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Save the planet? Stop eating meat.

Growing and producing food make agriculture and food consumption among the most important drivers of environmental pressures, including climate change and habitat loss.

Published 09.06.10

The health army

They are not professionals, but they are specially trained: A ‘health army’ of foot soldiers saves the lives of children in areas without doctors.

Published 02.06.10

Wireless ocean monitoring

Wireless sensor networks work well in monitoring the oceans. The concept has been tested and found to be watertight.

Published 02.06.10

Problems with maths?

Troubles with handwriting – and motor skills? The explanation for your difficulties may be in the workings of the cells in your eyes.

Published 02.06.10

Warfare on weeds

Herbicide consumption could be cut in half if farmers sprayed only weeds instead of whole fields.

Published 02.06.10
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Voice guided

A voice-controlled pocket computer will soon be able to guide […]

Published 01.04.10
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Thought bank

A group of young psychiatric patients in mid-Norway will be […]

Published 01.04.10

Tunnel vision

Dark tunnels make drivers feel insecure. Better lighting technology can help.

Published 24.02.10

Autonomous robots at sea

This boat has no captain. Nor is it remotely controlled. It nevertheless manoeuvres safely between other vessels.

Published 24.02.10

Cool calculations

How much cold can we actually tolerate without affecting our performance?

Published 24.02.10

A network apart

Genetically, we are almost the same as chimpanzees. But an important difference is how our genes form highly complex networks.

Published 24.02.10

Water mix produces electricity

The world’s first prototype of a saline power plant demonstrates a simple – and surprising – principle: mixing freshwater and saltwater can produce electricity.

Published 24.02.10