Researchers to test giving blood from recovered coronavirus patients to the sick Researchers at Ullevål University Hospital are reviving a 100-year-old method from the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Researchers' zone: A Story about the Plague SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: A classic which is perennially up-to-date all of a sudden became urgently topical.
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Scientists are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus in Africa
Your placenta may reveal risk of getting preeclampsia How much a placenta weighs can indicate the risk for illness in future pregnancies, according to new research.
University of Oslo The world with viruses: Economics professor suggests temporary basic income for all citizens
Old people choose to move to remote and unpractical houses in Norway. Can they still expect the same level of welfare services?
Researchers' zone: 5 tips for how to keep your team connected while working from home during the coronavirus pandemic
Norwegian financial crisis package may help stabilize the economy in the face of coronavirus shutdowns
Professor compares Norwegian Child Welfare Services with other countries:"The Norwegian system is good"
Blog: A Taste of the Sea Does a saith that eats pellet-feed from fish farming taste as good as one that eats natural feed?
University of Oslo Islamists played a crucial role in the Arab Spring. Now they are labelled as terrorists
NIVA - Norwegian Institute for Water Research Monitoring of water pollution across Bosnia and Herzegovina contributes to binding the country together
The Researhcers' Zone: Biodiversity is at risk because we don’t assess the risk of pesticides properly
The Placebo Effect: From mystical magnetism to using our bodies inherent powers The human body has a remarkable built-in capacity for rectifying its own ailments. “The medical profession should make more use of this,” says Norwegian professor.
NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology Place names describe Scandinavia in the Iron and Viking Ages
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Digital brains are key in understanding how the human brain works, and how it can be fixed when broken
Women are not formally discriminated against in Norwegian academia – but they still don’t become professors
Concealing results from medical studies on humans will be banned Norwegian researchers will soon be legally required to share the results of medical research on humans. But will the law be followed?
Norway's first onshore sea urchin farm up and running Sea urchin farming could give Norway a new export commodity for gourmet restaurants in Europe and Asia, and help to save the kelp forests on Norway’s coastal seabed.
From the laboratory to the gallery: Microscopic images of our cells as art Irep Gözen spends a lot of time studying a world that few people have ever seen.
Norwegian fish farmers reprimanded for poor treatment of cleaner fish Unless the industry does a better job documenting the welfare of cleaner fish, it will need to stop using them, the Food Safety Authority states in new report.
Here’s what politicians can do to make our consumption more environmentally friendly One researcher is calling for specific measures, such as a law mandating that products be repairable.
Eating less processed foods gave weight loss and lower risk of heart disease – also among men on a high fat diet
Smartphones still need to be charged daily. So what's happened to the battery revolution we've been promised?
Researchers' Zone: The genetic code is billions of years old and contains the recipe for all life. Now scientists have managed to change it.
Why did some of the indigenous Sami people revolt in 1852? Two of the rebels tell their stories in a new book.
How fair are today’s pensions? “We clearly see from this research that people’s self-interest plays a role when they tell us what they think is a fair retirement pension,” says one researcher.
Every year, 50 million cleaner fish die in Norwegian fish farms “Would we tolerate the same mortality in other animals?”
Managers need to be good with emotions – or they risk damaging their employee’s health and ability to perform at work
The Kongsberg mines are famous for their beautiful native silver. Researcher now claims they may also be full of gold.
Experts want to free medical research and healthcare from ties to the commercial pharmaceutical industry
Most Norwegians think they have a responsibility to cut greenhouse gas emissions But there is no consensus as to what should actually be done.
Radiation treatment for prostate cancer increases risk of bladder cancer Nevertheless, radiation patients have a much better chance of living longer, according to a new Norwegian study.
We should spend more time studying successful psychopaths, says forensic psychiatrist Randi Rosenqvist
Like most people, Norwegian bureaucrats rarely read research When Norwegian civil servants want research-based knowledge, they use Google or ask a colleague.
Professors interviewed by Norwegian print media are usually men Especially if the person who interviews them is a male journalist.
The naïveté of Academia: How Plan S could let pseudoscientific and predatory publishers take advantage of researchers
These are the stories you read the most in 2019 Cats, vikings and cancer are among the topics that captured your attention in the year gone by.
Travelling by bus, taxi and boat has become more expensive, while flying has become relatively cheaper
Why do metal detector enthusiasts find so many cheap coins, and so few valuable ones? If the finds by metal detector hobbyists are truly representative, then Norwegian history may need to be re-written.
25 years with The European Economic Area: Politicians, government agencies and Norwegians in general lack knowledge about the country’s agreement with the EU
Researchers are worried:Documents missing in one fifth of the cases handled by the Norwegian Child Welfare Services
The Nansen Legacy Project Blog: We expected to find very little life inside the ice, but we were proven wrong.
The Nansen Legacy Project Blog Hard disks full of data despite ice, darkness and freezing temperatures
Crushing the myth of “poor Norway” The conventional wisdom about Norway in 1900 is wrong: Norway was among the richest countries in Europe, not the poorest, one professor explains.
The strict EAT-diet is supposed to be good for the climate and good for our health. But how did researchers arrive at their recommendations?
As Norwegian Jews were being deported, the Quisling government discussed working hours during the Christmas holidays
The Heritage Blog Heritage conservation and Climate Change: Introducing the Future of our past in the Norwegian context
Academics hide, play dumb, don't care or over-perform. Everything to oppose the system and administration.
Discrimination: Thirty-five per cent of Muslim immigrants say they did not get a job they were qualified for
The researchers' Zone Hospitals fear a new, deadly fungus – How big is the threat and what can we do?
Few physical differences found between healthy individuals and those afflicted by chronic fatigue syndrome
The researchers' zone How studies of Norwegian fjord ice can help create a safer future for the arctic
Babies can show signs of autism early in life Babies who were just 10 months old and who later received a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder took less initiative than other children to communicate with adults.
