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Illustration photo of Indian mother holding her child.

Nepalese children lacking in vitamin B12 (24.03.2014)

Often when Indian and Nepalese children are breastfed, they suffer from vitamin B12 deficit. This can slow down the development of the infants’ brain, according to UiB research.

Employees of the American security company DynCorp in training in the United States before embarking on a mission to train Iraqi police forces. Used as illustration photo for article on research on Private Military and Security Companies - or PMSCs.

Security for sale (21.03.2014)

Private security companies take over public services in an ever more risk averse world. But is this security we may end up paying dearly for?

Person on board a ferry between the Tanzanian mainland and the island of Zanzibar in stormy weather.

Improving weather forecasting in East Africa (18.03.2014)

UiB has teamed up with universities in South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda to develop the meteorological capacity of the three countries.

2014 Holberg Prize winner, Professor Michael Cook of Princeton University.

The Holberg Prize 2014 awarded to Islamic history scholar (11.03.2014)

The British historian Michael Cook is awarded ‘the Nobel Prize of the arts, humanities and social sciences’. Terje Lohndal is the youngest recipient ever to be awarded the Nils Klim Prize.

Jumping for joy after the Meltzer Research Fund Awards show on Friday 7 March 2014, left to right: Prize winners Gunnstein Akselberg and Maja Janmyr, UiB Rector Dag Rune Olsen, and prize winners Michał Pilipczuk and Kenneth Hugdahl.

Professor Kenneth Hugdahl receives honorary Meltzer Award (11.03.2014)

The Meltzer Research Fund Awards were announced on 7 March, for excellence in research and for young researchers. This year there was also time for the honorary award for excellence in research, which was awarded to Professor Kenneth Hugdahl.

Screenshot of the University of Bergen's Instagram account, where researchers from the university post images from their daily work.

Follow UiB researchers on Instagram (07.03.2014)

More children of HIV positive mothers saved (06.03.2014)

Infants who are breastfed by HIV positive mothers are not infected by HIV if they are treated with certain medicines, according to new research at the University of Bergen with partners.

Image of a malaria mosquito on a white background.

Using climate models to fight malaria (05.03.2014)

How does climate change influence the growth and spreading of malaria in Africa? This question is at the core of climate and malaria expert Torleif Markussen Lunde’s work.