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Mouse studies offer hope for a vaccine that treats multiple allergies at once

Researchers may have solved the mystery behind the Ice Age’s enigmatic female figurines

Clear plastic takeaway container lying in dry grass

Can bacteria and larvae break down plastic? The research is now facing scathing criticism

Close up of the front and back of the coin.

Sensational coin discovery: “We have found a national treasure”

Why did some ancient cultures drink urine?

The iconic mushroom is so toxic that drinking reindeer urine was the safer option.

What happens when snakes strike

One quick strike, and a drop of venom turns into a cocktail of chaos inside the body.

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University of Oslo

Norwegian 12-year olds: “British English is cringe”

NUPI, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

Peacebuilding: "We have approached societies affected by conflict as if they were a machine we can fix"

Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

Life in the city can be dangerous for these birds of prey

You can save CO₂ by changing when you take a shower

Why the magic mushroom anti-ageing claims are overblown

Why are antidepressants so stigmatised?

Neuroscience finds musicians feel pain differently from the rest of us

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Archaeologists have uncovered ancient stone circles at a Norwegian burial site

Johnsen iført hvit kjortel åpner et kjøleskap med medisinsk innhold i bokser.

New study: IBS does not improve with donor faeces

ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES FROM UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

University of Oslo

“The days when literature was limited to highbrow novels on a bookshelf are definitely over"

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Why making lighter and better batteries takes time

Oslo Metropolitan University

What is it like to live with wind turbines as close as 600 metres from your home? These people know

Newborn piglets suckle from their sow in a close-up farm scene.

Why don't we drink pig's milk?

Brown-orange insect with an elongated, segmented body on a white background.

You don’t want to bring these ants home from vacation

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Nord University

How a small Norwegian company uses AI to reach customers in Japan

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Professor: Why we should expect cyberattacks during major events

Conflict between pedestrians and cyclists: The effect of a new type of sign surprises researchers

Farmer Erik Røed gestures beside vegetable beds in a forested rural garden.

Erik has a preparedness garden: “Having a basement full of canned food is just a joke”

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Toril Moe, 75, wearing glasses and a navy puffer jacket outdoors beside a modern building.

How quickly a 70-year-old can become as strong as a 50-year-old

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Rare 4,000-year-old gallery grave unearthed in Norway

Sally Rooney, Kneecap, and the fine line between activism and support for terrorism in Denmark

Bilde av to detektorister og grunneieren til jordet de står på. I hånda holder en av dem en mynt.

Record hoard from the Viking Age: Coin number 5,000 has now been dug up

ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES FROM UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Migraines leave traces throughout the body that researchers can now detect

University of Agder

Language expert: These habits help children become better readers

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Insect expert hunts for unknown life in New York

University of Agder

AI apocalypse now? Here's what 5 researchers think

Blue Ozempic injection pens arranged on a conveyor at Novo Nordisk’s facility in Hillerød, Denmark.

The Myth of Brand Control: the case of Ozempic

King Haakon VIII in ceremonial uniform before an ornate gilded backdrop at the Storting.

Has Norway's new king been given the correct Romen numeral? Is he VIII or IIX? Or the 8th?

A small, chapel-shaped headstone featuring a sculpture and an open book, situated on a lawn in front of mountains and a fence.

Is this Norway’s most unique headstone?

White mushroom surrounded by moss, grass and fallen leaves in a woodland.

Some mushrooms are extremely poisonous. Why?

Did a King Haakon I actually exist?

Bilde av en hånd som holder en gammel pilspiss. I bakgrunnen skimtes en snøfonn og masse steiner.

The oldest ice is disappearing: The Stone Age is emerging from the melting ice

Norway criticised for taking food from whales and penguins in Antarctica

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How water pollution can be detected faster

Currently, water samples have to be transported to a lab to reveal pollution. New sensor technology could provide answers immediately.

The Vikings cultivated the past – but for different reasons than we thought

When Norwegians rowed like Vikings during the World Cup, they used their history to create a sense of togetherness. "I thought it was both embarrassing and unifying at the same time,” says a professor.

From seed to packaging: A robot can now grow food all year round

Lettuce is sown, grown, and packaged entirely untouched by human hands. Researchers believe this could help improve food security and reduce imports.

