24 FEB New research areas cause name change for research centre Centre for Oil and Gas is changing its name to ’DTU Offshore – Danish Offshore Technology Centre’. CO2 separation and CO2 storage Fossil fuels Raw materials and raw materials exploitation Ships and offshore constructions Geology
04 JUN Artificial cooling of Arctic soil safeguards global genetic material Artificial cooling and creative engineering solutions are key to taking good care of the backup copies of the world’s plant-based genetic material, which are stored in... Geology
04 DEC Ice splinters marked the inauguration of new laboratories On Wednesday, 28 November, HRH Crown Prince Frederik spearheaded the inauguration of two new laboratories. Climate technology Materials Environmental technology Geology Polar research Construction materials Indoor climate Materials technology
16 NOV DTU contributes to mapping of unique meteorite crater in Greenland An international team of researchers has discovered a giant meteorite crater—with a diameter of 31 km—buried deep under the inland ice in Greenland. Geology Polar research Climate change
14 NOV DTU opens laboratories for geology, geotechnics, and sustainable construction... HRH Crown Prince Frederik inaugurates new laboratories at DTU Civil Engineering in connection with a symposium on arctic construction. Geology Ice research Climate technology Raw materials and raw materials exploitation Polar research Climate change Construction materials Building construction Metals and alloys
28 SEP Researchers acquire common data storage methodology The Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre is participating in a pilot project to store and share research data using electronic lab notebooks. Cyber security Energy technology Fossil fuels Energy production Geology Mapping and surveying Raw materials and raw materials exploitation Chemistry
18 AUG DTU instrument rewrites the history of mankind Dating of Homo Sapiens findings in Morocco has been carried out by performing measurements using a luminescence instrument developed by DTU. Climate technology Geology Sensors Optics Physics
21 SEP The Greenland ice sheet has raised sea levels by over 4 metres A new study in Science Advances has shown that the melting ice sheet is responsible for a much bigger rise in global sea levels than previously assumed. Ice research Geology Climate change Mapping and surveying Polar research Earth observation
31 MAR Taking the temperature of the underground Researchers have now invented a quick way of reading the prehistoric temperature of the underground. Radioactivity Geology Climate change
18 MAR The apparatus geologists love DTU Nutech has for more than three decades developed, designed and sold an apparatus, which is especially popular among geologists worldwide for the dating of sediments... Geology Climate change