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Too little money spent on increasing the percentage of women in high-level positions in mathematics, natural science and technology.

May 16, 2012 - Source: Read the full story on the website of Gender Balance in Research - Norway

For three years the Norwegian government has allocated EUR 1,25 million annually to increase the percentage of women in high-level positions in mathematics, natural science and technology.
New agreement on research cooperation with Russia

May 11, 2012 - Source: The Research Council in Norway

The Russian Foundation for Humanities (RFH) and the Research Council of Norway recently signed a cooperation agreement that encompasses research in the social sciences as well as the ...
New research documents definite correlation between high BMI and risk of heart disease

May 9, 2012 - Source: The University of Copenhagen

A large new Danish-British study from the University of Copenhagen and University of Bristol documents for the first time a definite correlation between a high BMI and the risk of developing ...
Danish stem cell researchers map new knowledge about insulin production

May 2, 2012 - Source: The University of Copenhagen

Scientists from The Danish Stem Cell Center (DanStem) at the University of Copenhagen and Hagedorn Research Institute have gained new insight into the signaling paths that control the ...
More research on industrial property rights

April 19, 2012 - Source: The Research Council of Norway

The Research Council of Norway has entered into a cooperation agreement with the Norwegian Industrial Property Office. The two agencies will be collaborating to ensure that intangible assets ...
Protein researchers reveal the molecular dance of DNA repair

April 2, 2012 - Source: The University of Copenhagen

Using state-of-the-art technology, scientists at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research at the University of Copenhagen and their international collaborators have successfully ...
Gender points to increase number of male applicants

March 21, 2012 - Source: Kilden Information Centre for Gender Research in Norway

For generations it was usually the men who became doctors, psychologists and dentists. This has now changed. Today there are so few men applying to professional studies in medicine, psychology ...
Extensive funding for new Danish psychiatric research

March 20, 2012 - Source: Aarhus University

A new Danish project researching the causes of mental disorders has just received the largest research project grant ever to have been awarded for Danish psychiatric research. The project may ...
Humanities cutbacks hit women

March 19, 2012 - Source: Kilden Information Centre for Gender Research in Norway

Several humanities courses will no longer be offered at Norwegian universities.
New programme funds culture and society research

March 16, 2012 - Source: The Research Council of Norway

The Research Council’s new Programme for Cultural Conditions Underlying Social Change (SAMKUL) has announced funding of Euro 13 million for research in all of the programme’s ...

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New genetic research highlights influences on children’s development

May 17, 2012 in Natural Sciences

Two normally occurring variants in hitherto unknown genes influence the size of children’s heads. International research has set new standards for studies in genes’ importance for children’s development.