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Research news written for the general public about technology, energy and environment, science, fish and aquaculture, innovation, health, the social sciences and humanities. Norwegian SciTech News is published jointly by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and SINTEF, Scandinavia's largest independent research institute.
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2d ago
Those who believe they will be able to achieve their goals are also more passionate and have greater willpower ..read more
Norwegian SciTech News
1w ago
The following is a short story about how stupid questions can change the course of an entire industry. And about how ingenious ideas can encounter opposition because they appear too good to be true ..read more
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1w ago
Two associate professors at NTNU have been awarded roughly NOK 43 million from the European Research Council to study molecular models and gene variations that can affect animal survival ..read more
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1w ago
The bishop's men plundered the king's fortress. Then they threw a dead man into the well to poison it. Now we know more about the deceased ..read more
Norwegian SciTech News
2w ago
Many great discoveries and inventions spring from basic research. That's particularly true for medicine, but also for many other research areas ..read more
Norwegian SciTech News
2w ago
The delivery of nanomedicines using gas bubbles has shown itself to be a unique way of transporting cytotoxins to the lungs of cancer patients. The method enables precise and focused treatments, and the local action of the drugs also prevents a range of side-effects ..read more
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2w ago
It's been 10 years since the Mosers won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with their former mentor and colleague John O'Keefe. Listen to the Mosers themselves tell the story of how they came to discover grid cells, the neurons that help form a GPS in the brain ..read more
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2w ago
It is essential that Norwegian towns and cities become climate-neutral. But how do we get this done? On the site of the old Oslo airport at Fornebu, researchers are demonstrating how real transformation can be implemented in practice ..read more
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3w ago
Climate scientists often lack the information they need for their climate models. A master's student helped to find important figures from Africa's most populous country – Nigeria ..read more
Norwegian SciTech News
3w ago
Say hello to the robot called Bifrost. With the help of AI technology, it uses its tactile capabilities to manipulate soft and pliable objects to order. Bifrost is in fact a world-beater ..read more