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Articles by Arnfinn Christensen

Infants and pets not a recipe for asthma

May 4, 2013 in Health

Keeping furry domesticated animals in a household with toddlers doesn’t lead children to develop asthma in their early school years.
Radar detects heartbeats

April 25, 2013 in Technology

Advanced software sees heartbeats through the skin as well as enemies through walls.
Using keyboards before pencils

April 20, 2013 in Society & Culture

Swedish first-grade children in a pilot project are starting to read, learn and network socially. They’re doing this - successfully - by writing on PCs and discussing their texts with peers and teachers.
The sound of one hand singing

April 18, 2013 in Society & Culture

The tragic story of the Elephant Man was recreated for opera with the aid of an electronic musical glove.
Taking silicon for a spin

April 12, 2013 in Natural Sciences

Scientists sling it outwards in centrifuges, or whip it up like hot hailstones. They are finding novel ways to make super pure silicon quickly and efficiently.
Taking patients to the cinema

March 31, 2013 in Health

Health workers are on their way out of their neutral, white coats. Therapists are using themselves as fellow human beings.
Paper beats computer screens

March 13, 2013 in Society & Culture

People comprehend what they're reading on a sheet of paper far better than when they read those same words on a computer screen.
A silicon sprinkle for electric cars

March 2, 2013 in Technology

The driving range of electric vehicles can be increased by 25 percent if silicon replaces graphite in their batteries. A new manufacturing method creates nanopowder sprinkles that can do the job.
Cleaning air the natural way

January 4, 2013 in Technology

A new air purification unit requires little energy in removing toxic gasses, dust and bacteria, much the way air is cleansed in the atmosphere. The new invention is out of the test lab and now cleaning industrial emissions.
Bright future for solar energy in the north

November 18, 2012 in Environment

Many Nordic regions have potentials for exploiting solar energy matching that of the solar giant Germany.

Arnfinn Christensen

Arnfinn is a Norwegian science journalist. He writes for ScienceNordic and forskning.no - Norwegian online news magazine on science.

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Surrogacy changes perception of family

May 18, 2013 in Health

Childless Norwegians have travelled abroad for surrogacy, as the service is illegal at home. Their actions and willingness to speak out about them have started to transform the idea of what a family is and should be.