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What controls nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria on mosses

What is going on in the coral food web?

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Professor Riikka Rinnan is in final contract negotiations with Danish National Research Foundation

Whales

A novel way how bacteria block the host cells immune-defense

Bird

Researchers identify ancient bird behind giant eggs from Down Under

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What controls nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria on mosses?

2022.06.11

Nitrogen fixation performed by moss-associated cyanobacteria can be a large source of N input to unpolluted ecosystems. While we know which abiotic factors are key in controlling N fixation across ecosystems, we are onl…
What is going on in the coral food web?

2022.06.07

The sources of energy and nutrients on coral reefs are scarce and heterogeneously distributed, making the competition for available prey fierce. In a new study, marine biologists from UCPH have documented how the feedin…
Professor Riikka Rinnan is in final contract negotiations with Danish National Research Foundation

2022.06.07

The Danish National Research Foundation has just decided to enter into contract negotiations for the establishment of 11 new basic research centers in Denmark - Centers of Excellence. One of these research centers - VOL…
A novel way how bacteria block the host cells immune-defense

2022.05.30

A group of scientists at the Kings college in London lead by Charlotte Odendall together with several collaborating groups from different countries including the research group of Martin Berchtold at the Department of…
Researchers identify ancient bird behind giant eggs from Down Under

2022.05.29

A years-long research debate over which animal is the rightful mother of giant prehistoric eggs in Australia has been resolved. In a new study, University of Copenhagen researchers and their international colleagues…

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