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• New centre to focus on harvest and storage of solar energy

  2013.04.09

  Paint which combines the properties of solar cells and batteries is the ultimate goal for chemist Morten Brønsted Nielsen, who has just been promoted as a so-called ”fyrtårnsprofessor” (lighthouse professor) at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Chemistry. … »

• They swam north to survive

  2013.04.09

  Many of the large land mammals, such as mammoths and woolly rhinos, didn’t survive the last ice-age. In contrast ocean mammals such as the bowhead whale, which with a lifespan of 200 years is the world’s longest living mammal, did. … »

• Darwinian Evolution of new Chemistry and Nano-Medicine

  2013.04.02

  An entirely new way of thinking about pharmaceuticals – this is the goal of Morten  Meldal , one of two new ‘Lighthouse Professors’ in chemistry at the University of Copenhagen.  Meldal, 59, has been appointed by UCPH’s Department of Chemistry to establish  the soon to be Evolutionary Chemical Biology research centre. Along with the appointment, 35 million kroner has been granted by the University to get the centre up and running. … »

• Monster from the deep hits the surface

  2013.03.20

  The giant squid is one of the most enigmatic animals on the planet. It is extremely rarely seen, except. But now, researchers at the University of Copenhagen leading an international team, have discovered that no matter where in the world they are found, the fabled animals are so closely related at the genetic level that they represent a single, global population … »

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