Most Fundamental Questions

Something doesn’t add up in our understanding of the universe. Physicists agree on that—but what’s missing from our picture? Martin S. Sloth believes the answer may lie in a new phase of dark energy.

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Archaeometry

04.06.2025

First Editions of the Bible Discovered by Artificial Intelligence and Chemistry

AI and chemistry break with tradition and reveal surprising early dates for the world’s oldest biblical manuscripts; the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Scientist Q&A

09.04.2025

Molecular Machines: The Technology of the Future?

Jan Oskar Jeppesen builds machines out of molecules. His vision is that one day they could be used in technologies we can currently only dream of—like tiny computers with immense storage capacity or small nanomotors.

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Profile

20.02.2025

Hunting Dark Matter Particles in the University Basement

Manuel Meyer's mission is to understand the universe's mysterious dark matter. To him, hunting for dark matter is hunting for the fundamental constituents of what everything is made of

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