https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The UK has further tightened restrictions on travel from Denmark, as it seeks prevent a new Danish coronavirus strain from spreading to the UK. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201108/uk-bans-ships-and-planes-from-denmark-to-stop-mink-covid Sun, 08 Nov 2020 15:58:12 +0100 uk-bans-ships-and-planes-from-denmark-to-stop-mink-covid Coronavirus transmission from minks to human does not necessarily mean the disease will become more dangerous, but scientists are on their guard in the wake of an astounding announcement from Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201108/scientists-call-for-calm-over-mutant-mink-coronavirus Sun, 08 Nov 2020 13:35:16 +0100 scientists-call-for-calm-over-mutant-mink-coronavirus Author Hans Christian Andersen is one of Denmark’s most famous figures from the 19th century, but can you name another Hans Christian, who left his mark on the world of science? https://www.thelocal.dk/20190913/google-pays-tribute-to-denmarks-other-famous-hans-christian Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:35:35 +0200 google-pays-tribute-to-denmarks-other-famous-hans-christian An unexpected discovery was made as a result of excavation work at the construction site of a new underground rail station at Trianglen in Copenhagen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190130/excavations-for-copenhagen-metro-dig-up-evidence-of-interglacial-period Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:48:15 +0100 excavations-for-copenhagen-metro-dig-up-evidence-of-interglacial-period A team of international scientists, including three Danes, on Monday begins research at the watery home of one of folklore’s greatest myths. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180604/when-we-dont-find-a-monster-that-doesnt-mean-we-can-say-there-is-no-monster-danish-scientist-at-loch-ness Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:07:05 +0200 when-we-dont-find-a-monster-that-doesnt-mean-we-can-say-there-is-no-monster-danish-scientist-at-loch-ness Archaeologists are now certain that the 264 bodies buried in the English town of Repton were Vikings, thereby settling a decades-old mystery. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180209/english-mass-grave-contains-remains-of-danish-viking-army Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:02:32 +0100 english-mass-grave-contains-remains-of-danish-viking-army The annual Danish Science Festival takes place next month, with 600 science orientated events and more than 75,000 people taking part. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170329/danish-scientists-go-back-to-school Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:09:06 +0200 danish-scientists-go-back-to-school Global scientists on Wednesday unveiled the first blueprint for a massive quantum computer that could be as large as a football pitch and offers hope of solving the world's most vexing problems. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170202/danish-scientists-behind-quantum-leap-blueprint-for-super-computers Thu, 02 Feb 2017 11:10:17 +0100 danish-scientists-behind-quantum-leap-blueprint-for-super-computers At the University of Copenhagen, scientists have developed an experimental project called Protein2Food with the mission to replace meat with protein-rich crops. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161014/danish-ancient-crops-climate-change-food-shortage Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:03:44 +0200 danish-ancient-crops-climate-change-food-shortage Researchers at Danish companies and universities are set to announce the development of a new technique that will allow plants to be used as fuel in ship engines. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160712/danish-researchers-to-develop-plant-fuelled-ships Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:07:45 +0200 danish-researchers-to-develop-plant-fuelled-ships Denmark's food and environment ministry is putting its weight behind new technology that will make Christmas trees grow faster, giving a boost to both Danish industry and Christmas spirit. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151223/new-turbo-trees-to-make-danish-christmases-greener Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:19:20 +0100 new-turbo-trees-to-make-danish-christmases-greener Danish researchers have identified the parts the brain which light up when subjects see images associated with Christmas, as part of a project to help the millions who suffer "a Christmas spirit deficiency – or the ‘bah humbug’ syndrome". https://www.thelocal.dk/20151217/danish-isolates-christmas-spirit-in-human-brain Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:03:26 +0100 danish-isolates-christmas-spirit-in-human-brain Danish physicist Lene Hau missed out on the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday but she is behind something that Albert Einstein thought was impossible: stopping light. Here are ten things you need to know about her. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151006/nobel-prize-ten-things-to-know-about-danish-physicist-lene-hau Tue, 06 Oct 2015 13:44:55 +0200 nobel-prize-ten-things-to-know-about-danish-physicist-lene-hau A new Danish study on queuing suggests that we have been going about it all wrong. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150819/danes-may-be-inefficient-at-queuing Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:56:47 +0200 danes-may-be-inefficient-at-queuing Fifteen skeletons uncovered this week in Aalborg are assumed to be the remains of 15 soldiers who died fighting in a Danish civil war nearly 500 years ago. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141203/500-year-old-soldier-skeletons-unearthed-in-denmark Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:17:00 +0100 500-year-old-soldier-skeletons-unearthed-in-denmark The discovery of footprints of Stone Age fisherman gives insight into their everyday life and their relation to the water. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141114/5000-year-old-human-footprints-found-in-denmark Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:15:00 +0100 5000-year-old-human-footprints-found-in-denmark For the first time in over a century, plunderers have dug up ancient artifacts that date back over 4,000 years. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141027/danish-history-erased-by-plundering-of-burial-mounds Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:27:00 +0100 danish-history-erased-by-plundering-of-burial-mounds It's been long thought that Denmark is the home to four Viking ring fortresses, but the first discovery in 60 years may shed new light on the Viking Era and King Harald Bluetooth. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140905/new-viking-fortress-discovered-in-denmark Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:18:00 +0200 new-viking-fortress-discovered-in-denmark A study from the Natural History Museum of Denmark and the Smithsonian finds that ancient eskimos are not related to modern Native Americans or the Inuit of Greenland. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140829/dna-shows-arctic-groups-isolation-lasted-4000-years Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:27:00 +0200 dna-shows-arctic-groups-isolation-lasted-4000-years As a thank you to his Danish colleague, Charles Darwin sent 77 personally identified crustacean species to the Zoological Museum. At the time, they were merely filed away but today – 160 years later – they represent one of the biggest Darwin collections in the world. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140821/darwin-discovery-unearthed-at-copenhagen-museum Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:38:00 +0200 darwin-discovery-unearthed-at-copenhagen-museum