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The Researchers' Zone

Articles and blogs in this section of ScienceNordic are written by scientists and researchers who are Nordic or who live and work in the Nordic countries. They are invited to contribute to social debate or to share their findings and discoveries.

Are we getting enough out of PhDs?

The Researchers' Zone

When epidemics change the world: Can we learn anything from the third plague pandemic?

Quinoa is a super crop that can resist future climate change

How miniature human organs are giving hope to cancer patients

High levels of pollutants in polar bears from the Barents Sea – what are the reasons behind?

Can the Coronavirus lead to more peace?

Multi-drug resistant bacteria: When the immune system during COVID-19 is attacked from two fronts

Why the words we use to describe the coronavirus matter

Why are men hit hardest by COVID-19?

Science is more than applied statistics – can we be freed from p-value tyranny, please!

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The H-index turns 15: but is it a good idea to put a number on researchers' performance?

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Professor and immunologist: I don't want COVID-19

A revolution in vaccine development – but will we all benefit?

A Story about the Plague

5 tips for how to keep your team connected while working from home during the coronavirus pandemic

Using drones to accurately map life under water

E-scooters – cities should embrace them

Managers need to be good with emotions – or they risk damaging their employee’s health and ability to perform at work

Fiction can help us understand ourselves during the coronavirus crisis

Crises like the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us that we create our own futures

Why mice are man's best friend in the fight against COVID-19

Researcher: Denmark's world-record level of trust is helping us in the fight against corona

Coronavirus puts world’s religions under pressure

Brain researchers want to know how you take care of your brain

Biodiversity at risk because we don’t assess the risk of pesticides properly

Why are the Danes not as funny as they think they are?

After four billion years, the code of life has begun to shrink

We must move beyond 'green capitalism'

Daily life of the Dodo – tales from a 12,000 year old swamp full of bones

Disinformation goes South

Wax on, wax off: What do plant roots and karate have in common?

How do we promote gender equity in computing?

Green transition: The whole world can learn from a small town in Iceland

New research challenges the origin of 'The Egtved girl'

Hospitals fear a new, deadly fungus – How big is the threat and what can we do?

Human blood can help rescue world’s climate

Mathematical models can predict animals’ risk of extinction

Does your ‘private’ data picture meet the beauty standards of society?

God's own weapons: Danish foreign fighters tell why they are fighting for jihad

Why we need a modern origin story today

Linguists need preservation of languages to study human language

Are all cancer cells the same?

2019 is the UN’s International Year of Indigenous Languages. And we need it to be

A single protein could be the key to treating hydrocephalus

We desperately need to store more carbon – seagrass could be the answer

Should we say farewell to the Arctic's unique nature?

Using personal data to understand aging

Where should we draw the line between a healthy and an unhealthy sports body?

Are joint custody and shared parenting a child’s right?

Why the new Arctic 'Cold War' is a dangerous myth

Everything you ever wanted to know about the history of haemorrhoids

Elite female athletes at greater risk of eating disorders

Explore 200 years of climate change in Denmark, Greenland, and the Faeroes

Erectile dysfunction? Physical activity could be the solution

Is China’s social credit system really the dystopian si-fi scenario that many fear?

Scientists reveal a new permafrost gas mystery

The hidden price of Iceland’s green energy

Will we ever see a black hole?

An open letter to Danish universities: Let us show the way towards a more ambitious climate agenda

Are organisms basically living machines?

Why the world should remember this forgotten Danish physicist