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IMPORTANT RESEARCH: Liv Sandlund has found that by turning off a specific receptor in the sea lice can lead to solutions for the problems the aquaculture industry faces with this small crustacean.

New research gives hope to exterminate the sea lice (27.10.2016)

The sea lice cause considerable problems for the fish farming industry. Liv Sandlund’s research can make the sea lice sterile and increase the mortality rate.

Wittgenstein: The poetic philosopher (21.10.2016)

Sarah Uffelmann Szeltner has investigated the concept of grammar in Ludwig Wittgenstein´s writing. – He wrote like a poet, Szeltner says.

Heated artefacts in silcrete made by Homo sapiens in the Middle Stone Age at Klipdrift Shelter, South Africa

Humans used fire earlier than previously known (19.10.2016)

Humans living in South Africa in the Middle Stone Age used advanced heating techniques that vastly improved living conditions during the era.

Combining psychology and anthropology (17.10.2016)

Andrea Bender combines psychology and anthropology to observe how our language and culture shape the way we perceive the world.

Nurses powerless against bullying (07.10.2016)

Norwegian nurses experience less bullying than nurses in other countries, but those who are bullied and confront bullies are prone to anxiety.

University of Bergen’s development-success in Zambia (04.10.2016)

Centre for International Health has played a vital role to Zambia’s first School of Public Health, through a long-term academic partnership with the University of Zambia.