A Danish amber collector’s find on a wild North Sea shore in the 1960’s has proved to be of surprising significance. University of Copenhagen researchers have discovered that the roughly 40-million-year-old piece of amber contains the first fossil of a rare species of gnat from a genus thought to have lived only in Japan and the US.
Denmark’s Copenhagen Atomics and the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute have launched a partnership to conduct the first critical experiment on thorium molten salt nuclear reactors in Europe. PSI says the work will “position Europe at the forefront of advanced nuclear reactors”.
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Ghita Nidam Møller, Science Report
The Novo Nordisk Foundation and Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund (EIFO) are allocating 700 million DKK to establish a national center for AI innovation. It will house one of the world’s most powerful AI supercomputers.
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Pratik Hariharan
Researchers from Aarhus University have unveiled a startling finding: smoking significantly elevates the risk of depression.
