The Research Council of Norway

Nobel laureate May-Britt Moser:"The Norwegian stance on equality gave me a unique opportunity"

Seventeen projects to generate knowledge about ecosystems

Norwegian research priorities for 2016

The Research Council of Norway is proposing an increase of NOK 1.1 billion for research in its input to the national budget for 2016. Special target areas in the proposed budget for 2016 include sustainability, innovation, the EU and world-leading research groups.

Prizes for outstanding research, innovation and communication

Productive transport research for 10 more years

Record number of companies seeking tax deduction for innovation projects

Norway more innovative than previously suggested

Moth invasions cause damage in the sub-arctic birch forest

A boost for open access to research

Salmon genome fully sequenced

Modelling modules lead to higher-quality aluminium

Mapping reveals 110 genes that increase the risk of MS

The high does not come from heroin itself

One million sterile farmed salmon into the sea

Nanoparticles helping to recover more oil

Potential to replace silicon

Fewer willing to participate in surveys

Conception of landscape shaped today’s transport routes

Concerns that methadone children may have problems at school

Same gene variant promotes pain in women, suppresses pain in men

When morning sickness lasts all day

Same-sex attracted men neglected in Africa

When bone-eating cells gain the upper hand

Folic acid lowers risk of autism

The greatest risk to marriage is a woman who drinks too much

On the ski trail of success or failure

The soldier as sexual aggressor

Towards personalised cancer treatment

Pain can be a relief

1814 shaped Norwegian and Danish identity

Cured of cancer but in poor health

GPS for indoor use

Streaming video from accident sites

Choice of partner affects health

Less global warming is attainable

Bugs reveal the richness of species on Earth

New treatment for psoriasis

Making climate taxes more acceptable

Nanoscale impulse radar measures depth of snow

Language designed for thinking

Mitigating damage from landslides, tsunamis and earthquakes

Ten years of excellence

Darkened fjord waters mean fewer fish and more jellyfish

Mobile phones bring health to the poor

Fully automated football analysis

Simulating secure CO2 storage

Climate change can lengthen growing season

New material may replace silicon

Picky young wrasse want shrimp

It pays to keep salmon fit

Few regular users of strong painkillers

Computer program recognises any language

Finding the nano-needle in the haystack

Warmer climate – fewer storms

Increasing athletic performance in the cold

Urban Norway on the rise

Improved seasonal climate forecasts

Success in creating artificial child’s voice

Video conferencing with improved sound

When hallucinatory voices suppress real ones

Cod grow larger with more light

Better structures with proper composites

Stable workload for Norwegian researchers

Less pain for the physically active

Mum and Dad share the workload

Gaming technology for calculating floods

Cancer treatment with fewer side effects

Full HD and GPS in a camera pill

Chaotic current warms Norway

Testing nasal vaccine for HIV treatment

Better prepared for E. coli outbreaks

Virus makes good E. coli bad

Less blood clot damage with extra treatment

Sound solutions for offshore power plants

Strenghten your willpower over the Internet

Combating disease in shrimps and carp

Deciphering Svalbard’s climate history