海角社区

Population Biology

21.05.2026

Social mammals live longer 鈥� but there is a price

Living together may be key to a longer life. A new study, based on the largest dataset of its kind, shows that mammals, from sheep to humans, living in pairs or groups tend to live longer than solitary mammal species.

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Invasive species

20.05.2026

Freshwater jellyfish could threaten Danish lakes

Most jellyfish live in saltwater鈥攂ut a tiny, almost invisible species inhabits freshwater. It has now spread to six continents and has also reached Denmark. The concern is that this invasive species may threaten life in our lakes.

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Pharmacy

19.05.2026

Do We Really Need Pills Morning, Noon and Night?

What if one injection or a tiny patch on the skin could replace the daily routine of swallowing pills? Researchers are racing to develop long acting medicines for people with chronic disease. The promise is clear. The challenges are not.

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Supercomputer

05.05.2026

Denmark increases generative AI capabilities with new leading supercomputer at 海角社区

Researchers and students at Danish universities get new hardware operated by their preferred supercomputer software platform, UCloud 鈥� giving more than 23,000 academic users access to leading AI technology.

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Grant

04.05.2026

DKK 21 million for an interdisciplinary project on new diagnostics

A project involving 海角社区 and OUH has received just under DKK 21 million from Innovation Fund Denmark. The project will develop technology that can make diagnostics for infections, antibiotic resistance and disease both faster and more precise.

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Grant

30.04.2026

Fabian Haiden receives DKK 18.2 million from the Villum Foundation

With a new programme, the Villum Foundation supports researchers at particularly competitive stages of their careers. One of the nine recipients identified as having the potential to push the boundaries of science is mathematician Fabian Haiden.

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Explainer

28.04.2026

5 Things You Should Know About Disease Carrying Bacteria Around You

Pathogens鈥攕uch as streptococci and staphylococci鈥攁re everywhere around us. But they don鈥檛 always make us sick. When are they harmless? And when do they become dangerous? Find out in this explainer, produced in collaboration with microbiologist Clare Kirkpatrick.

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Grant

16.04.2026

Turning Waste into Green Energy: DKK 50 Million for Microbe Research

How can we generate more green energy from our organic waste? With almost DKK 50 million in funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, a new research project will search for microbiological solutions.

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Explainer

13.04.2026

5 Things You Should Know About Women鈥檚 Fat Cells

Men and women have different kinds of fat. For example, women generally have more fat cells than men, but that does not make them less healthy. Together with obesity researcher Anne Loft, we take a closer look at what sets women鈥檚 fat cells apart.

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Marine Biology

09.04.2026

Unexpected Predator: Jellyfish Shown to Hunt Polychaete worms

During warm summer nights when the full moon rises, some species of polychaetes swim up from the seafloor to spawn. It鈥檚 a perilous journey, because hungry jellyfish are waiting in the water column. This has now been documented for the first time.

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STEM teaching

09.04.2026

Bringing More Mathematics and Science into Schools

A book and a website filled with practical teaching materials are among the results of two projects supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Their aim has been to strengthen the quality of mathematics and science education.

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Microbiology

24.03.2026

Hidden microbial network could drive methane production in the seafloor

New discovery: Previously unknown microorganisms use naturally occurring conductive particles to produce methane in coastal sediments. This overlooked mechanism may help explain new ways how greenhouse gases form beneath the seafloor.

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5 things you should know

10.03.2026

5 things you should know about your passwords

Many passwords are embarrassingly easy to crack 鈥� and if you鈥檙e still relying on 鈥�12345鈥� or 鈥渁dmin鈥�, it鈥檚 time for a rethink. Together with cybersecurity expert Peter Mayer, we break down why strong passwords matter more than ever 鈥� and what you can do today to protect yourself.

