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.