How you can help the insect world
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Migrants are their country’s best and brightest
People who choose to emigrate are those with the best education, new research shows. This flies in the face of popular opinion.
Higher weight increases risk of psoriasis
The higher a person’s BMI, the greater the chance of getting psoriasis. But researchers are still uncertain as to why.
New nanomaterial to replace mercury
Ultraviolet light is used to kill bacteria and viruses, but UV lamps contain toxic mercury. A newly developed nanomaterial is changing that.
The women behind the periodic table
Textbooks and media can give the impression that the periodic table was the work of one man, but did you know that many of the contributors behind nature’s most important system were women?
What do the animals in stave church ornamentation signify?
The richly decorated portal at Urnes stave church has often been interpreted in light of paganism. That’s wrong, according to a new stave church study.
New drones check ships for cracks and rust
Inspecting ship tanks and storage spaces underwater is a challenging task for humans. A start-up company that originated at NTNU is manufacturing autonomous drones that can take over the job – and do it more cheaply.
Toss it if it’s 481 years old – but not if it’s a year older
Norway conserves archaeological finds from 1537, but not when they’re from 1538 or later. That means we know less about people’s everyday lives during the last 481 years.
Teaching on Mount Everest and Mars
In the virtual world, inaccessible places become accessible. NTNU uses virtual reality – or VR – technology to create new teaching methods.
Well-known drug has less risk for preterm delivery in PCOS
Metformin significantly reduces the risk of late miscarriages and preterm births for women with PCOS. But the drug does not work to prevent gestational diabetes, according to a large Nordic study from NTNU and St. Olavs hospital.
Common medication may lead to obesity
Metformin has several benefits when the mother has PCOS. But children are at greater risk for obesity later in life.
Tourism, aquaculture and offshore accidents with Blueye
Blueye is an underwater drone that got its start at NTNU. The drone can be used for serious purposes – such as when it mapped damage to the Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad – or for entertainment, such as showing cruise passengers the underwater landscape.
To abort or not to abort – making difficult choices alone
Some pregnant women are so conflicted about abortion that they don’t even talk about it with their own mother.
Drones catching drones
How do you catch a drone flying at 70 km/h over a ship? With string.
Are European NATO states freeloading?
Perhaps the US president has a point. Are European NATO countries simply piggybacking on US defence efforts?
Basic safety measures will save lives in tunnels
What has to happen to facilitate more effective rescues from tunnel fires? Researchers have been investigating how 80 research subjects wearing VR glasses reacted in a virtual tunnel fire. Their conclusion is that basic measures can save lives.
Short-term hydro operation planning could bring in billions
What is the best timing for the various hydroelectric plants to produce power? NTNU and SINTEF have developed an efficient and profitable simulation tool to make the most of hydropower generation.
Pupils with low grades feel less supported by teachers
A recent study of upper secondary students shows that strong students experience more support from teachers than do students who have lower grades.
Electric motors go to print
Even electric motors can be made more environmentally friendly. A Norwegian start-up company is on it.
Little words are better than their reputation
“Meaningless” little words create nuances and meaning in our language and can make our communication more effective.
Making artificial intelligence understandable for the rest of us
Humans have developed machines that can learn on their own. Machines using artificial intelligence develop “behaviours” based on their interpretation of data. But we know less about how they teach themselves. Professor Harald Martens has created the start-up company Idletechs to develop a technology that will make artificial intelligence more understandable for the rest of us.
Eight myths about your brain
Do we have a dominant brain hemisphere? Do we use our whole brain? Can we train our brains to be smarter? Does our ability to learn depend only on our genetic inheritance?
How you can reduce your pain
Are you bothered by persistent pain? Here’s a pain physician’s advice on how to change your perceptions of pain and get a grip on it.
Why are you and I – and everything else – here?
Apparently, everything should have turned to light. Instead, you and I and everything else are here. But physicists don’t know why.