https://innovation.ku.dk/english/news/ en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:40:46 +0200 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:40:46 +0200 https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/dental-care-and-innovation/ Why is it important that future dental hygienists learn to work innovatively? We talked to Ulla Kortegaard...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/dental-care-and-innovation/" alt="From clinic to classroom: Dental care and innovation " title="From clinic to classroom: Dental care and innovation "><img src="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/nyheder/2026/Undervisningscase1_.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/dental-care-and-innovation/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0200 https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/educators-network/ KU Lighthouse is taking a step to strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship in teaching with the launch...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/educators-network/" alt="KU Lighthouse launches a new educators’ network" title="KU Lighthouse launches a new educators’ network"><img src="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/educators-network/Educators__Network.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/educators-network/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:15:00 +0100 https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/noegensnegl-eng/ What is it like to combine creative processes and business development, and what can you get out of doing...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/noegensnegl-eng/" alt="Where artistic ideas grow into a company │Nøgensnegl" title="Where artistic ideas grow into a company │Nøgensnegl"><img src="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/nyheder/2026/Noegensnegl1.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/noegensnegl-eng/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/it-is-now-easier-and-cheaper-to-be-a-spinout-company/ From January 2026, all Danish universities will implement joint standard contracts for researchers wishing...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/it-is-now-easier-and-cheaper-to-be-a-spinout-company/" alt="It is now easier and cheaper to be a spinout company" title="It is now easier and cheaper to be a spinout company"><img src="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/nyheder/2026/nu-bliver-det-lettere-og-billigere-at-vaere-spinout-virksomhed/20260204__Standardaftaler.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2026/it-is-now-easier-and-cheaper-to-be-a-spinout-company/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0100 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2026/01/danish-chemists-invention-could-make-counterfeiting-a-thing-of-the-past/ Every year, companies lose billions of kroner when goods are copied or illegally resold. But a new digital...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2026/01/danish-chemists-invention-could-make-counterfeiting-a-thing-of-the-past/" alt="Danish chemist's invention could make counterfeiting a thing of the past" title="Danish chemist's invention could make counterfeiting a thing of the past"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2026/01/danish-chemists-invention-could-make-counterfeiting-a-thing-of-the-past/thomas_2024-2_crop.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2026/01/danish-chemists-invention-could-make-counterfeiting-a-thing-of-the-past/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:15:00 +0100 https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2025/ethnote/ The team behind Ethnote has developed the digital data collection tool they themselves were...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2025/ethnote/" alt="From individual field notes to interdisciplinary collaboration │Ethnote" title="From individual field notes to interdisciplinary collaboration │Ethnote"><img src="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/nyheder/2025/Ethnote1.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2025/ethnote/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:45:00 +0100 https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2025/akasi-pharma/ Walden Bjørn-Yoshimoto is CEO of Akasi Pharma, a company working to develop a new type of pain...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2025/akasi-pharma/" alt="Pain treatment for diabetics inspired by marine cone snails │Akasi Pharma" title="Pain treatment for diabetics inspired by marine cone snails │Akasi Pharma"><img src="https://lighthouse.ku.dk/nyheder/2025/Akasi_Pharma1.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://lighthouse.ku.dk/en/news/2025/akasi-pharma/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:15:00 +0100 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/09/scientists-transform-plastic-waste-into-efficient-co2-capture-materials/ From waste to valuable resource: Chemists at the University of Copenhagen have developed a method to...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/09/scientists-transform-plastic-waste-into-efficient-co2-capture-materials/" alt="Scientists transform plastic waste into efficient CO2 capture materials" title="Scientists transform plastic waste into efficient CO2 capture materials"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/09/scientists-transform-plastic-waste-into-efficient-co2-capture-materials/billedinformationer/DSC06066-3_red.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/09/scientists-transform-plastic-waste-into-efficient-co2-capture-materials/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:00:00 +0200 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/08/denmark-can-now-contribute-to-producing-world-class-chips/ For the first time, Denmark is establishing production of microchip wafers at the leading standard. This...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/08/denmark-can-now-contribute-to-producing-world-class-chips/" alt="Denmark can now contribute to producing world-class chips" title="Denmark can now contribute to producing world-class chips"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/08/denmark-can-now-contribute-to-producing-world-class-chips/billedinformationer/POEM_signing_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/08/denmark-can-now-contribute-to-producing-world-class-chips/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 13:45:00 +0200 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/06/new-danish-research-centre-to-make-designed-proteins-with-vast-potential/ Designed proteins are anticipated to have groundbreaking impact on a range of issues from treating disease...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/06/new-danish-research-centre-to-make-designed-proteins-with-vast-potential/" alt="New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential" title="New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/06/new-danish-research-centre-to-make-designed-proteins-with-vast-potential/billedinformationer/image001_red.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/06/new-danish-research-centre-to-make-designed-proteins-with-vast-potential/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/05/new-prorector-ucph-will-be-even-more-innovative-value-creating-and-internationally-leading/ On 1 July, Professor Eva Hoffmann from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine joins the University's...