Pupils’ writing skills declined during home schooling
When the corona pandemic closed schools, an unexpected experiment landed in researchers’ laps: How did home schooling affect the writing skills of the youngest pupils?
Newborns’ clumsy arm movements show how smart they are
For the first time, researchers are measuring the brain processes that control an infant’s first arm movements. The findings may shatter old myths about the immature baby brain.
When art turns climate activist
Can art that literally takes your breath away make you more climate friendly? You can find out yourself if you happen to be in Madrid, at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP 25.
Ecolabels alone don’t work
NTNU researchers wanted to see if labelling products and putting up signs in stores would encourage more consumers to buy sustainable seafood. The results showed that customers bought significantly more seafood generally – including options that were not sustainably harvested.
Who in Europe drinks the most?
For the first time, researchers have found a way to compare how much alcohol Europeans drink. And Britain, Ireland and Portugal top off the list.
Pollen may impair pupils’ exam performance
Pollen allergies cause secondary school pupils to do worse on their exams. This can in turn decrease their chances of pursuing their higher education dreams, according to research from NTNU.
Earth’s history reveals where earthquakes hit
How and why do movements of the Earth’s crust still cause death and destruction millions of years after they first happened? A new technique sheds light on this question.
Creating systems that understand the Arctic
How can ships travelling in the Arctic maintain their position when ice pushes them in different directions?
I, Cyborg
Researchers at NTNU are developing a robot that will be controlled by living brain cells.
Team building doesn’t really work
Rafting, paintball and go-karting on company outings do not improve interactions at work. Strangely enough, these activities can make things worse.
Unpredictable disasters require new thinking
When the unthinkable happens and the unpredictable takes over, crises cannot be handled by the book. What should the police have actually done during the 2011 attack on the Norwegian island of Utøya?
CO2 capture technology moves closer to the marketplace
One of the world’s leading membrane manufacturers has signed a licensing agreement with NTNU on a new technology that allows for environmentally friendly CO2 capture.
EV owners’ range anxiety soon a thing of the past
In a few years we’ll be able to charge virtually wherever and whenever we want with only minimal buildout of the power grid, according to electrical engineering professor Magnus Korpås.
Babies exposed to stimulation get brain boost
A century-old theory still affects how we treat our babies and can affect children’s learning, according to an NTNU neuroscientist.
Do elite sports promote doping?
The pursuit by elite sports of media — and the public’s — attention generates hardcore competition that even highly trained bodies can barely handle. Some athletes find doping to be their only recourse.
Dressed up with bling stolen in Viking raids
We might not consider it bling, but to the Viking-age woman who wore a fitting from a horse’s harness, it was an exotic piece of jewellery. Never mind that it was stolen from the British Isles during a Viking raid.
Re-ordering plant taxonomy
Advances in our understanding of the developmental history of plants is turning botanical gardens worldwide on end.
Solving equations to steer drones
How do you get a plane-like drone to land with no runway? You use math, of course!
Test site opens for unmanned vessels
The Trondheim Fjord in Norway will be the world’s first technological playground for pilotless vehicles that move below, on and above the water’s surface.
Why are populists successful?
Populist parties have long had the wind in their sails. And yet researchers know very little about how populists communicate or how populist messages influence voters.
What if a climate-change denier ends up as US president?
Donald Trump has said he will reject any climate agreements that do not benefit the United States, if he becomes president. A Norwegian professor says there is no reason to doubt that he is serious.
Democracy doesn’t happen automatically
If the powerful players in international politics had known their history, they would have known that attempts to create democracies abroad usually end in disaster.
Trump could be a good president
After the Republican convention in July we will be seeing another side of Donald Trump. The circus will be toned down, and we’ll get to experience a presidential nominee who will speak far more thoughtfully, according to one NTNU professor.
The Democrats’ difficult national convention
The Democratic Party has a big problem as the Democratic National Convention approaches in late July. Will an unpopular Hillary Clinton manage to unite the party?
Women and men react differently to infidelity
Men are clearly more jealous of sexual infidelity than emotional infidelity. The opposite is true for women.
Unemployed have poorer health than they report
People without jobs, with less education or little money have the poorest health, but they don’t complain about their health any more than advantaged populations. On the contrary – maybe disadvantaged groups should be complaining more.
Norwegians—and the rest of the world—are not afraid of climate change
More and more people claim to have experienced the direct impacts of climate change. Yet we are worrying less about how climate change may affect us.
Children’s sleep and mental health are interrelated
Scientists have found a clear correlation between sleep problems and psychiatric problems in children.
What do you do when extreme weather destroys your home?
Researchers are studying how Norwegian communities are tackling climate change and extreme weather events.
Moths get wind of partner from a kilometre away
A small part of a moth’s brain is providing new research data that tells us more about our human sense of smell.
Cracking the code in an infant’s brain
What happens in the brain of an infant during its first year of life? Are premature babies able to keep up with normal development targets?
Ancient snow patches melting at record speed
Climate change is about to wipe out snowfields that have survived in the Norwegian mountains for 5,000 years.