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Cruise tourists spend less (29.04.2013)

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

Team Olsen vant rektorvalget. Fv: Oddrun Samdal, Dag Rune Olsen, Anne Lise...

Olsen voted new UiB rector (24.04.2013)

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

Early retirement scheme triggers disability benefits (24.04.2013)

– 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.

Master- og doktorgradsstudentar i arbeid på Ullaberget på nordsida av Van...

Arctic research on the rise (22.04.2013)

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

Årsakene til schizofreni og bipolare lidelser er lite kjente.

Solving schizophrenia (19.04.2013)

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

Oil trouble in North Dakota (12.04.2013)

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