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Is rapid weight loss better?
Experts have long warned that rapid weight loss is bad, but new research suggests otherwise.
The carbon footprint of bread
Bread may not be as environmentally friendly as we might like.
Will test stress levels in children
International studies have shown that younger children are more stressed […]
Breastfeeding good for mom too
Breastfeeding confers benefits to moms as well as their babies.
Mining ocean treasures
Underwater mining is a growing industry. Norway might be mining gold from 2000 metres below sea level in just a few years.
The beauty of the battlefield
Battlefield tourists are on the hunt for the beautiful in the ugly. Meaning in the meaningless. And sometime timeless in the past.
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.
Many valuable minerals on Norway’s seabed
Recent estimates indicate significant quantities of copper, zinc, silver and gold corresponding to a value of NOK 430 billion.
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.
Order out of chaos
“With automated construction, you can just go in and change one parameter, and suddenly the whole design adapts to the change.”
Nano-needles for cells
Tiny needles can force medicine into cells, even when they resist taking it.
Language is in our biology
If you want to master languages, you should pick your parents with care.
Taking X-rays of CO2
A spongy sandstone deposit can help cool the Earth’s fever.
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.
Beating the winter blues
The lack of sufficient daylight in northern climes makes many tired and depressed. But don’t worry, researchers have come up with ways to counteract the winter blues.
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.
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.
Surfaces that repair themselves
A ball bearing – or a slide bearing around an […]
Polar perils
Activity in the Arctic is on the increase, but how safe is it to operate there?