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Psychologists train parents in helping their children with anxiety

At the University of Copenhagen, psychologists have developed a programme to help parents of children with anxiety. The programme aims to help parents help their children before the anxiety reaches a stage where it requires treatment.

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Join the doctor in a corona intensive care unit

Ulf Gøttrup Pedersen is chief medical officer in the intensive care unit at Zealand University Hospital in Køge and has been on the front line in the treatment of the critically ill corona patients.

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The science of ice cream

Cathrine Østerberg is the owner of Østerberg Ice Cream. She has studied food science, and her education provides the framework for the knowledge she uses every day when trying to make the perfect ice cream.

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Over two billion people thirst for drinking water

Jiwoong Lee turns sea water into drinking water. That usually requires large amounts of energy, but a new method can desalt the water by the use of CO2.

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Upper secondary school teachers educate and shape the next generation

Watch how Niels Bendiksen Green in three years transforms children into young adults ready to step into the world.

Join the doctor in a corona intensive care unit

Ulf Gøttrup Pedersen is chief medical officer in the intensive care unit at Zealand University Hospital in Køge and has been on the front line in the treatment of the critically ill corona patients.

The Science of Ice Cream

Cathrine Østerberg is the owner of Østerberg Ice Cream. She has studied food science, and her education provides the framework for the knowledge she uses every day when trying to make the perfect ice cream.

Over two billion people thirst for drinking water

Jiwoong Lee turns sea water into drinking water. That usually requires large amounts of energy, but a new method can desalt the water by the use of CO2.

Upper secondary school teachers educate and shape the next generation

Watch how Niels Bendiksen Green in three years transforms children into young adults ready to step into the world.

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grant

Researchers want to convert Rapeseed proteins to be used for food

Research project will creating new fundamental knowledge, so we can use rape proteins for food.
carbon footprint

Climate labeling reduces our CO2 footprint

As such, climate labeling food products can be a good way of reducing our climate footprint.
FARMING

New invention can reduce agricultural pesticide use

A researchers has developed an algorithm that makes it possible to distinguish crop-harming insects from helpful ones that pollinate and contribute to plant growth.

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DIET & NUTRITION

Danish children love fish, but eat it all too rarely

Danish children eat less than a third of the recommended amount of fish but this isn’t because kids don’t like fish – in fact, they’re wild about it. Therefore, parents should be conscious about getting fish onto the dinner table.
quantum technology

Innovative chip resolves quantum headache

By simultaneously operating multiple spin qubits on the same quantum chip, quantum physicists at UCPH have surmounted a key obstacle on the road to the supercomputer of the future. The result bodes well for the use of semiconductor materials as a platform for solid-state quantum computers.
DNA

DNA from Sitting Bull’s hair confirms kinship

Using a new, DNA-based method, the genetic material of the fabled Native American chief Sitting Bull has been mapped. The results reveal that he is in fact the great-grandfather of the well-known Lakota member Ernie LaPointe.

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Driven by intellectual creativity and critical thinking since 1479, researchers and students at the University of Copenhagen have expanded horizons and contributed to moving the world forward. With its 5,000 researchers and 37,500 students, the University boasts an international research and study environment and is highly ranked among the world's best universities.

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7th best university in Europe
20,333 applied for the undergraduate programmes at UCPH in July 2021
7,652 were on 28 July 2021 offered a place on an undergraduate programme at the University
37,576 students are enrolled
5,000 graduate every year
618 were awarded the PhD degree in 2020
290 start-ups are established every year
13,000 scientific articles are published each year
100 times a day, the University’s researchers are quoted in the media
DKK 5 is what Denmark gets back for each krone invested in the University
DKK 28 billion is the University’s annual contribution to the Danish economy
70% is how much the University has reduced its CO2 emissions per employee/student since 2006

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