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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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57m ago
Lonely people are more likely to take medication for depression, psychosis and other mental health disorders ..read more
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57m ago
Both the glass and aluminium industries cast glass in furnaces that generate large volumes of greenhouse gases. Researchers believe that replacing natural gas with hydrogen will enable us to remove greenhouse gas emissions and promote smarter production ..read more
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3d ago
Is teacher-led play really play? New students don’t necessarily think so. One researcher believes that more free play in school could improve classroom dynamics and strengthen relationships ..read more
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6d ago
We know that evolution works over many, many millennia, giving rise to everything from hippopotamuses to whales and more. A new study looks at the links between microevolution, or evolution over a shorter period, and macroevolution, or evolution over thousand or millions of generations ..read more
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1w ago
4000 years ago, a 25-year-old man died on the island of Hitra. Now he has been given a new lease of life at NTNU University Museum ..read more
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1w ago
Students, researchers and the building industry are collaborating to adapt our homes to climate change. And they’re identifying solutions that hadn’t been obvious before ..read more
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1w ago
An easy way to better health, or gruelling toil that is also unbearably boring? Opinions about high-intensity interval training are many and varied ..read more
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1w ago
Researchers found no evidence that the use of social media has a negative impact on social skills, but children with social anxiety may be at risk ..read more
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2w ago
A new study that looked at nearly 40 million flights in 2019 was able to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions from air travel for nearly every country on the planet. At 911 million tonnes, the total emissions from aviation are 50 per cent higher the 604 million tonnes reported to the United Nations for that year ..read more
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2w ago
Young people who have adverse childhood experiences are at greater risk of poor dental health. This is important knowledge for dental health services, according to new research ..read more