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The drones of oil

Geologists in Norway are using flying drones with cameras to hunt for oil.

ECONOMY
Cruiseturismen har tidoblet seg i løpet av de siste tretti årene. Men cruiseturistene bruker minst penger av alle når de er på land.

Cruise tourists spend less

More and more cruise ships visit the fjords of Western Norway. But cruise tourists only spend a fraction of what other tourists spend.

OIL RESEARCH
Bilde av studenter fra Institutt for geovitenskap på Svalbard. Brukt ifm sak i Hubro 01/2013. Brukt som forsidehenvisning til saken.

Arctic research on the rise

With an increased interest in the natural resources of the Arctic, geologists are increasingly drawn to research on the archipelago of Svalbard.

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NEW RECTOR

Olsen voted new UiB rector

Professor Dag Rune Olsen will be the new rector at the University of Bergen from 1 August 2013.

BIOLOGY
FUTURE FOOD AND FUEL: Tunicates are marine filter feeders that weigh between 50 and 70 grams and are found in all oceans.

An animal to feed your Eco-car

The marine animal tunicate can be used both as biofuel and fish food, according to prize-winning research at UiB and Uni Research.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
THE OIL CURSE: Finding oil in a sparsely populated place such as North Dakota can create social tension. UiB students are participating in a project to resolve these issues.

Oil trouble in North Dakota

Major oil discoveries in North Dakota are creating problems in the sparsely populated American state. Now a UiB project formulates solutions to the problems.

  • MIGHTY PLEASED: Rector Sigmund Grønmo is very pleased with the initial funding granted for the restoration of the University Museum of Bergen. Here he is pictured in front the museum.
    THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

    Fresh funds for assembly hall

    Norway’s revised national budget includes funding for the new assembly hall at the University of Bergen. – This is an historic day for all of Western Norway, says Rector Sigmund Grønmo.

  • EARLY RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS: A Norwegian study shows that spouses of pensioners on an early retirement scheme are 25 per cent more likely to claim disability benefits than retired couples where none of the spouses are on such schemes.
    ECONOMICS

    Early retirement scheme triggers disability benefits

    – The reason many spouses of early retirees apply for disability pensions is probably that the couples want to spend more time together, says Professor Kjell Vaage.

  • Director Abraham Aseffa of the Armauer Hansen Research Institute and UiB’s Rector Sigmund Grønmo signing a new Memorandum of Understanding in February 2013.
    INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

    Capacity building in Ethiopia

    Rector Sigmund Grønmo signed a new collaboration agreement with the Armauer Hansen Research Institute and bolstered relations with Addis Ababa University on a visit to the Ethiopian capital.

  • Students from Makerere University’s Department of Performing Arts and Film entertain guests at the celebration party at the celebrations for 25 years of collaboration between Makerere University & University of Bergen.
    INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

    Celebrating 25 years together

    A delegation from UiB headed by Rector Sigmund Grønmo visited Makerere University to celebrate 25 years of collaboration between the two universities.

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    MEDICINE

    Surviving pandemics

    So far, the tobacco plant has done more harm than good. But in the future, the plant may be used as part of a life-saving vaccine.

  • QUICK FIX: Occasionally parents will approach a therapist as if their child needs maintenance, just like a car in a repair shop.
    PSYCHOLOGY

    When children are clients

    Parents are both part of the solution and part of the problem when a child suffers from mental health problems.

  • Illustrasjonsfoto brukt ifm sak om WUN-støtte til prosjekt om etisk global helse, sak både på norsk og engelsk på hhv aktuelt og news.
    RESEARCH FUNDING

    The ethics of global health

    A research project looking at how to achieve more equal health distribution on a global basis has received a grant from Worldwide Universities Network.

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    RESEARCH FUNDING

    Academia: a brake on UN development goals

    Creating transdisciplinary dialogue between academia and experts from outside will help in the work to achieve the United Nation’s millennium development goals.

  • Illustrasjonsfoto til bruk på forsiden aktuelt/news ifm Hubro-artikkelen «På den mentale catwalken».
    PHILOSOPHY

    On the mental catwalk

    When the diagnostic thresholds are lowered, being normal ends up being as unachievable as the supermodel on the catwalk, according to Lars Fredrik Svendsen, who is a professor of philosophy at the University of Bergen.

  • GAINING NEW KNOWLEDGE: A lot is known about the symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar suffering, but little is known about the causes.
    CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

    Solving schizophrenia

    A new research centre aims to find the causes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.

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    HOLBERG PRIZE 2013

    Latour wins the Holberg Prize 2013

    The French sociologist and anthropologist Bruno Latour is the winner of the Holberg Prize for 2013. Ingvild Almås from NHH’s Department of Economics wins the Nils Klim Prize for young researchers.

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    CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

    Space centre opening at UiB

    Birkeland Centre for Space Science is one of UiB’s new Centres of Excellence. The centre opens on 7 March 2013.

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    MARINE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

    Where does our head come from?

    A research group at the Sars Centre in Bergen has shed new light on the evolutionary origin of the head.

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    THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

    New museum director: Diversity creates knowledge

    The University Museum of Bergen’s new director, Henrik von Achen, has a background in religious art. That may explain why he views the work of the University Museum as a trinity.

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