Gas instead of coal is 50% better for the climate
We can do a lot to save the climate by switching from coal to natural gas. And we can shelve concerns about the negative climate impact of methane emissions from gas production, say researchers.
Brain signals contain the code for your next move
Researchers with the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience have found a pathway in the brain that the brain uses to plan to get from one place to another.
Mosers elected members of the American Philosophical Society
Nobel Laureates May-Britt and Edvard Moser have been elected to an American scientific society started by Benjamin Franklin.
A new twist in understanding the brain’s maps
The brain’s GPS would be worthless if it simply contained maps of our surroundings that were not aligned to the real world. But we now know how this is done.
NTNU neuroscientists win German research prize
Edvard and May-Britt Moser, co-directors of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, have been selected for a EUR 750 000 award from the Körber Foundation.
NTNU neuroscientists elected to US National Academy of Sciences
NTNU neuroscientists elected to elite scientific association.
Why your nose can be a pathfinder
May-Britt and Edvard I. Moser have won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2014. This is part of their work.
The many maps of the brain
Your brain has at least four different senses of location – and perhaps as many as 10. And each is different, according to new research from NTNU’s Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience.
In Hannibal’s head
Ice cold, hard and emotionless. Such is the psychopath – we think. Until we get a glimpse behind the mask.
Plug-ins for the brain
Scientists are on the hunt for spare parts for our damaged or faltering brains. But is that a future we want?