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Technical University of Denmark
For almost two centuries DTU, Technical University of Denmark, has been dedicated to fulfilling the vision of H.C. Ørsted – the father of electromagnetism – who founded the university in 1829 to develop and create value using the natural sciences and the technical sciences to benefit society.
Today, DTU is ranked as one of the foremost technical universities in Europe, continues to set new records in the number of publications, and persistently increase and develop our partnerships with industry, and assignments accomplished by DTU’s public sector consultancy.
The number of student enrolment is higher than ever and, for the eleventy consecutive year, we have received a record-breaking number of applications from students who want to pursue a degree from a technical elite university with a global outlook.
The international dimension is of vital importance to DTU. In 2011, we welcomed 336 international students into our MSc programmes, half of our PhD students are recruited from abroad, and more than one third of our scientific staff are highly qualified researchers of international backgrounds. In addition, the extent and intensity of our collaborations with other leading technical universities around the world continue to grow.
DTU has international educational exchange programmes with over 200 universities around the globe, and enjoys close research collaborations with its partners in addition to building research and educational programmes in Nordic Five Tech, the Euro Tech Universities - Excellence in Science and Technology, as well as with Rensselaer in the U.S., Nanyang in Singapore, and KAIST in South Korea.
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Nearly a third of the cod we tested had a different origin than the one reported.
Snake venom experts Stuart Ainsworth and Christoffer Sørensen talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the search for an antivenom that could neutralise toxins from multiple different snakes.
By reporting this new way that future antivenoms can fail, the research has highlighted a problem with current antivenom testing recommendations.
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The best cure against a snakebite is to avoid being bitten at all. Here is what you need to know about snakebites, antivenom, and what you need to do if bitten.
One way to tackle the snakebite antivenom crisis may be through biotechnological innovation to make antivenoms more cost-effective, easier to produce, and more efficacious against snakebites.
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Warming in the Arctic has now reached the northernmost sections of the Greenland ice sheet. After a long period of stability (more than 25 years), we have found in a new study of the region that the northeast…
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Visiting Professor of Sustainability Science, Technical University of Denmark
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Professor & Head of Section at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark
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Senior Scientist in the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark
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Senior Researcher, Coastal Ecology, Technical University of Denmark
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Professor in Technology Implementation, Technical University of Denmark
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Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Center for Antibody Technologies, Technical University of Denmark
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Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering Indoor Environment, Technical University of Denmark
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Senior Researcher, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark
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PhD Candidate, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark
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Pew Marine Fellow; Marine Policy Advisor, Oceana Europe & Research Scientist, Technical University of Denmark
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark; King's College London
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Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark
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Senior Researcher in Coastal Ecology, Technical University of Denmark
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Technical University of Denmark
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Postdoctoral researcher in geodynamics, Technical University of Denmark