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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 […]
Fatal accidents and undertakers
For many decades, researchers and various organizations have been trying […]
Hearing aids for children in under-developed countries
Hearing aids are expensive which is why helping people with […]
The right high performance skiwear
The sport of cross-country skiing has always been preoccupied with […]
Taking X-rays of CO2
A spongy sandstone deposit can help cool the Earth’s fever.
Taking your medicine with an app
It can be hard for small children to take some […]
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 […]
Monitoring tension legs on Heidrun
The Heidrun platform in the Norwegian Sea has 16 tension […]