University of Bergen

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University of Bergen

Complicated pregnancies increase the risk of dying of cardiovascular disease

Study calls for a more nuanced approach to understanding cognitive evolution

Muscle strength can influence sexual function in ageing men

Self-help method for traumatised Palestinian children

Women who struggle to become pregnant have a higher risk of having a C-section

About half of children with celiac disease have damaged enamel: Common milk protein causes an immune reaction

Behavioural problems in childhood linked to lower voter turnout

Offshore wind farms steal wind from each other

Working from home may have negative effects on your career

Decoding past climates through dripstones

The trust in child welfare services varies greatly between European countries

Our ancestors collected eye-catching shells 100,000 years ago. Could this be the first sign of the modern human identity?

Faster growth of the placenta is linked to increased risk of pre-eclampsia

What can this cave in Ethiopia tell us about early human cultural evolution?

Exploring life underneath the ocean floor

Book fragments from the Middle Ages were preserved by chance

Researchers have discovered new links between IBS and mental health

Associations between newborn birth weight and the mother’s risk of cardiovascular disease

COMFORT project warns of irreversible damage to marine environment

Bridging the Atlantic: summer school for budding climate scientists

Natural temperature fluctuations not to be confused with reduced warming

Shift workers have a higher risk of severe Covid-19

Scientists discover 80,000-year-old bone tools

The Atlantic Niño weakens under global warming

Trapped 70,000-year-old artefact reveals hidden information about early humans

Students were motivated to learn by an app

Better predictions of Arctic sea ice will make crossing the sea in ice-covered regions safer

Studying climate change in the Caribbean Sea

Lower birth weight at delivery is linked to neurodevelopmental problems

International Women in Science Day: "We need good role models"

The Gulf Stream Extention has increased steadily over the last century

How can AI predict floods?

How iron-rich rocks shaped us into modern humans

Prehistoric megafloods were smaller than assumed

The earliest human burial in Africa has been discovered near Mombasa

No quick fix for climate change

Syrian civil war at 10: The refugee crisis at a glance

The hidden cost of planting trees

Addressing gender imbalance in science

Demise of a glacier, uncovering of the Hardangerfjord

New study changes our understanding of cooling in Antarctica

"Worst-off countries should be prioritised in COVID-19 vaccine allocation"

Speed of warming in the Arctic comparable to abrupt climate change events known in the distant past

Calculating menopause with fuzzy logic

Do you know where the personal data you leave behind in apps and on social media is used?

Cognitive therapy has lasting effect on hypochondriacs

Will a computer be able to read the complex system of facial expressions in sign language?

Faulty estimates downplay the potential environmental impact of irrigated agriculture, according to researchers

The Ever Moving Sea Ice

Abrupt warming caused ice collapse and sea level rise

Citizen science postponed: There will be no snow collecting campaign this Easter

How is the Corona pandemic affecting the lives of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants?

The Spanish flu causes Corona-fear today

Storm tracks. The warm, moist conveyor belt that delivers storm after storm to us.

Experimenting with fire to learn more about how humans lived 100 000 years ago

Our ancestors cooked starchy rhizome 170 000 years ago, and shared the meal around the fire

Half of women with heart failure get the wrong treatment

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.

Doing time for the climate

"Funded at just the right time"

Criminal Law: Work that never ends

From skis to Sjogren's Syndrome

Antarctica behind rapid sea level change in the last interglacial

Fascinated by the brain

Manuscripts that link Europe together

Spontaneous cooling triggered Arctic glacier growth

Discovery of gene variant gives hope to malnourished babies

The youngest smoke more

Trans-Arctic shipping and the tragedy of the polar ice cap

Making sense of Big Data

Archaeologists find the world’s oldest drawing

A Digital Fishing Trip

The future North Atlantic takes up more carbon than previously expected

Household cleaners can be as bad as smoking for your lungs

Tapeworm drug fights prostate cancer

Asthma medicine halves risk of Parkinson's

Scientists discovered an ancient forefather

Declining lung function in menopausal women