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Research project creates self-esteem, safety and sense of community among refugee children

Their childhood may not have been the best, but play and movement can help refugee children’s development. That is the basis of the project ‘On the Move’, which is a collaboration between researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Red Cross Asylum Denmark.

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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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VR game improves motor skills in cerebral palsy

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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.

Green research and green solutions

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Research with an impact

Genetics

For some Greenlanders, eating sugar is healthy

Gut bacteria and a unique diet that has nourished Greenlanders for millennia have provided them with a genetic variation that offers an incredible advantage.

Stem cells

New international research center to drive future stem cell-derived medicines

The partnership between three world-leading research institutions will pave the way for future stem cell-based treatments.

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.

A world-class
research university

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.