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Stian Suppersberger Hamre
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.
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.
Cancer Cell
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.
Istid
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.
PET Oil
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.
Nils Halberg
Linking obesity and cancer (10.03.2016)
Nils Halberg heads a research group to find out how obesity is connected to cancer.