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A new strain of a well-known probiotic grows well in milk, potentially offering help for treating infants’ intestinal problems

Apr 28, 2021

Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG, or LGG, is the most studied probiotic bacterium in the world. This is why the bacterium grows poorly in milk and why it has to be separately...

Using online ads to spot human trafficking

Apr 28, 2021

Researchers at McGill University and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have designed an algorithm that detects organized human trafficking activity in online escort advertisements. Advertising is one the most common use...

Researchers find climate change impacts plankton – a key marine food source

Apr 28, 2021

This meant that they would need to seek out suitable habitats or risk extinction if the climate change were sudden and dramatic. The scientists used an atmosphere-ocean global climate model...

Genome Canada and McGill to track COVID-19 variants of concern

Apr 28, 2021

Genome Canada launched the Canadian VirusSeq Data Portal today to track the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across Canada. McGill University researcher Guillaume Bourque, a professor in the Department of Human Genetics,...

Live stream of Commemoration Day from DTU Library

Apr 27, 2021

Monday 26 Apr 21DTU’s 2021 Commemoration Day was streamed live from DTU Lyngby Campus while the audience shared the event on social media. The final preparations were made shortly before...

New cancer algorithm flags genetic weaknesses in tumours

Apr 27, 2021

The MMRDetect clinical algorithm makes it possible to identify tumours that have ‘mismatch repair deficiencies’ and then improve the personalisation of cancer therapies to exploit those weaknesses. Water and oxygen...

4,000 cubic metres of granite to protect fauna and coasts

Apr 27, 2021

After damage has occurred, beach replenishment is often carried out to restore the beach. DTU’s new stone reef and coastal protection project, BARREEF, which is funded by the VELUX FOUNDATION,...

Aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, MOXIE creates oxygen on Mars

Apr 27, 2021

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been marking milestones on Mars since landing on the Red Planet in February. Its latest historic accomplishment is the first creation of oxygen from carbon dioxide...

Innovation—the lifeblood of our welfare society

Apr 27, 2021

Tuesday 27 Apr 21Viewpoint Innovation is a prerequisite for progress and prosperity in Danish society. Innovation is vital if Denmark is to be a global competitor, and if we are...

Towards new solar cells with active machine learning

Apr 27, 2021

Scientists from the Technical University of Munich and from the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin have addressed this almost philosophical question in the context of machine learning. In machine learning,...