These strange, mysterious organisms lived in Finnmark 560 million years ago

What would King Haakon and King Harald have been called in the Viking Age? One historian offers a suggestion

Illustration of pink, spiky immune cells on a pale background, with one larger cell at right.

The way we treat autoimmune diseases is rapidly changing

Immunotherapy for MS: No difference between the cheap and the expensive variant

We don't know where any of Norway’s early kings were buried

Excited mice herald a new method for more effective cancer vaccines

The struggle of parents who have children with school distress: "It becomes what our whole life is about"

Portrett av forsker Anniken Grønstad i blå bluse mot en mørk blågrønn bakgrunn.

Young employees and working from home: Can be just as good as being in the office, researcher says

Many managers want to cut remote work: Here's what researchers say

King Harald of Norway is dead: Why do we feel so sad when people we don’t know die?

Did life begin on micrometeorites? When researchers added fatty substances, something remarkable happened

Close-up of a bed bug crawling on grey textured fabric beside a zip fastener.

Experts offer their best advice for dealing with bed bugs

Solring rundt solen over skyet himmel, med tretopper i forgrunnen.

What is this glowing ring around the sun?

Oransje, glødende bølgeform mot en svart bakgrunn.

Can a photon be split in two? The answer is pretty wild

Bilde av en mynt

You can now see the first 100 coins from the unique Viking hoard

Bekymret, middelaldrende kvinne på kjøkkenet med hånden mot tinningen.

Study: The brain cleans itself more slowly in people who are starting to become forgetful

Illustration of plastic waste floating across a turquoise ocean, with marine silhouettes below.

The myth of Norway’s plastic leadership: Are we really global leaders in the fight against plastic pollution?

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Skolebarn med fargerike sekker samles i skolegården ved en rød teglsteinsbygning.

Researchers' three tips for helping kids thrive at school

Stor gruppe mennesker slåss i et åpent område med fjell i bakgrunnen.

If there was war in Norway for 110 years, how many people were killed in the battles?

En arkeolog sitter på kne og graver ut en grav - vi ser tre skjeletter i jorda.

Found 1,000-year-old graves in Norway: “15 skeletons is far more than we expected”

Linguist: “Maybe we'll be able to talk to whales within 20 years”

Ryttere på hester kjemper eller jager hverandre i et snødekt landskap med kraftig bevegelse og dramatisk stemning.

Historians disagree about how bloody the Norwegian civil wars were

Norwegian students' skills: "I'm concerned, but not surprised," says professor

Close up of pick-and-mix candy

The history of pick & mix is actually quite short – and it started in Scandinavia

ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES FROM UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

University of Agder

Is it possible to use AI ethically?

University of Oslo

For some, AI becomes a best friend or romantic partner. Researchers warn of the risks

Nærbilde av en flått som kryper på en persons hånd.

Meat allergy is becoming more common. Ticks are being blamed

Store steinringer på en fjellknaus.

The stone circles were not made for sacrifices to the gods. They were traces of children at play

Here lies one of the thickest sections of Earth’s crust

Archaeologists have opened a Viking Age ship burial. The most exciting discovery may lie beneath the ship

Personer sorterer og pakker bær ved bord i et stort, enkelt lokale med bøtter og kasser.

How did these Norwegian berries end up in Hull, Newcastle, and London 100 years ago?

En figur i hvitt står ved en klippe mens to nakne skikkelser strekker seg oppover.

Why do we hear so little about demons in Christianity today?

Nærbilde av en gyllen, glinsende kavring foran en uskarp tekstside.

museum favourite

This simple rusk reveals two stories about Norwegian polar history

Arne Jor standing in front of a brick building

Jesus cast out demons, but we rarely hear about it today

Irene Baug sitter ved siden av et stort steinkors som ligger på bakken. I bakgrunnen ses trær og avfallshaugen til det gamle steinkvernsbruddet.

Seven magnificant medieval stone crosses emerged from a waste heap

A screenshot from a streaming service showing a video of two people in a warmly lit room.

Is the new PRT method for chronic pain really a miracle cure?

Pain took over Einar Tørnquist's life, but then he learned something new about his brain

Papirer og en mørk lommebok av skinn ligger på en stol sammen med to gamle, brune kondomer.

museum favourite

Two condoms from 1944 washed ashore from a shipwreck in northern Norway

Participants perform yoga exercises on mats in a park in Lahore during International Yoga Day.

