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Obesity

Could this explain why childhood obesity leads to early puberty?

Sequencing

High-throughput experiments might ensure a better diagnosis of hereditary diseases

beetles

How beetles use their butts

Termites

Learning how to grow super mushrooms, with termites as teachers

Lakes

Earth’s many new lakes

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Could this explain why childhood obesity leads to early puberty?

2023.05.31

Puberty often begins early for children who are obese. While there is nothing new about this fact, a scientific explanation has been elusive. Now, a team of scientists at the University of Copenhagen offers what may be …
Study finds weedy seadragons genetically connected across the Great Southern Reef

2023.05.30

Common, or weedy, seadragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) are iconic fish in their native waters of the Great Southern Reef, the southern coastline of Australia. They are beloved by SCUBA divers and aquarium visitors…
Spaghetti-armed egghead strives to move people with facts

2023.05.09

Hans Henrik Bruun is an especially active voice of reason in public discourse about the present and future of Danish nature. Whenever engaging, he often greets strong emotions with facts. This year's recipient of…
High-throughput experiments might ensure a better diagnosis of hereditary diseases

2023.05.03

All human beings are genetically very similar, sharing approx. 99.9% of the DNA code. The remaining 0.1% explains the natural differences between people, including our predisposition to hereditary diseases. Although…
British Ecological Society journal prize winner: Aya Permin

2023.04.28

The British Ecological Society (BES) has announced the winners of its journal prizes for research published in 2022. One of the winner is Aya Permin from our department, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen.

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