Research in front

Selected UiB research 2015

A selection of the excellent research conducted at the University of Bergen in the past twelve months.

Updated: 15.12.2015 (First published: 02.12.2015)

Researchers discover missing link in the evolution of complex cells

University of Bergen researcher Steffen Leth Jørgensen has discovered a new microbe in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Greenland and Norway, which represents a missing link in the evolution of complex life.

Kjersti Fløttum from University of Bergen and Endre Tvinnereim from Uni Research Rokkan are co-authors of an article published in Nature Climate Change on 1 June 2015.

What you think about when you hear the words climate change

Using a new method, researchers in Bergen discovered that so-called climate sceptics are more ambivalent about climate issues than previously assumed. Their results have now been published in Nature Climate Change.

Your walk and odour betray you

Soon you will be identified by body odour and your behaviour in public places. UiB researchers investigate the public's feelings about a higher degree of identification.

fMRI scan of a brain, used as part of an article about treatment for patients who have suffered a stroke.

Future help for stroke patients with language problems

Brain researcher Karsten Specht has found a new method of analysis to distinguish between stroke patients with language problem. The result may be individualised treatment for each patient.

Listening to the voices of Africa’s farmers

UiB researcher Brigit Kopainsky has visited African farmers to get their opinions on agriculture and climate change.

Saving children from HIV

12 months of liquid HIV drugs for babies during breastfeeding from HIV positive mothers protects them from infection, shows a new study published in The Lancet.

Scan of a human brain, to accompany an article about a new theory of cognitive functions.

A universal theory of the brain

The UiB brain researchers Kenneth Hugdahl and Karsten Specht recently published an article documenting proof for a generalized active network for cognitive functions of the brain.

Genetically “lazy” fat cells may explain overweight and obesity

A special gene variant may be part of the explanation for increased fat storage in half of the population. This finding may give patients new and better targeted treatments in the future.

Ornaments from the Early Neolithic Period, belonging to Le Tai, Toulouse University and Essenbach-Ammerbreite, Archäologische Staatssammlung München.

North Europeans resisted farming

North Europeans resisted adaption of farming and herding when these practices arrived in Europe about 8,000 years ago, according to a new study conducted by a team including Archaeology Professor Francesco d’Errico at the University of Bergen.

The secret to the success of insects

Insects are the most successful group of organisms in the history of life. A discovery of new genes suggests why.

On board a North Sea fishing vessel, with a fisherman on deck, hauling in the catch of the day.

Legal puzzle in the North Sea

What is the best way to manage an ecosystem? This is one of the many questions Sigrid Eskeland Schütz deals with in her work as a professor of law.