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Selected UiB research 2016 (21.12.2016)

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

EU success for research centre (20.12.2016)

The Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities has been extremely successful with their EU applications. We asked centre director Matthias Kaiser to reveal the secret of their success.

The play of algorithms (08.12.2016)

Why do writers write? One of the reasons is that they can create their own characters. According to Saket Saurabh, informatics researchers have the same relation to algorithms.

Discovering the origin of the mouth and anus (06.12.2016)

The mouth and anus are not connected in the development of the embryo as earlier thought, shows a ground-breaking study from the Sars Centre, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.

Lung function decline in menopausal women (05.12.2016)

Menopausal women appear to experience a decline in lung function, comparable to smoking 20 cigarettes a day for 10 years.

Technical error leads to digital exam malfunction (02.12.2016)

180 students at the University of Bergen (UiB) experienced problems finishing their exams due to technical problems from an external supplier.

Professor Marit Skivenes at the University of Bergen, Norway

Innovative child welfare research leads to EU grant (02.12.2016)

Professor Marit Skivenes has been awarded the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for the research project DISCRETION. She receives the grant to conduct ground-breaking research on discretionary decision-making in child protection systems.

Very-high-fat diet reversed obesity and disease risk (02.12.2016)

New study challenges the long-held idea that saturated fats are unhealthy.

Professor Stefan Kölsch, Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen (UIB)

Millions of funding for musical Alzheimer’s research (01.12.2016)

The neuroscientist and music therapist Stefan Kölsch at the University of Bergen has received funding for his project to help Alzheimer’s patients through music.

The secret behind the art of helping (01.12.2016)

No one can protect themselves from falling ill, but we can protect those who are ill from being deprived of their dignity. A new book shows how patients can be met with a care that preserves their dignity.