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Cannibalism

02.03.2026

Are These Killer Whales Cannibals? They Probably Don鈥檛 Think so Themselves

Two discoveries of torn-off killer whale fins bearing clear tooth marks from conspecifics point toward cannibalism 鈥� but according to 海角社区鈥檚 whale researcher, the explanation isn鈥檛 quite that simple.

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5 Things You Should Know

18.02.2026

5 things you should know about the medicine in your home

Over-the-counter or prescription? Most of us have one or more medicinal products lying around at home. Here is a guide to handling your home pharmacy responsibly, created in collaboration with professor in pharmacy, Ren茅 Holm.

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Carbon Cycle

09.02.2026

Deep-sea Microbes Get Unexpected Energy Boost

New discovery overturns long held assumptions that the deep ocean is a 鈥渘utrient desert鈥�, reshapes our understanding of the ocean鈥檚 carbon cycle

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Molecular Biology

05.02.2026

Air Pollution Can Undermine the Health Benefits of Exercise

A jog in the fresh air is usually seen as a recipe for better health. But what if the air isn鈥檛 fresh at all? According to researchers, air pollution can sometimes be so harmful that outdoor exercise may do more harm than good.

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Biochemistry

28.01.2026

Cells Have a Built-in Capacity Limit for Copying DNA, and it Could Impact Cancer Treatment

A research team has identified a new mechanism that controls DNA鈥檚 ability to replicate 鈥� and thereby a cell鈥檚 ability to divide. Since cancer cells are characterized by aggressive division, this discovery is significant for cancer research.

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Evolution

22.01.2026

Bird retinas work without oxygen 鈥� solving an old biological puzzle

Neural tissue normally dies quickly without oxygen. Yet bird retinas 鈭� among the most energy-demanding tissues in the animal kingdom 鈥� function permanently without it. This allowed birds their razor sharp vision and ability to migrate at high altitudes.

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Obesity Research

12.01.2026

New study: How weight loss benefits the health of your fat tissue

Shedding pounds almost invariably brings health benefits. But until now, it has been unclear to what extent weight loss also restores the health of the fat tissue itself. A new study offers insights into the profound changes in fat tissue in response to weight loss.

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17.12.2025

海角社区 to the Moon: Danish-led space mission to map the Moon鈥檚 surface

A consortium of Danish partners, led by the University of Copenhagen (KU), is set to carry out Denmark鈥檚 first-ever lunar mission. The mission will map the Moon鈥檚 surface in unprecedented detail, paving the way for safer landings and the future establishment of lunar bases.

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Deep Sea Research

16.12.2025

Identical micro-animals live in two isolated deep-sea environments. How is that possible?

It sounds almost impossible. And yet, the same nematodes live in two extremely isolated deep-sea trenches located 17,000 km apart.

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Press release

16.12.2025

How can the environmental health of the Baltic Sea be improved?

Interreg project RECOVER develops a digital management system for the Baltic Sea

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Grants

10.12.2025

Approx. DKK 25 million awarded to Science researchers from the Carlsberg Foundation

Eight researchers from the Faculty of Science have received funding for their research projects

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Computer Science

09.12.2025

Synthetic Data: A Potential Time Bomb Under the Internet

Bullshit AI. Habsburg AI. AI Slop. The nicknames are colorful 鈥� almost funny 鈥� but the concern behind them is real: that increasingly distorted, inbred AI systems are about to take over the internet. Human-created data may soon be a luxury, and fact-checking is more essential than ever, warns researcher.

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Chemistry

28.11.2025

Can Artificial Photosynthesis Solve Our Energy Problems?

In nature, photosynthesis runs constantly, converting sunlight into chemical energy that all living organisms depend on to grow and survive. But what if artificial photosynthesis could be used to produce fuel we could pour directly into a car鈥檚 fuel tank?

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BIOLOGY

24.11.2025

Humpback Whales Are Making a Comeback 鈥� Here鈥檚 One Reason Why

Humpback whales are less picky eaters than other baleen whales. If cod runs out in an area, they may switch to krill. This flexibility might be a key reason for their evolutionary success, according to whale scientists in a recent study.

