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10,000-year-old bones reveal earliest goat herders’ practices

To trace the domestication of the goat, an international team of researchers have analysed 10,000…

Researchers want to convert rapeseed proteins from feed to food

In Denmark and the rest of Europe, you see lots of yellow rapeseed fields and most of the rapeseed…

Researchers want to create an entirely new category of climate-friendly plant-based foods

A new research project, PROFERMENT, run by the Department of Food Science at the University of…

Green network to strengthen cross-disciplinary research into green transition

A new research network, The Governance of Green Transition, under the Faculty of Social Sciences,…

Differences between leopards are greater than between brown bears and polar bears

New research demonstrates that African and Asian leopards are more genetically differentiated from…

Significantly reducing agricultural CO2 emissions by way of wheatgrass

Wheatgrass has the potential to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in Denmark by up to 10…

Researchers show new holistic approach to genetics and plant breeding

A group of researchers has discovered a new approach to cereal plant breeding that takes into…

Beetles that pee themselves to death could be tomorrow’s pest control

Various beetle species have gobbled through grain stores and weakened food production worldwide…

New invention can reduce agricultural pesticide use: Distinguishes harmful insects from helpful ones

A researcher from the University of Copenhagen has developed an algorithm that, in tandem with a…

Thawing permafrost cools Arctic streams: This might affect fish stocks

A new study by a University of Copenhagen researcher finds that thawing permafrost in Alaska causes…