Putting RFID technology to work
From Finnish hockey players to London double-decker buses to rhino horns, the humble RFID chip is hard at work. New software can help companies harness the power of this tiny technology.
Cool climate – clean planet
Ever-rising greenhouse gas emissions and the potential need to deploy untested and expensive climate engineering technologies are just two of the many bits of bad news in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s new report on “Mitigation of Climate Change”, released on 13 April.
Key findings from IPCC
Professors from NTNU present key findings from IPPC on how we can mitigate climate change.
A global challenge
Three climate researchers talk about the latest report from Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC). In English, French and Italian.
One of 830 scientists behind the climate report
When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its new report on “Mitigation of Climate Change” on 13 April, NTNU Professor Edgar Hertwich’s contribution as one of the lead authors of the Energy Systems chapter will amount to exactly 5 pages.
Crash course
As the Arctic Ocean’s summer ice cap melts away, new trans-Arctic shipping routes will open and see a growing amount of shipping traffic. But what’s the best way to protect ships and other ocean structures if they crash into icebergs?
Material fatigue in wind turbines
Reducing the aerodynamic load on wind turbines.
Smart NTNU bolt represents Norway
New technology makes mines safer.
What makes good footballers?
Is it the coach, the player, the training – or everything?
Graphene breakthrough
Semiconductors nanowires grown on graphene
Nearly 30 per cent experience chronic back pain
Why is chronic pain so prevalent?
Is rapid weight loss better?
Experts have long warned that rapid weight loss is bad, but new research suggests otherwise.
Will test stress levels in children
International studies have shown that younger children are more stressed […]
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.
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.
A long healthy life with exercise
Exercise is good for you. But can it help you live longer and better?
Serengeti road divides biologists
Will a road across the northern tier of Serengeti National Park ruin it?
An arctic animal community crashes in response to extreme weather events
What happens when animals in harsh environments are exposed to extreme weather? Scientists found that extreme icing caused widespread die-offs in one arctic animal community. Climate change may cause more such extremes.
Ivory gulls in trouble
High levels of contaminants are linked with thinner eggshells in the ivory gull, a red-listed high Arctic seabird.
When the doctor is out
Training community medical officers to do acute surgery is saving lives in the small west African country of Sierra Leone.
New material may replace silicon
Norwegian researchers are the world’s first to develop a method for producing semiconductors from graphene. This finding may revolutionise the technology industry.
Semiconductors grown on graphene
Researchers at NTNU have patented and are commercializing GaAs nanowires grown on graphene, a hybrid material with competitive properties.
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.
“Carbon Footprint of Nations” website wins recognition
How much carbon does your country emit – and where does it come from?
A spin on the future
The science of spintronics, where the spin of an electron is used to create new technologies, may hold the key to making ever faster and lighter consumer products.
The dirtiest clean place on earth
Environmental pollution from three continents finds its way to the Arctic – and into the animals that live there.