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Sound waves, vector, a stock photo used to illustrate an article about music therapy and psychology research.

How our brains process the unpredictable (26.02.2016)

Professor Stefan Koelsch looks at how we make predictions and how the brain responds if our predictions are wrong.

OUR MAN IN TOKYO: Hiroshi Matsumoto will serve as a contact between UiB, NTNU and research institutions in Japan.

UiB and NTNU hires contact person in Tokyo (26.02.2016)

Hiroshi Matsumoto will work to strengthen collaboration between the Norwegian universities and Japan.

Øyvind Paasche og Kjetil Våge are leading the project Ocean Outlook. The project is now supported by SIU.

Linking the world’s top marine research centres (18.02.2016)

Bergen Marine Research Cluster and Ocean Outlook have received funding to exchange students and conduct research with two of the most important marine research institutions in USA.

Global map of the Vegetation Sensitivity Index (VSI).

Mapping the world for climate sensitivity (18.02.2016)

By using information gathered by satellites, a group of biologists have developed a new method for measuring ecosystem sensitivity to climate variability.

Researchers to look at effects of migration policies (17.02.2016)

The research community know little about the new types of immigration in the world. A new, international project seeks to find the answers to difficult questions in the migration debate.

Man and child walking. Illustration photo.

Male cancer survivors less likely to reproduce (12.02.2016)

According to a Norwegian study of male cancer patients diagnosed under the age of 25, many male cancer patients have problems reproducing. The researchers hope this new knowledge may contribute to changing future treatment of male cancer patients.

Remembering Fredrik Barth (1928 – 2016) (12.02.2016)

How the Modern World was created (12.02.2016)

Why did the industrial revolution first emerge in Europe and not in Asia? Professor Terje Tvedt wants to answer this question, and is now in the final round for an ERC Advanced Grant.

Yongqi Gao received a nice pre-christmas present by the NordForsk, granting him and his team ARCPATH a funding of 28 MNOK. Gao will be the managing director at the centre of excellence that is starting up this year.

Combining climate and social science in local communities (08.02.2016)

Mark the name ARCPATH, a new Nordic Centre of Excellence on Artic research. The interdisciplinary research centre focuses on predicting climate in the Arctic and its impacts.

From research to big business (05.02.2016)

NordicNeuroLab Inc. is a spin-off from brain research at the Bergen fMRI Group. The company has become a Norwegian export success.

Researchers from the Atlantis Massif Expedition study rocks in the labs of the Bremen Core Repository in Germany.

Searching for signs of early life (03.02.2016)

An expedition of international scientists has recovered mantle rocks from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The rocks show signs of early life on Earth and the scientists hope to find more pieces in the puzzle to know more about the origin of life.

The return of the flatworm (02.02.2016)

Where does the acoel flatworm belong in the tree of life? Biologists have discussed this question for the last 20 years. Now Andreas Hejnol and his colleagues at the Sars Centre believe they have found the answer. The results are published in Nature.

New PhDs celebrated in University Aula (01.02.2016)

246 new doctorates were awarded by the University of Bergen in 2015. On Friday 29 January the new PhDs of the autumn semester were celebrated.

Excavation in the Blombos Cave, South Africa

Humans evolved by sharing technology and culture (01.02.2016)

Our early ancestors, Homo sapiens, managed to evolve and journey across the earth by exchanging and improving their technology. Research from the University of Bergen shows that cultural interaction has been vital to the rise of humankind.