Increasingly expensive to “make” salmon - both in Norway and competitor countries

If the world can capture carbon, there’s capacity to store it

The fish helping scientists to understand the human brain

Data ownership is a recipe for better living in the city

Safer cars and buildings start at the nano level

Norwegian teenagers loved trying to make sense of Kafka in Norwegian class

New technology makes it possible to recreate the lives led by our ancestors 100,000 years ago

He played here as a child. Then he became an archaeologist and found a now famous cave that answers questions of our past.

High standards for human milk banks in Norway

Collagen extracted from fish – better for the climate, suitable for vegetarians

Indian authorities may have exaggerated claims of rising tiger numbers

The Indian government has claimed that the national tiger population more than doubled since 2006. Independent scientists however, claim it is almost impossible for the tiger population to grow with such speed in such an inexplicable manner. Following this criticism, Indian authorities now admit to flaws in their tiger counts.

Researchers aim to recycle all the lithium in electric car batteries

Lithium from Norwegian electric car batteries isn’t recycled that often. Instead, it ends up as waste when other metals it’s mixed with are recycled. But this may change.

A shared national patient medication list will soon be tested in Norway

The shared medication list is a new electronic overview that health professionals in Norway will be testing out in 2020. What do the authorities want with the new system? What does research say about the usefulness of such medication lists?

14 recommendations for a successful disputation

A disputation, the public defence of a PhD candidate’s thesis, is a serious matter. How can you prepare as best as possible?

An Anthropological View: Building the city from below

"How can you develop an area in the immediate vicinity to an underground station so that people will actually want to be there?" asks Thomas Hylland Eriksen. The employment market is opening up for applied anthropology.

Computer video simulation can limit flooding

Floods are expensive and at times dangerous. But what if a computer disaster simulation game could show politicians and local people what potential floods in their town would look like?

A hole in the can may provide better canned food

Canning is a sustainable way of storing food, but the method requires a lot of energy and water and can affect food quality. A newly developed can with a different shape may be the solution that makes canned food of the future more attractive.

Water was a winner in capturing CO2

Reducing the level of CO2 in the atmosphere will probably require carbon capture. A surprising substance just might be the ticket.

Doing time for the climate

According to Håvard Haarstad, scientists have to commit to doing everything they can to get society moving in the right direction. His own commitment to saving the world earned him a night in prison in New York.

Gaming their way to sustainable development

Researchers wanted to involve local people living around Kenya and Tanzania’s Serengeti-Mara parks in developing a sustainable future for them and the parks. They developed a board game to get people talking to the researchers — and to each other. That game has now won an international award.

This is how the Norwegian Armed Forces can find the best leaders

Interviews and personality tests are important tools in recruiting leaders. However, new research has revealed a new method which can be far more accurate.

Svalbard reindeer populations rebounding from centuries of hunting

As reindeer go, the animals living on the Norwegian arctic archipelago of Svalbard might not be Santa’s first choice. They’re a smaller subspecies of their common mainland relatives, and to save energy they basically never run. But because they were nearly exterminated from Svalbard around 1900 — and were then protected in 1925 — the animals provide unique insights into how conservation can help species thrive.

Medical practices and culture: what works in Norway may not work in India. Or France for that matter.

Research on how to reduce antibiotic resistance does not produce universal facts. What works in one country, region or city may not work in another. The WHO has now asked Norwegian researchers to write a report on how culture influences medical practices.

Parents should not get drunk when they are with their children

Drunk parents can have adverse effects on children, according to researcher.

It is impossible to know which plastics are dangerous

A recent study found that three out of four plastic consumer products contain harmful chemicals. Bioplastics contained toxicants, too.

"Funded at just the right time"

Had it not been for the Trond Mohn Foundation, Bodil Holst would have worked as a patent consultant in Munich. Thanks to a recruitment grant in 2007, however, she is now one of the most innovative researchers at the University of Bergen.

Moose: like having wild livestock in the woods

Moose prefer to browse on deciduous trees. Then conifers take over and affect the species diversity in the forest. One researcher contends that Norwegian wildlife management is not good enough.

Criminal Law: Work that never ends

As a student, Jørn Jacobsen encountered Norwegian criminal law – and he never got over it, or past it. The recruitment scholarship from the Trond Mohn Foundation gave him the opportunity to delve more deeply into issues involving power, criminal offences, freedom and penology.

What does China really want in the Middle East?

“The Middle East is of crucial importance to Beijing because almost half of China’s oil supplies originate there, from Saudi Arabia in particular”, says researcher Henrik S. Hiim.

