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

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

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 Agder

Have climate songs lost their fighting spirit?

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Four reasons why you should not blindly trust artificial intelligence

Oslo Metropolitan University

"God sees everything": How strict religious upbringing may violate children's rights

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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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

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University of Oslo

Study: Using antibiotics may make gonorrhoea more dangerous

University of Oslo

The tension between Ukrainian and Russian has reached Norwegian classrooms

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

No, your family relationships don’t get worse even if you spend a lot of time on social media

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?

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University of Oslo

Never before have so many pregnant women developed gestational diabetes

Researchers test a new type of medicine – outside the body

University of Oslo

When drought strikes: What can the media coverage teach us about the consequences?

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

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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

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

What is this glowing ring around the sun?

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

Oransje, glødende bølgeform mot en svart bakgrunn.

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

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Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

If rich countries work less, who picks up the slack?

Nord University

Report: Psychological support proved key for displaced Ukrainians returning to work

NGI - the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

Researchers have now discovered one of the main causes of railway track defects

Oslo Metropolitan University

You have many friends – so why do you feel so lonely?

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?

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”

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Researchers: The risk of infection for livestock kept outdoors is often overlooked

Animals on pasture need different protection against infection than animals housed indoors. This is shown by a new international study.

Researchers recommend a few extra snacks: Not all young athletes manage to eat enough

The consequence can be that they get injured.

How can we avoid congestion in the power grid?

Research shows how huge transmission towers and expensive grid expansions can be postponed.

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

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.

Archaeologists’ most exciting finds: 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

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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?

ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES FROM UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

University of Oslo

Researchers can now listen to cells changing: Could improve understanding of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Can artificial intelligence help save nature?

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?

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?

Is it dangerous to have treated timber in your vegetable garden?

ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES FROM UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

University of Oslo

Norway’s first female film producer became a star in Berlin – and was then forgotten

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Elderly people living at home have less control, not more

Experts explain: Here’s what Crown Princess Mette-Marit will have to go through after her lung transplant

A brain researcher says most people would choose this shortcut

Electric car batteries last much longer than researchers and people thought. Why?

People in Norway hunted whales 5,000 years ago

Kvinne ser ut av vinduet

Why it's important to forget

The battery that promises everything – and why researchers are sceptical

Excavation underway: Believed to be an important Viking clue

People working on a steep mountain hillside to prepare soil for planting.

Peru has a 'dugnad' too, and it’s a tradition that has been changing for centuries

En plastkasse med glassbiter som er hentet opp fra havets dyp. Nederst til venstre er en bøyd glassarm.

The unique Porcelain Wreck: What the chandelier recovered from the seabed may have looked like

Running up the hill – Climate change is forcing plants to move upwards

What people regret most when death approaches

Should the state pay for free weight loss drugs?

Rows of olive oil bottles displayed on supermarket shelves in Rome.

Why you should store olive oil in the fridge

Close-up of a dark statue wearing a helmet beside a blurred building facade.

Norwegian history is full of gaps and myths

Kinesisk porselen i mudderet på havbunnen

Sensational shipwreck discovery off Norway: Intact Chinese porcelain and chandeliers at a depth of 600 metres

To grønne, tradisjonelle drakter med broderi og dekorative kanter hengt opp side om side.

Christening gowns have not always been white

Ballong flyr over snødekt dal omgitt av fjell og skog

When a French gas balloon was swept away by the wind and ended up in Norway

Experiencing adversity throughout life could make you age prematurely

Three stone swords monument on a rocky shore beside Hafrsfjord under a cloudy sky.

What Norwegians learn about the birth of Norway may be wrong

Figs and wasps: "Nature's coolest collaboration"

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"

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

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

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