Elderly Norwegians are encouraged to stay in their homes where they can receive home care services. The idea is that living at home will give them the most control over their everyday lives. Research suggests the opposite is true.
Urban planning is not what it used to be. Researchers now want to use social networks and sensor data to make cities easier to navigate – and preferably on foot.
Some people are more sensitive to low-frequency noise, such as from ventilation systems, heat pumps, wind turbines and transformers. Why is that?
Spending less time in an office and more time in the great outdoors with animals can benefit patients and therapists alike.
Many large circuit breakers are filled with sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆) – a greenhouse gas that is 24 300 times more powerful than CO₂. But an ingenious Norwegian solution could offer us a climate-friendly alternative.
Researchers have taken over 120,000 images of salmon lice larvae in seawater and used them to train AI models. The models were much faster and more accurate than experienced biologists at identifying the parasites that feed on the skin and blood of salmonids.
Energy use to produce concentrated livestock feed is being cut significantly, thanks to a first-of-its-kind heat pump solution. And a happy side effect is even higher feed quality.
If the current stage of AI development frees us from thinking, who will decide what the next stage will be?
Antibiotics save lives, but they are also a global health threat. Scientist Noëlie Maurin at SINTEF has an idea that could help solve the problem: Remove antibiotic residues before they are flushed down the drain.
The researchers teach the packaging machine what is up and down on a snack carrot. The program runs on a small, local PC – not on huge servers in some far away cloud. The goal: To pack quickly, cheaply and attractively – so that consumers like us are tempted by locally sourced, healthy snacks.
A 100-year-old equation and a fibre-optic cable off the coast of Svalbard led researchers to discover they could detect swimming whales — even if they were completely silent. The discovery broadens the tools that biologists could someday use to detect and monitor these marine giants.
Modern large-scale warfare imposes extreme psychological stress on soldiers at the front. Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in Norway to help better protect them from this trauma.
In the Lofoten archipelago off Norway’s northern west coast, a rescue helicopter circles over a cruise ship. Soon, two people and a large bag are lowered onto the deck. Then a line is launched over to the coast guard ship that is right next to it. The cruise ship is ready to be towed. Fortunately, this is only an exercise to test the new equipment and not a real emergency.
A revolutionary protective shoe concept adapts to the needs of users in a new way and provides increased comfort and minimizes strain.
What happens when you disrupt a fish’s natural rhythm? The use of light in fish farms can stress the fish and prevent them from sleeping or developing properly. New research now makes it possible to measure light from the fish’s point of view. This could greatly improve fish health.
More than 70 per cent of the Earth is covered by oceans. An increasing amount of critical infrastructure is being installed on the seabed. Sabotage and accidents increase the need for inspection and monitoring. These measures are currently very expensive, but the hope is that they can soon be carried out by robots that are permanently stationed on the seabed.
Why do some Norwegian hospitals treat infants’ eye disease more often than others?
Pepper the friendly, humanoid robot both looks and behaves much like a human being. But is that enough?
The armed forces want local food. Farmers want to deliver. But regulations, framework agreements and a lack of logistics are obstacles to getting locally raised food to the soldiers.
There is no shortcut to improving technical skills in football. Natural talent is not enough to be among the very best.
Do you occasionally hear a low buzzing or humming sound that doesn’t have a clear source? Then you’re among the estimated 2-4 per cent of the world’s population who hear this. Scientists have been trying to figure out for decades where this sound comes from.
New research supports what trade unions have always claimed: unionization pays off. Unions contribute to higher wages for both genders, and because women are the main winners, helps close the wage gap between the sexes.
Private health insurance contributes to poorer health among people with the lowest levels of education.
Pablo Picasso’s painting ‘Science and Charity’ from 1897 depicts a meek and compliant patient lying placidly in bed between the doctor and the nurse. Picasso would hardly recognize the modern-day patient.