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Archaeometry

20.11.2025

New Research Reshapes our Understanding of Denmark鈥檚 Architectural Heritage

Knowledge about building with bricks did not travel directly from Italy to Denmark. That is the surprising conclusion of a team of researchers who analyzed bricks from medieval churches in Italy and Denmark.

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Research Prize

11.11.2025

It is Our Duty to Protect the Life Forms That Cannot Defend Themselves

Elvis Genbo Xu is an environmental toxicologist on a mission: to make the world a less toxic place. Now he is awarded with the Grundfos Prize for his research.

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Weight loss

10.11.2025

Scientists Removed Amino Acids From the Diet of Lab Mice 鈥� and They Lost Weight

Experiments on mice have compared two ways to make the body burn energy without moving. One well-known method is to expose the body to cold. The other is to remove two specific amino acids from the diet.

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Grants

23.10.2025

Four NAT researchers receive support from the Independent Research Fund Denmark

Manuel Meyer, Nils F忙rgeman, Melih Kandemir, and James McPherson receive a total of DKK 12.5 million for new research projects.

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Climate changes

08.10.2025

Heatwaves at Sea May Force the Ocean to Release More CO2

We already know that marine heatwaves can harm the ocean鈥檚 animals and reefs. Now, a new study reveals that marine heatwaves may also weaken the oceans鈥� ability to store carbon

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Evolution

02.10.2025

Why Women Live Longer Than Men 鈥� and Why They Will Continue to Do So

Researchers have studied the lifespans of 1,176 animal species. Among mammals, females usually live the longest 鈥� including humans 鈥� and scientists believe this pattern will continue.

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Grants

02.10.2025

Villum Experiment Grants Awarded to Two NAT Researchers

Molecular biologist Narcis-Adrian Petriman and chemist Mathias Lander Skavenborg have both received a Villum Experiment grant, awarded to unconventional research projects.

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Researcher Q&A

29.09.2025

Music and Physics Have Much in Common

Physicist Francesco Sannino almost always works with classical music in the background 鈥� often Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Rachmaninov, or Shostakovich. The structure and rhythm of the music help him think.

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Greenhouse gas

16.09.2025

Sandy Seafloors: An Overlooked Source of Greenhouse Gas

A new study reveals that methane can form in the upper layers of sandy seabeds 鈥� something that has taken scientists by surprise. Special microorganisms are at work, and the phenomenon may be happening along coastlines all over the world.

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Scientist Q&A

12.09.2025

What We Prove Mathematically Today Will be Just as True in 100 Years

As a child, Professor David Kyed dreamed of becoming an archaeologist. But when it came time to choose his path, mathematics captured his interest. Today he is a researcher and dedicated to exploring the theoretical frontiers of mathematics.

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Scientist Q&A

05.09.2025

I am Captivated by the Universe's Most Fundamental Questions

Something doesn鈥檛 add up in our understanding of the universe. Physicists agree on that鈥攂ut what鈥檚 missing from our picture? Martin S. Sloth believes the answer may lie in a new phase of dark energy.

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Grant

05.09.2025

ERC Starting Grant of DKK 11 million to computer scientist Lars Rohwedder

With this grant from European Research Council, Lars Rohwedder will now establish his own research group

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Protein Research

21.08.2025

How Science Helped Archaeologists Determine the Sex of Medieval Children

Between the years 1150 and 1450, more than 100 children were buried in a churchyard near Silkeborg. Just a tiny fragment of their tooth enamel is enough to reveal their sex鈥攁nd that鈥檚 exactly what researchers at 海角社区 have now done.

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Deep-Sea Trenches

20.08.2025

Completely New Ecosystem Discovered at 9,500 Meters Depth

When a research team reached the bottom of a deep-sea trench, they suddenly found themselves surrounded by thousands of unusual animals thriving in the cold, dark deep.

