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Breastfeeding good for mom too
Breastfeeding confers benefits to moms as well as their babies.
Mining ocean treasures
Underwater mining is a growing industry. Norway might be mining gold from 2000 metres below sea level in just a few years.
The beauty of the battlefield
Battlefield tourists are on the hunt for the beautiful in the ugly. Meaning in the meaningless. And sometime timeless in the past.
From wood chips to alcohol in hours
New approach makes biofuel from wood faster, more economical.
Learning from algae
By controlling the sex life of algae, scientists can promote the properties they want.
Botox treats suicide headaches
Botox is great for wrinkles, but it may also provide relief for cluster headaches, new research has shown.
Secrets of the High North
The Norwegian arctic island archipelago of Svalbard offers scientists the chance to investigate some of the most intriguing – and perplexing – puzzles facing the high north.
Urban mines of tomorrow
Today’s cities are the urban mines of tomorrow.
Many valuable minerals on Norway’s seabed
Recent estimates indicate significant quantities of copper, zinc, silver and gold corresponding to a value of NOK 430 billion.
Graphene and semiconductor technology together: smaller, cheaper, better
Mobile phones that bend, self-powered nanodevices, new and improved solar cell technology and windows that generate electricity are but a few of the potential products from the union of semiconductors and graphene.
A “light switch” in the brain illuminates neural networks
Researchers from NTNU’s Kavli Institute of Systems Neuroscience are now able to see which cells communicate with each other in the brain by flipping a neural light switch. The results of their efforts are presented in an article in the 5 April 2013issue of Science magazine.
Choking on their own growth
The population of the world’s cities is growing by 60 million people a year. What can urban planners do?
Infrastructure risk factors
Our modern society is entirely dependent on a network in […]
Hearing aids for children in under-developed countries
Hearing aids are expensive which is why helping people with […]
Order out of chaos
“With automated construction, you can just go in and change one parameter, and suddenly the whole design adapts to the change.”
Nano-needles for cells
Tiny needles can force medicine into cells, even when they resist taking it.
Ghana puts its hope in oil
Norway is helping Africa’s youngest oil nation with a prescription for prosperity – and is finding out that learning goes both ways.
Smart gels
Hydrogels are water-based gels that can be tailored to swell […]
Obesity increases the risk of osteoarthritis
Being overweight increases the wear on your joints, so that […]
Driller thriller
Drilling an oil well is not what it used to be. The job needs its own special tools, the dexterity of a pilot, and bundles of experience.
Fisheries – what’s in the nets?
There is often a need during seine net fishing for […]
Dementia sufferers benefit from GPS
More than fifty Norwegian dementia sufferers have been using GPS […]
Stress alarm for smoke-divers
Smoke-divers are exposed to high temperatures, physical exhaustion and stress. A new sensor system lets them know when the body has had enough.
Language is in our biology
If you want to master languages, you should pick your parents with care.
Accident-prone small boat fleet
The smaller fishing fleet is disproportionately represented when it comes […]
Hard winters kill river fish
Extreme winters can be tough on freshwater fish, especially if […]
Gets stroke patients back on their feet
Researchers in six countries in an EU project named CORBYS […]
Inadequate search and rescue services
Industrial activity in the Arctic is expected to increase in […]
A secret sound
Kristine Marie Aasvang, a third-year student at the academy, is […]
Expensive drop-outs
Every 20-year-old that stops working costs Norwegian society more than […]
Norwegian engineering game in America
Three NTNU students are launching a new quiz game called […]