How smart is your city? Smart cities are much more than technology and big data. It’s about using technology sustainably and in a way that improves the lives of the people that live there.
What are the major challenges to modern medicine? Modern technology has revolutionised health sciences and people are living longer than ever. At the same time, more and more are becoming seriously ill.
Can seaweed burgers and potato mayo feed a growing world population? The recent ’Food in the Future’ arrangement at Aarhus University offered some examples of what we will be eating in the future, including a seaweed burger and mayonnaise made from potato proteins.
On a mission to save search engines With the exploding amounts of data, search engines will not always work reliably in the age of Big Data. A Danish researcher has set out to find new methods of rescuing our search engines.
Mega magnet to boost brain scans A new magnet with a magnetic field 140,000 times that of the Earth’s is currently being installed in a Danish hospital. It will be used to scan brain activity and will give scientists new insight into diseases such as schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, MS and epilepsy.
DIY kit makes building robots easy A new do-it-yourself kit makes it much easier to build robots. The kit will help researchers develop and refine human-like walking robots, say the inventors.
Nobel laureates at ESOF2014 Five Nobel Prize winners will be among the speakers at ESOF2014, Europe’s largest forum for interdisciplinary science, which kicks off in Copenhagen in June.
Research centre working on recipe for habitable planet Danish scientists are trying to develop a ’recipe’ for habitable planets. They hope to be able to predict where in our galaxy we should look for potentially habitable planets. The odds of finding life on other planets are extremely high, they say.
Scientists’ media role is changing Scientists increasingly represent their research institution, not just their own work, when they appear in the media, and that is important to bear in mind, argues communication researcher.
Can young networkers revolutionise science? A new generation of scientists is reinventing research in networks that are driven by raw passion. The industry is watching on the sidelines keen to get on the bandwagon.
Bohr inspires debate on drones and space weapons International scientists and decision-makers will gather in Copenhagen next month to discuss how dangerous technologies are to be shared in an ‘open world’.
Remarkable climate details in Antarctic ice core An ice core extracted from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet reveals in unprecedented detail how the weather in the Antarctic has changed over the past 68,000 years. The ice core may also tell us how future climate change will affect the frozen continent.
A new way of making complex anticancer compound Ingenol, a substance known for its anticancer potential, has so far been extracted from plants, but now scientists have achieved the first efficient chemical synthesis of the substance.
Hydrogen cars now one step closer Scientists have taken a big step towards making environmentally-friendly hydrogen cars a reality.
Quicker internet comes with a twist Scientists have come up with a new way of boosting internet bandwidth. They aim to twist the light in the net’s optic cables.
Play a computer game and help solve big physics mystery The human brain can recognise patterns and make irrational choices much better than any computer can. Now you can help researchers develop a quantum computer by playing an online game.
Proof: Our climate has become more extreme The climate has not only become warmer – it has also become more extreme, new research shows.
Climate change eats up Arctic insect life Scientists have found the first clear link between insect populations and rising temperatures in the Arctic.
Advanced humanoid robot takes first steps A new robot that walks as dynamically as a human took its first steps this week. Watch the first steps here.
New nanotechnology paves way for molecular super glue A new method which enables the combination of metals and plastics at a molecular level has been developed by Danish researchers. This ‘molecular glue’ forms strong and tight sealing bonds between materials that would not otherwise stick together.
New centre to unravel mystery of solar energy storage A new research centre has been given five years to develop new techniques for storing solar energy.
Huge X-ray laser reveals new molecular state Using a specially designed X-ray laser, researchers have managed to photograph what happens when molecules bind to or unbind from the surface of a catalyst. The findings may be an important step in the development of new forms of renewable energy.
Sedatives turn fish into unsociable gluttons Drug residues in the waterways can have unexpected consequences for our ecosystems, say Swedish researchers after exposing perch to anti-anxiety drugs.
Ear surgeons practice on virtual dismembered brain Otologists can now hone their surgical skills with a new Danish computer program, which is currently being translated into several languages.
We should only work 25 hours a week, argues professor We should keep working until we’re 80. But we should only work 25 hours a week, argues the head of the new Danish Max Planck research centre.
Mercury pollution robs EU kids of billions Global mercury pollution affects children’s brain functions and thus also their odds of getting a low-salary job. The total annual loss of life earnings amounts to €9 billion.
Warm seas around Greenland may indicate cold European winter Past changes in ocean currents around Greenland coincided with climate change in Northern Europe. The researchers behind the discovery suggest a possible ice-cold winter in Northwestern Europe.
The media world will suffer even more The past decade hasn’t been kind to the media world, with regular mass firings of media staff and online media struggling to gain a foothold. Things will only get worse, and that’s a threat to the informed citizen.
Alarming loss of biodiversity in protected areas The natural environment is in a far worse state than feared, according to the most comprehensive study so far of conditions in a large number of protected tropical forests.
Scientists reinvent light A new method enables scientists to create large, inexpensive and flexible surfaces that can emit light in the same way as an OLED TV screen. This could result in luminous clothes, glowing wallpaper and even radiant cereal packets.
Tomorrow’s super surgeon is a robot Scientists have developed a mathematical method to guarantee the patient’s safety when the surgery is performed by a robot.
Your household appliances can be hacked The neighbour’s kid hacks your washing machine and terrorists switch off the power in your city. These are likely future scenarios with modern technology. But now a researcher has set out to combat this.
Aerial photos from Greenland topple climate models Greenland’s ice sheet is not behaving as scientists have expected, and the climate models must be revised, new research suggests.
Magnetic screw helps capture energy from waves Wave energy is known for its great potential, but so far no-one has found the right way to exploit the movements of waves. Three newly qualified engineers have come up with a great suggestion
Still time to save our plants from climate change Climate change will cause plant species to disappear more slowly than previously thought. While this gives us time to rescue our plant life, it means we may begin to underestimate the effects of global warming.
Lack of oxygen led to first mass extinction The first mass extinction of animal life on Earth was previously blamed on a rise in the oxygen concentration in the oceans as a result of a cooler climate. But a new study shows the catastrophe was really caused by a massive decrease in oxygen.
Computer model predicts tomorrow’s nature Researchers have developed a computer model that can look into the future. The model’s virtual world makes it possible to explore how man-made changes in nature will impact on animal life in the future.
Web rebels – old wine in new bottles Wikileaks and the hackers group Anonymous are the talk of the town: political web rebels are a new phenomenon. However, there's nothing new about their tactics.
Marine reptiles closer to extinction The number of marine reptiles has fallen sharply in recent years and most species are now threatened with extinction. Man is the culprit, frightening the reptiles and destroying their breeding grounds, say researchers.
What will we look like in a million years? What effect does evolution have on human beings, and what will we look like in the future? ScienceNordic gazes into the crystal ball to see what we can expect.
World unlikely to end in 2012, say scientists The claimed prediction by the ancient Mayas of the end of the world, as popularised in the film '2012', gets a sceptical assessment from the scientific community.
Big Bang mission relies on Danish technology Danish researchers will supply crucial technology for a new mission to find evidence for the Big Bang theory. The mission requires technology that can measure distances of five million kilometres with the precision of a picometre – that's 0,00000000001cm.
That dream screen is just around the corner A Danish chemist expects the first new super-thin graphene screens to be in stores quite soon. But we may have to wait a few years for computers that use this miracle material.
New telescope to find life in space Danish researchers have designed a new telescope technology which they claim is 300 times more effective than the current ones.
