Nyhetsarkiv for Fakultet for naturvitenskap og teknologi

Searching for ancient sulfate in South Africa (31.07.2024)

One of the best things of being a researcher is when you get the chance to broaden your horizons. This summer, geochemist Desiree Roerdink traveled to the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa and dove back into the research field of sedimentology to find out how sulfate minerals formed on ancient shorelines, more than 3.2 billion years ago.

Two Michael Sars Centre postdoctoral researchers awarded prestigious fellowships (26.07.2024)

Emily Claereboudt will pursue a project in chemical ecology after receiving a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, while Ruth Styfhals will lead a study on the developmental origin of nervous systems as part of an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship.

The deep Arctic Ocean (09.07.2024)

Watch the recording of our live-streamed remotely-operated dive at Loki's castle hydrothermal vent field in the Arctic, 2300 meters below sea level.

Feast or famine: how sea anemones resize their bodies to survive (08.07.2024)

In a recent article, researchers from the Steinmetz group characterized the astonishing ability of sea anemones to adapt to food availability by growing and shrinking their body throughout their lives.

11 New UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (08.07.2024)

UNESCO recently welcomed 11 new areas into the family of Biosphere Reserves. Two of the countries, Belgium and Gambia, are recieving their first ever BR designations. The other nine countries recieving new biosphere designations are Colombia, Dominican Republic, Italy, Mongolia, the Netherlands, the Philippines, South Korea, Slovenia and Spain.

The Eagle is back on deck (05.07.2024)