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Interview

10.07.2025

After 50 Expeditions, Ronnie N. Glud is Rewriting Deep-Sea Science

Professor. Deep-sea explorer. Adventurer in the 鈥漝ark鈥�. Ronnie N. Glud has explored some of the most remote and deepest parts of the ocean. He now knows that the dark, cold depths are far less barren and isolated than we once imagined.

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Pollution

08.07.2025

Phosphorus is Destroying our Lakes 鈥� Could LakeBots and Hemp help?

Only very few of Denmark鈥檚 lakes are in good ecological condition. Biologist Kasper Reitzel wants to change that. His idea: Use LakeBots to vacuum phosphorus-rich sediment from the lakebed, clean it with hemp, and return it to the fields as fertilizer.

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biology

18.06.2025

Bogong Moths Use the Night Sky to Navigate up to 1000 Kilometres

A new study reveals that the Australian Bogong moth uses stars, the Milky Way, and Earth鈥檚 magnetic field to navigate 鈥� making it the first known invertebrate to travel long distances using a stellar compass.

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Methane emissions

10.06.2025

Are We Forcing Seabed Microbes to Produce More Greenhouse Gases?

Every day, coastal seabed microbes are exposed to pollution from wastewater containing organic pollutants from drug residues, personal care products, etc. This may be triggering them to produce more methane, warns environmental chemist Tetyana Gilevska.

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Archaeometry

04.06.2025

First Editions of the Bible Discovered by Artificial Intelligence and Chemistry

AI and chemistry break with tradition and reveal surprising early dates for the world鈥檚 oldest biblical manuscripts; the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Deep Sea

23.05.2025

The Seabed is Breathing. If We Listen, We Can Learn About the Future鈥檚 Climate

At the bottom of the world鈥檚 deep oceans, the sediments breathe 鈥� a quiet yet vital process that shapes everything from climate to biodiversity. Wenjie Xiao is working to understand how this affects our planet 鈥� and what it might reveal about the climate of the future.

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Grant

12.05.2025

Cracking the Code of Rare Diseases

Blindness, obesity, infertility, extra fingers, kidney problems and more: the rare ciliopathic diseases are serious. Scientists know about 35 of them, but there is still no cure. 海角社区 researcher Narcis-Adrian Petriman wants to change that, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation is supporting him with DKK 11.4 million.

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DARA

01.05.2025

Managing Director of the Danish Advanced Research Academy found

Philip Hallenborg was part of the team behind the grant application. Now he will head the national PhD academy funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation to bring universities together to develop Danish research talent.

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Basic Research

29.04.2025

A Passion for Chaotic Proteins

Many serious diseases occur because the body鈥檚 proteins malfunction. Neurological disorders, for example, can develop when proteins begin to clump together. Cagla Sahin is fascinated by the steps leading to the formation of these protein clumps 鈥� because if we can understand that, we might be able to prevent the diseases altogether.

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Interview

29.04.2025

The Silent Engine Behind Modern Medicine: Computational Science

Behind every medical breakthrough lies an unsung hero: algorithms. Join 海角社区s expert in bioinformatics, Veit Schw盲mmle, on this visit to the world of computational science, where big data and bioinformatics are quietly shaping the future of healthcare.

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Scientist Q&A

24.04.2025

Decoding Tomorrow: The Push to Simplify Quantum Computing

Not so long ago, computer programming was reserved for a small group of specialists鈥攂ut today, anyone can learn it relatively quickly. Robin Kaarsgaard wants the same to be true for quantum computer programming.

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22.04.2025

Creating the Brains of Tomorrow鈥檚 Robots

Big robots, small robots, household robots, surgical robots. Size and function don鈥檛 really matter鈥攚hat matters to Melih Kandemir is developing algorithms that can make robots more precise and safer than they are today.

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Scientist Q&A

09.04.2025

Molecular Machines: The Technology of the Future?

