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Smoking fathers
Smoking fathers increase asthma-risk in future offspring (22.09.2016)
A Norwegian study shows that asthma is three times more common in those who had a father who smoked in adolescence than offspring who didn’t.
Nele Meckler
Ocean fossils reveal future climate change (02.09.2016)
Researcher Nele Meckler wants to understand climate changes by studying fossil shells. She considers herself to be a climate detective.
Fish protein as dietary supplement is popular, but what health benefits does it have? Aslaug Drotningsvik and Iselin Vildmyren want to find the answer.
Fish protein may have great health benefits (26.08.2016)
Studies show that protein from fish can improve the health of overweight and obese people. A group of Norwegian researchers want to find out why this is so
Blood cells
Bubbles in the blood fight pancreatic cancer (22.08.2016)
The use of microbubbles nearly doubles the survival time of patients with pancreatic cancer, a new Norwegian clinical trial shows. This is the first time this technique is used to treat patients.
Livmorkreft illustrasjonsbilde
Hope for better endometrial cancer treatment (18.08.2016)
Researchers in Bergen have discovered mutations that may lead to new treatment against endometrial cancer within the uterus. The results are published in Nature Genetics.
SMALL FISH, BIG POTENTIAL: A better use of fisheries in the South Saharan drylands can have great impact. Professor Jeppe Kolding is lead author of a report published by the UN, concluding that fishing as well as farming will be important.
Small fish may play big role in Africa (08.08.2016)
Fast-breeding fish may be an important tool in the fight against malnourishment in the poorest parts of the world, a UN report concludes. Professor of Biology, Jeppe Kolding, is lead author of the study.
Archaeology researchers working in Blombos Cave in South Africa.
Technology and innovation not driven by climate change (05.08.2016)
Climate change was less important for technological innovation among Stone Age humans than previously assumed.
Antartic summer
Warm ocean current reaches surprisingly far south in the Antarctic Weddell Sea (02.08.2016)
New observations recently published in Nature Communications show that warm deep water also reaches the large Filchner ice shelf in the southern Weddell Sea.
Explosion
Finger on the pulse of terror (21.06.2016)
An organized terror attack will have greater impact in a country like Norway than in a country like Israel. This has been shown in a new study at the University of Bergen.
Workaholic
Workaholism tied to psychiatric disorders (24.05.2016)
A large national Norwegian study shows that workaholism frequently co-occurs with ADHD, OCD, anxiety, and depression.
Illustrasjon Hugdahl
Ground-breaking new technology to measure brain activity (26.04.2016)
In his new EU supported project, neuroscientist Kenneth Hugdahl will use and develop new technology to help patients who are hearing voices. This research could represent a paradigm shift in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia.
VIdeogame addiction
Videogame addiction linked to ADHD (20.04.2016)
Young and single men are at risk of being addicted to video games. The addiction indicates an escape from ADHD and psychiatric disorder.
Laurence Bindoff (picture) and Janniche Torsvik have studied the connection between the protein (PITRM1) and neurodegeneration in order to create new medicines to fight Alzheimer’s disease.
Gene defect may point to solution for Alzheimer’s (07.04.2016)
University of Bergen researchers have found a protein that could hold the key to understanding how Alzheimer’s disease develops.
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.

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