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/05/new-prorector-ucph-will-be-even-more-innovative-value-creating-and-internationally-leading/" alt="New Prorector: UCPH will be even more innovative, value-creating and internationally leading" title="New Prorector: UCPH will be even more innovative, value-creating and internationally leading"><img src="https://nyheder.ku.dk/alle_nyheder/2025/05/ny-prorektor-ku-skal-vaere-endnu-mere-innovativt-vaerdiskabende-og-internationalt-foerende/eva_hoffmann_1_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/05/new-prorector-ucph-will-be-even-more-innovative-value-creating-and-internationally-leading/ Wed, 28 May 2025 12:30:00 +0200 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/05/scientific-breakthrough-we-can-now-halve-the-price-of-costly-cancer-drug/ The demand for the widely used cancer drug Taxol is increasing, but it’s difficult and expensive...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/05/scientific-breakthrough-we-can-now-halve-the-price-of-costly-cancer-drug/" alt="Scientific breakthrough: We can now halve the price of costly cancer drug" title="Scientific breakthrough: We can now halve the price of costly cancer drug"><img src="https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2025/scientific-breakthrough-we-can-now-halve-the-price-of-costly-cancer-drug/billedinformationer/Feiyan_Liang_og_Sotirios_Kampranis_1100.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/05/scientific-breakthrough-we-can-now-halve-the-price-of-costly-cancer-drug/ Mon, 19 May 2025 06:00:00 +0200 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2024/11/researchers-develop-nanofiber-patch-for-treatment-of-psoriasis/ Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a patch for easier and more effective treatment...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2024/11/researchers-develop-nanofiber-patch-for-treatment-of-psoriasis/" alt="Researchers develop nanofiber patch for treatment of psoriasis" title="Researchers develop nanofiber patch for treatment of psoriasis"><img src="https://healthsciences.ku.dk/newsfaculty-news/2024/11/Psoriasis-plaster_1_1100x600.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2024/11/researchers-develop-nanofiber-patch-for-treatment-of-psoriasis/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:45:00 +0100 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2024/01/computer-scientists-makes-noisy-data-can-improve-treatments-in-health-care/ University of Copenhagen researchers have developed software able to disguise sensitive data such as...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2024/01/computer-scientists-makes-noisy-data-can-improve-treatments-in-health-care/" alt="Computer scientists makes noisy data: Can improve treatments in health care" title="Computer scientists makes noisy data: Can improve treatments in health care"><img src="https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2024/computer-scientists-makes-noisy-data-can-improve-treatments-in-health-care/Persondata_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2024/01/computer-scientists-makes-noisy-data-can-improve-treatments-in-health-care/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:15:00 +0100 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/12/researchers-invent-methane-cleaner-could-become-a-permanent-fixture-in-cattle-and-pig-barns/ In a spectacular new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have used light and chlorine...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/12/researchers-invent-methane-cleaner-could-become-a-permanent-fixture-in-cattle-and-pig-barns/" alt="Researchers invent &quot;methane cleaner&quot;: Could become a permanent fixture in cattle and pig barns" title="Researchers invent &quot;methane cleaner&quot;: Could become a permanent fixture in cattle and pig barns"><img src="https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/researchers-invent-methane-cleaner-could-become-a-permanent-fixture-in-cattle-and-pig-barns/Reaktor_foto_PM_web.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/12/researchers-invent-methane-cleaner-could-become-a-permanent-fixture-in-cattle-and-pig-barns/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0100 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/09/university-of-copenhagen-opens-the-doors-for-entrepreneurship/ All students and staff at the University of Copenhagen can now get access to excellent entrepreneurship...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/09/university-of-copenhagen-opens-the-doors-for-entrepreneurship/" alt="University of Copenhagen opens the doors for entrepreneurship " title="University of Copenhagen opens the doors for entrepreneurship "><img src="https://nyheder.ku.dk/alle_nyheder/2023/09/koebenhavns-universitet-aabner-doerene-for-ivaerksaetteri/green_lighthouse_UCPH_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/09/university-of-copenhagen-opens-the-doors-for-entrepreneurship/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:45:00 +0200 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/08/hartshorn-salt-and-baking-solves-a-serious-environmental-problem/ Polyester is the second most used textile in the world and an environmental menace, especially because...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/08/hartshorn-salt-and-baking-solves-a-serious-environmental-problem/" alt="Hartshorn salt and “baking” solves a serious environmental problem" title="Hartshorn salt and “baking” solves a serious environmental problem"><img src="https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/hartshorn-salt-and-baking-solves-a-serious-environmental-problem/billedinformationer/Yang_og_Shriaya_DSC9990_1100pix.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/08/hartshorn-salt-and-baking-solves-a-serious-environmental-problem/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/06/new-vice-dean-at-university-of-copenhagen-science/ Professor Jesper Wengel is a high-profile researcher, inventor and business owner. From 1 September 2023,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/06/new-vice-dean-at-university-of-copenhagen-science/" alt="New vice-dean at University of Copenhagen SCIENCE" title="New vice-dean at University of Copenhagen SCIENCE"><img src="https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/new-vice-dean-at-university-of-copenhagen-science/SCIENCE_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/06/new-vice-dean-at-university-of-copenhagen-science/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 09:45:00 +0200 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/05/ucph-launches-first-strategy-for-innovation/ University of Copenhagen is one of Europe's leading universities when it comes to research. Now the university...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/05/ucph-launches-first-strategy-for-innovation/" alt="UCPH launches first strategy for innovation" title="UCPH launches first strategy for innovation"><img src="https://nyheder.ku.dk/alle_nyheder/2023/04/ku-faar-innovationsstrategi/Datalogisk-institut-21_by-Mikal-Schlosser_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/05/ucph-launches-first-strategy-for-innovation/ Tue, 16 May 2023 16:00:00 +0200 https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/04/ucph-invests-in-medicines/ The University of Copenhagen is the first Danish university to invest in a company based on its own research...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/04/ucph-invests-in-medicines/" alt="The University of Copenhagen invests in the development of medicines from health-promoting gut bacteria" title="The University of Copenhagen invests in the development of medicines from health-promoting gut bacteria"><img src="https://nyheder.ku.dk/alle_nyheder/2023/04/koebenhavns-universitet-investerer-i-udvikling-af-laegemidler-fra-sundhedsfremmende-tarmbakterier/UCPH-Ventures_Fotograf-Claus-Boesen_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2023/04/ucph-invests-in-medicines/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:30:00 +0200