Biotechnology start-ups always need labs, but they can hardly ever afford them. In Copenhagen, one solution to this challenge is to get bench-space at the... Read More
The Niels Bohr Building at Innovation District Copenhagen-partner University of Copenhagen is 52,000 square metres of state-of-the-art labs, offices and auditoria. It will house the... Read More
In Denmark, scientific excellence, business building know-how and availability of funding from seed to stock market is now at a point where international life science... Read More
The recently launched AI-supercomputer Gefion is Denmark’s first GPU-accelerated supercomputer. The aim of the powerful computing facility is to give a boost to the country’s... Read More
Children about to undergo medical imaging procedures are usually put to sleep with anaesthetics, so they won’t move in the scanner. This is not ideal.... Read More
Getting rid of rats without harming the environment is a meaningful first target for Danish biotech start-up TriptoBIO. The company is a spin-out from Innovation... Read More
Quick Quiz. What is: Number one in Scandinavia? Number two in the EU? Number seven in Europe? Number 32 in the world? The university ranking... Read More
In 2017 business analysts were saying that Artificial Intelligence would revolutionise… Everything. They expected the most immediate use case to be customer service, and this... Read More
Fake products are poison. Sometimes literally as in counterfeit medicines. Sometimes figuratively when they ruin the reputation of quality companies. Even the green transition is... Read More
Ceremedy is a company full of mystery. It is a spin-out from Innovation District Copenhagen-partner University of Copenhagen. In May 2023 it secured an investment... Read More
For the third year running, Danish capital Copenhagen takes second place on the Global Liveability Index. As in previous years the index is published in... Read More
Quantum computers could change the world but making advanced versions of them requires scientific breakthroughs. Now, American university Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has signed... Read More
This morning, 200,000 Africans are beginning their day with a safe drink of water. They cleaned their water in a high-tech low-cost plastic container developed... Read More
A new entrepreneurship strategy from the Danish Government aims to make Denmark a world class country for start-ups and their founders. Less tax, less red... Read More
INNOVATION DISTRICT COPENHAGEN is the name of a new Danish powerhouse for inventing and developing solutions to important societal challenges. The new innovation district will... Read More
The highly promising biotech start-up Adcendo is one of the first companies to move out of Copenhagen Science City and into ‘Science City-partner Symbions’ new... Read More
When the Danish CRISPR technology company SNIPR Biome goes looking for scientific talent, they are competing with companies in the hottest life science cities on... Read More
University College Copenhagen (KP) is a Copenhagen Science City-partner which offers educational programmes in health and care-subjects such as nursing and midwifery. KP recently launched... Read More
Technology will be crucial to meeting the needs of the future health- and care sector. In order to prepare students for this reality, Copenhagen Science... Read More
Using the right materials may be crucial in developing new physical products. Unfortunately, material scientists are often out of reach for small and medium sized... Read More
The 2024 United Nations World Happiness Report is out. Denmark is the second happiest country in the world. Narrowly beaten out of first place by... Read More
INNOVATION DISTRICT COLLABORATION: Medical students can learn almost everything from books. Just not to recall their training in the chaos of a clinical situation. University... Read More
Lunchtime is important to the quantum hardware start-up Sparrow Quantum. The company headquarters are just across the street from scientific collaborators at University of Copenhagen’s... Read More
Astronauts need hard exercise to avoid losing bone and muscle during spaceflights. On his 2023/24 Hugin mission to the International Space Station ISS, Danish astronaut... Read More
Treating sick people is- and always will be- the most important task for a hospital. Innovation, however, plays an increasing role in this task for... Read More
Cancer cells are hard to spot. Surgeons rely on sight, touch, and tissue analysis when they remove cancer tissue, and they don’t always get it... Read More
Students at universities want to start companies that make a difference in society. Now the Copenhagen Science City-partner, University of Copenhagen is launching the “Lighthouse... Read More
Quantum sensing could improve diagnosis and prevention of many diseases. Now, The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of DKK 150 million to establish... Read More
SOLID Therapeutics is an early-stage start-up developing novel treatment for cancer. In January 2024 the Danish states’ Export and Investment Fund EIFO invested 670,000 Euro... Read More
University College Copenhagen – Københavns Professionshøjskole – welcomed a new Rector on January 1st, 2024. Rector Anne Vang Rasmussen comes from a position as a... Read More
In a globalised world, your talent for tech and your tech start-up is welcomed almost everywhere in the world. So why should you choose Copenhagen... Read More
Anyone with an understanding of climate change knows that methane gas is a major climate offender. Anyone with an understanding of gas chemistry knows that... Read More
INNOVATION DISTRICT COLLABORATION: Surgery could be safer if surgical theatres were monitored as systematically as other high-risk industries. Hospital staff do want to improve for... Read More
A former metal goods factory in the Copenhagen Science City-street Rådmandsgade is now on track to be transformed into 159 apartments for students and other... Read More
New ingredients, processes, and foodstuffs is a rich field for start-ups, but to develop anything for the food industry, you need more than mom’s kitchen.... Read More
INNOVATION: The international “Technology Transfer Prize” is issued by the German Physical Society, which is one of the oldest and largest in the world. This... Read More
Dania Therapeutics is a University of Copenhagen spinout aiming to combat the aggressive cancer form Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. The early-stage company just received a 15... Read More
Possibly the largest open quantum computer in Europe opens when Copenhagen Science City-partner University of Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, establishes a new 25 quantum bits... Read More
For the past several years, demand for office space has outstripped supply in the innovation district Copenhagen Science City. Now, the office specialists Woods Office... Read More
Safe, smart, fun and easy to get around. According to the 2023 “Global Liveability Index” Danish capital Copenhagen is one of the most liveable cities... Read More
Quantum Exponential Group, a United Kingdom-based company focused on investing in quantum technology, announced in October 2023 that they will set up a European headquarters... Read More