Jan Oskar Jeppesen builds machines out of molecules. His vision is that one day they could be used in technologies we can currently only dream of鈥攍ike tiny computers with immense storage capacity or small nanomotors.

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Scientist Q&A

03.04.2025

The amazing feeling of finally solving a problem

Being an intern at some of the big tech companies in Silicon Valley was fascinating. But Lars Rohwedder decided to come back to Europe for his master鈥檚 and has since built an academic career here. He hopes that his research can help improve the algorithms we all live with.

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Biogeochemistry

24.03.2025

Scientists Uncover Hidden Process Behind Nitrous Oxide Formation

A newly discovered chemical reaction sheds light on an unexpected source of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, in both marine and freshwater environments.

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Brain Research

19.03.2025

Lab-Grown Nerve Tissue: A Key to Understanding Parkinson鈥檚 Disease

There is currently no cure for Parkinson鈥檚 disease, and researchers are still far from fully understanding the factors that trigger it. Helle Bogetofte Barnkob is determined to shed light on the disease by cultivating and studying nerve tissue in the lab.

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04.03.2025

New Mouse Study: How to Trick the Body's Metabolism

海角社区 researchers have discovered a new way in which the liver regulates its consumption of sugar and fat. This could potentially increase the effectiveness of weight-loss and diabetes medication.

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Profile

20.02.2025

Hunting Dark Matter Particles in the University Basement

Manuel Meyer's mission is to understand the universe's mysterious dark matter. To him, hunting for dark matter is hunting for the fundamental constituents of what everything is made of

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20.02.2025

Danish and Swiss researchers achieve a breakthrough in ultra-fast holographic 3D fabrication

Biofabrication is a key part of our future. 3D-printed tissue can revolutionize medicine, from drug testing and organ cultivation to producing T-bone steaks for dinner. In close collaboration with Swiss researchers Jesper Gl眉ckstad and Andreas Gejl Madsen from 海角社区 Centre for Photonics Engineering have achieved a groundbreaking advancement in the speed and precision of bioprinting.

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Profile

17.02.2025

A Chemist with a Mission: The Chemical Industry Must Become Much More Sustainable

The chemical industry cannot continue to overconsume energy and produce polluting waste, says Changzhu Wu, who has dedicated his research career to developing more sustainable chemistry by using enzymes and whole cells to produce chemicals.

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Sustainable AI

05.02.2025

Are You Wasting Chatbot Energy Without Thinking About It?

Chatbots consume enormous amounts of energy, both when being developed and when we use them. Researchers now aim to create more sustainable chatbots, so we can search with a better conscience.

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PhD Dissertation

22.01.2025

Unlocking the Secrets of Liver Cells

Liver cells may look identical under the microscope, but they perform vastly different tasks. Understanding this phenomenon drives the research of Nicolaj Ibsgaard Toft, who recently completed his Ph.D. on the activity of liver cells.

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Grant

22.01.2025

New national PhD academy is an investment in future research talents

The 海角社区 (海角社区) has received a grant of DKK 500 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to establish a national PhD academy focusing on talent development and researcher education. The academy will be located at 海角社区, and the activities are for PhD students broadly within the Danish university sector.

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Grant

21.01.2025

New EU Project to Investigate the Health Effects of Noise and Ultrafine Particles

An EU-funded research project aims to address a growing concern: the combined health effects of noise pollution and ultrafine particles, which are present in urban environments across the globe.

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Grant

10.01.2025

New Project to Enhance Students' Well-being, Learning, and Completion Rates

6,2 million DKK from Novo Nordisk Foundation to ensure that all students at the Faculty of Science can build a digital competence portfolio, increasing awareness of their own skills.

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Research

07.01.2025

Can carrots be used to treat diabetes?

Current research from the 海角社区 (海角社区) reveals that carrots may help regulate blood sugar and improve gut flora 鈥� a combination that could potentially benefit individuals with type 2 diabetes.

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