Niels Bohr Institute

At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niels Bohr Institute—the Jens Martin Knudsen Award—was presented to two recipients for two separate periods.

JENS MARTIN KNUDSEN AWARD:

Jens Martin Knudsen Prize awarded to two recipients for two periods

With a DKK 42.3 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, SCIENCE is establishing a new Makerspace designed to boost innovation and create entirely new frameworks for practice‑based teaching.

NOVO NORDIC FOUNDATION GRANT:

New Makerspace for SCIENCE create a learning‑through‑making environment

Assistant professor Sarah Pearson (DARK, NBI) recently visited Brorfelde Observatory with Politiken’s science editor Lasse Foghsgaard.

A Night at Brorfelde Observatory with Politiken’s science editor

Physics at the University of Copenhagen

At the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, we research and teach within a broad spectrum of physics areas: Quantum computers and quantum communication, astrophysics, particle physics, computational physics, solid state physics, climate and geophysics and biophysics.

Research facilities

With us, you get access to a wide range of advanced equipment in bio- and quantum technology, supercomputers, workshops in both electronics and mechanics as well as special laboratory facilities that are necessary to support the research process. Our astrophysicists have observation time on the largest telescopes, e.g. James Webb Space Telescope.

Research news

Scientists have designed a clay that can prevent fruits and vegetables from rotting too quickly

The gas ethylene causes fruit and vegetables to ripen faster and is responsible for millions of ton…

Can resonance be used to “communicate with” the body’s cells?

Resonance is a fundamental phenomenon in the biological world. Perhaps it can be used to communicat…

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Jens Martin Knudsen Award:

Markus Ahlers receives the Jens Martin Knudsen Award 2024

At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niel…

Jens Martin Knudsen Award:

Brian Møller Andersen receives the Jens Martin Knudsen Award 2025

At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niel…

New Makerspace for SCIENCE

With a DKK 42.3 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, SCIENCE is establishing a new…

Vin & Videnskab:

Sold-out Black Holes event at Vin & Videnskab

On Wednesday February 25, 2026, Professor Marianne Vestergaard (DARK, Niels Bohr Institute) gave a…

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