New project on climate smart forestry in Norway

A new, large project, coordinated by NMBU, aims at facilitating climate smart forestry in Norway. The project will provide forest managers with tools that improve forest resilience to climate change, and contribute to reduced green house gas emissions by substituting fossil based products with forest products, and at the same time, provide increased and sustainable economic returns to the forest owner.

Little reason for moral panicking after #MeToo

Men and women generally agree on what constitutes sexual harassment.

Bluefin tuna are hard to catch – marine scientists want to help

Hard to catch, may overheat and can’t cope with rough seas – those are just a few of the challenges for fishers targeting the world’s biggest tuna.

Scandinavians’ little linguistic hat trick

Moving a word to the beginning of a sentence is a useful trick to draw attention to the most important topic you want to relay. The researchers of a new study have found that the Scandinavian languages are unique in their use of this technique.

The Arctic at risk from plastic

A new research report shows that the Arctic is under threat and may suffer negative impact if plastic enters the food chain.

Here’s how you help kids crack the reading code

Some children learn to read early. Others need more time. But we can do some things to help them, and one of them is important to do first.

NTNU-professor awarded the prestigious BODE prize for her groundbreaking research in underwater robotics.

Norwegian and international students need more meeting places

International students in Norway find it far easier getting to know other international students than Norwegian students, a new report by Diku shows. It recommends that Norwegian universities do more to endorse exchanges between international and domestic students to advance intercultural learning for their student population as a whole.

Humanities + medicine = ❤︎

Translating knowledge from a research lab is not merely a scientific practice. CAS project leaders call for a greater inclusion of culture.

Tinder is a waste of time for most people

Dating apps won’t help you much if your goal is to have more relationships. You would probably succeed just as well – or poorly – without it.

From skis to Sjogren's Syndrome

As a child, Silke Appel was taken on ski trips to Geilo with her family from Berlin. Today she is a research director and deputy head of the Broegelmann Research Laboratory in Bergen, thanks to financial support from the Trond Mohn Foundation.

New millions for the Faculty of Humanities for research in music history

Catherine Bradley has been granted funds from the European Union to trace the history of a single musical moment across 500 years.

Should climate activists stop scaring their audiences?

VIDEOPODCAST: 16-year old Greta Thunberg is in despair over how hard it is to create awareness and action on the climate crisis. So how should a speaker convince his or her audience to change actions and attitudes in the climate question?

Smoking may cause white scars on the brain

Nearly half of all people over the age of 50 have scarring in their brain's white matter. It turns out that does more harm than previously thought.

New method for weather forecasting in the Arctic

By taking into consideration the insulating effect of snow on top of sea ice, researchers improve our weather forecasting capabilities in the Arctic.

Improved fitness can mean living longer without dementia

Staying fit or improving fitness over time should be a goal for anyone who wants to reduce the likelihood of getting dementia.

New study discards widely held myth of people with Asperger Syndrome

New study finds that social participation and inclusion is highly important for high school students with Asperger syndrome, and that the school setting gives them an important arena to develop their social skills.

The green transition: Who will be the geopolitical winners – and losers?

This is the main question behind a new index developed by an international research team led by NUPI’s Indra Øverland.

Female orgasm: an evolutionary emancipation of women’s sexuality?

CAS Fellow Mihaela Pavličev suggests that the female orgasm once had a reproductive function, but then lost it.

Turning waste heat into hydrogen fuel

Hydrogen as an energy carrier can help us move away from fossil fuels, but only if it is created efficiently. One way to improve efficiency is to use waste heat that’s left over from other industrial processes.

Super-strong magnetic supercrystals can assemble themselves

Materials scientists who work with nano-sized components have developed ways of working with their vanishingly small materials. But what if you could get your components to assemble themselves into different structures without actually handling them at all?

Norwegian oils from sea and land generate more omega-3

Scientists at Nofima have found that a mixture of a Norwegian plant oil and fish oil from the North-Atlantic can stimulate animals and humans to form healthy omega-3 fatty acid EPA and DHA themselves.

Religion plays a key role in Bolivia

Bolivia became a secular state in 2009. Religious traditions, however, are central to both daily life and politics. Religious institutions negotiate between various perspectives on development and religion.

Under winter's spell: how trees slumber until spring

In temperate and boreal regions, trees depend on a period of dormancy to survive the cold depths of winter. Scientists have now cracked the code as to how trees know when to sleep, and when to wake up again.