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Joint Nordic efforts towards biodiversity and ecosystem research

November 28, 2012 - Source: Read the full story at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland work together to explore the possibilities of realizing a Nordic E-Science Infrastructure for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research.
Vitamin D products should be controlled by pharmacies

November 28, 2012 - Source: University of Tampere, Finland

The debate around vitamin D is running wild. According to research, excessive amounts of vitamin D have more detrimental than beneficial effects, says Pentti Tuohimaa, Professor Emeritus of ...
A simple way to precipitate phosphorus from the wastewater of a pulp mill

November 28, 2012 - Source: Aalto University, Finland

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have developed a simple method for reducing the amount of phosphorus in the wastewater of a pulp mill.
Amount of vegetation indicates a city's carbon dioxide emissions

November 28, 2012 - Source: University of Helsinki, Finland

The combined annual carbon dioxide emissions of urban areas within the EU are estimated to be four times the amount of carbon stored by vegetation in the area. This finding was presented ...
Norway to take over as Chair of EUREKA

November 27, 2012 - Source: Read the full story at the Research Council of Norway

In the summer of 2013, Norway will assume the chairmanship of the EUREKA innovation network.
Long education predicts recovery from stroke

November 21, 2012 - Source: University of Tampere, Finland

Educational attainment predicts how well people survive stroke. Better educated patients have clearly better neuropsychological abilities after the stroke, for example their memory functions ...
Hearing disorders can be treated with multifunctional nanoliposome therapy

November 21, 2012 - Source: Aalto University, Finland

Liposomes are used in contemporary medicine to carry and apply drugs and genes into different tissue areas of the body. They are small bubble-shaped lipid molecules, and an attractive candidate ...
HAV21: Setting the course for marine research

November 16, 2012 - Source: Read the full story at the Research Council of Norway

Marine research in the Arctic and northern areas is among the elements that need to be bolstered, according to the strategy committee behind the recently-launched integrated strategy for marine ...
NOK 2 billion to new Centres of Excellence

November 12, 2012 - Source: Read the full story at the Research Council of Norway

The Research Council of Norway has granted 13 research groups status as Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF centres) starting in 2013. The new centres will receive a total of more than NOK 2 ...
The Committee for Gender Balance will continue

November 8, 2012 - Source: Read the full story at Gender Balance in Research - Norway

The Committee for Gender Balance in Research has been appointed until the end of 2013, but what will happen after that? Minister of Education and Research Kristin Halvorsen is now indicating ...

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