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Changing the face of archaeology (30.03.2016)

Former ERC Advanced Grant holder Christopher Henshilwood leads an exciting new project with roots in archaeology, but drawing on various disciplines. The project is in the final round of qualifying for Centre of Excellence status in Norway.

Skeletons reveal history (29.03.2016)

Using skeletons, biological anthropologist Stian Suppersberger Hamre studies the food and travels of Scandinavians who lived 1,000 years ago.

UiB moving up QS university league table (22.03.2016)

In the university league table QS by Subject 2016, the University of Bergen is in the top 100 of the world’s universities in three subjects: archaeology, anthropology and earth & marine sciences.

Professor Kenneth Hugdahl, Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen (UiB).

Kenneth Hugdahl gets top EU grant a second time (18.03.2016)

The renowned brain researcher Kenneth Hugdahl has been awarded his second Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He is the second researcher in Norway to receive this grant for a second time.

Online course with truly global outreach (18.03.2016)

Several thousand students worldwide have signed up for the University of Bergen’s (UiB) second Massive Open Online Course. For several of them, this is their first chance to study occupational health.

A lot of our work is not that reality-orientated, but we are hoping that the models can have benefits for society.” says researcher Daniel Lokshtanov.

Teaching the computer how to think (17.03.2016)

When the conversation gets dull, Daniel Lokshtanov relaxes with tasks too complicated for computers to solve. That has made him one of Norway’s top algorithm researchers.

Blurry picture of researcher looking into a microscope, photo used to illustrate article about candidates for the Centre of Excellence scheme.

Four new centres aiming for excellence (17.03.2016)

Four research centres at the University of Bergen have gone to the second round in the process of becoming a Norwegian Centre of Excellence.

Discovered a protein that spreads cancer (17.03.2016)

Nils Halberg at the University of Bergen has identified a protein that makes it possible for cancer cells to spread.

A new picture of the last ice age (17.03.2016)

A new reconstruction of this ice sheet shows the interaction between climate and glaciers - how the ice sheet grows and retreats.

Mountain in Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Early Earth may have been ice cold (14.03.2016)

When Earth’s first organisms were formed, it may have been in an ice cold ocean. New research, published in Science Advances, indicates that both land and ocean were much colder than previously believed.

Two young researchers receive 2015 Meltzer Award (11.03.2016)

Martin A. Fernø and Michaël Tatham are both described as innovative young researchers, with an international reach.

UiB among top 100 European universities (11.03.2016)

The University of Bergen (UiB) is ranked number 92 on Times Higher Education’s list of top 200 universities in Europe.

Psychologist wins prize for excellent dissemination (11.03.2016)

Researcher Cecilie Schou Andreassen’s research on addiction has attracted an audience of millions. Now she is awarded the Meltzer Award for outstanding science dissemination.

Holberg Prize to Stephen Greenblatt (11.03.2016)

The 2016 Holberg Prize is awarded to Stephen Greenblatt, American author, scholar and literature professor at Harvard University.   Sanja Bogojević receives the Nils Klim Prize 2016.

Improving CO2 storage using hospital scanner (11.03.2016)

Researchers at the University of Bergen (UiB) have identified PET scanning as an effective tool for improved oil production and CO2 storage.

Linking obesity and cancer (10.03.2016)

Nils Halberg heads a research group to find out how obesity is connected to cancer.