Many Pakistani men want gender equality, but it’s the mother-in-law who decides

En liten pistol i metall ligger over en trykt tekstside med gammelt papir.

museum favourite

First he was killed by a bullet, then he was blown to pieces. The SS chief’s pistol survived

Supermarkedhylle med mange flasker og bokser med olivenolje i Roma.

How to use olive oil correctly

Pale pink anemones clustered on a rocky underwater seamount.

Researchers explored underwater mountains in the Arctic that no one had ever filmed before

Avaldsnes kirke i bakgrunnen, foran ser man muren til den gamle kongsgården fra middelalderen. Utgraving foregår. Til høyre på bildet ser man fjorden, og et skip i fjorden.

A previously unknown medieval royal estate suddenly appeared

When the Russians invaded Chornobyl, the wildlife cameras were still running

"It's actually kind of crazy that a person could have chewed on this 6,000 years ago – and now I'm holding it"

Glass med grønn sellerijuice foran fersk selleri på et lyst bord.

How healthy is celery, really?

Aerial view of a multi-level motorway interchange with bridges, ramps and waterways.

How did the USA go from being a pioneer in road safety to having one of the world’s highest road traffic death rates?

Nærbilde av en av hendene til jentene. Vi ser tydelige fingre, og spor etter rødt stoff rundt - det som en gang var røde ullvotter.

In a box in the basement lay four girls who died in the 1300s, still wearing red mittens on their hands

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Why don't humans have a mating season? Or do we?

ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES FROM UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

New sensor could be a game-changer for the hydrogen economy

University of Agder

Have climate songs lost their fighting spirit?

Dronefoto av innsjøen Tesse, med fjell i bakgrunnen. Det er is på deler av vannet, og deler av sjøbunnen er synlig.

Introduced fish into mountain lakes 7,000 years ago: "It was a form of simple fish farming"

Overhead view of the excavated ship Sørenga 2 showing preserved keel and planks in the ground.

Knut Paasche was incredibly excited when he found something truly special from the Middle Ages

A strange bioluminescent starfish lives at depths of nearly 1,000 metres in Norway's longest fjord

Blå hansker holder en liten metallgjenstand over en treflate.

museum favourite

The hunter missed, and the arrow disappeared. When it resurfaced, no one knew what it was

Gule rapsblomster på begge sider av en grusvei i Østre Gausdal under blå himmel.

How olive and rapeseed oils are made

Nærbilde av en soldat i kamuflasjeuniform som sitter i en sofa i en stue.

Want to offer MDMA therapy to soldiers with PTSD so they can defend their country for longer

"There is strong evidence that lifestyle and health measures can help reduce the risk of dementia"

Researchers challenge common dementia myths

A hand grips a white bedsheet. The upper body of a woman can be seen. She has dark hair and is wearing a white top. The image is meant to depict her having an orgasm.

One in two women has experienced squirting orgasms: "Not very surprising," says researcher

The mystery of Rakni's Mound

Treatment for bone marrow cancer: "It's revolutionary"

Norway's oldest known ship burial predates the Viking Age

Portrait of Bjørn Naume and Hege Oma Ohnstad. They are standing outdoors with a little wind in their hair, in the background trees can be seen, water can be glimpsed, and a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Thousands of women could avoid chemotherapy with this genetic test

An older couple sit in a living room and chat while holding drinks beside a coffee table.

Norway wants more older people to live safely at home. This is what it will take

Want to scroll less? Experts share their best advice

Erling Braut Haaland spreads his arms out on the football pitch, five other teammates are seen with their backs to him. In the background, a stadium full of spectators get can be seen.

5 reasons why football has become the biggest sport in the world

USA at 250: For the first time, the word ‘happiness’ appeared in a legal text

Underwater view of a bleached dead coral reef on the seabed beneath blue water.

The myth of reef-safe sunscreen: how chemicals hurt coral life

Portrait photos of Tomas Myklebust and Liv Selland.

Tired? Here’s how you can get your energy back

What makes Ebola one of the world's deadliest viruses?

Researchers may have solved the mystery behind the Ice Age’s enigmatic female figurines

Clear plastic takeaway container lying in dry grass

Can bacteria and larvae break down plastic? The research is facing scathing criticism

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