In Norway, girls are much better at reading than boys. But girls and boys perform equally well when using a new teaching method.| Norwegian SciTech News
Climate scientists often lack the data they need. A master’s student has helped track down key figures from Africa’s most populous country.| Norwegian SciTech News
Norway may offer children's swimming and lifesaving lessons outdoors as early as this year. The goal is to reduce drownings.| Norwegian SciTech News
Wastewater can contain many harmful substances, but a new method enables researchers to purify the water using sunlight and droplets of oil.| Norwegian SciTech News
Many children struggle with reading. A new method offers hope. The focus is on giving children the right challenges.| Norwegian SciTech News
When mothers lose weight, their children slim down too. When mothers are less active, children grow bigger. Dad's choices appear to play less of a role.| Norwegian SciTech News
Norway already exports large amounts of valuable alginate, but new research findings can make this industry even larger and more sustainable.| Norwegian SciTech News
Algae cultivation is popular, but good uses for the raw material are still lacking. Researchers in Norway are set to do something about this, with the goal of fully using this resource.| Norwegian SciTech News
Norway is home to 212 different bee species, but insect numbers are generally in decline. Some species have disappeared.| Norwegian SciTech News
Engaging the local residents is key to the success of local festivals.| Norwegian SciTech News
Swimming instruction in Norway takes place almost exclusively in indoor swimming pools. But most water-related accidents occur outdoors.| Norwegian SciTech News
Spintronics is a research field that examines how the spin of an electron can be harnessed to make smarter, faster computers.| Norwegian SciTech News
Algae that eat kelp instead of making their own sugar opens the door to new ways of making useful products out of the seaweed.| Norwegian SciTech News
Advances in laser technology can help improve self-driving cars and the fibre-optic internet, among other things.| Norwegian SciTech News
Dye pigments can be toxic. Now researchers are making non-toxic, recyclable, sustainable colours with nanotechnology and nature's approaches.| Norwegian SciTech News
An alloy is a metal that contains tiny amounts of another element. Some aluminium alloys stored at room temperature are made stronger. Why?| Norwegian SciTech News
There is still no approved general cure for enterovirus infections, but Norwegian trials appear promising.| Norwegian SciTech News
Toxic flurocarbons in ski waxes have caused a big stir in the racing community. But they are everywhere, including in household products.| Norwegian SciTech News
How low does pay have to be before people no longer bother to work? It should always be better to work than to receive unemployment benefits.| Norwegian SciTech News
Cosmic radiation occasionally contains enormous amounts of energy, but we don’t know why or where this radiation comes from.| Norwegian SciTech News
Physicists have now discovered a material that can be very useful in crafting tomorrow's technology: clay.| Norwegian SciTech News
New research shows an unintended and unfortunate side effect of common drugs. They can simply help viruses spread.| Norwegian SciTech News
If electric vehicles were lighter, they would also be more energy efficient. Of course researchers want to make that happen. With aluminium.| Norwegian SciTech News
Researchers found no evidence that social media has a negative impact on social skills, but children with social anxiety may be at risk.| Norwegian SciTech News
Girls don't lose body fat by being more physically active, nor does their size affect their activity level. But these factors do affect boys.| Norwegian SciTech News
Young people who increase their physical activity from the age of 14 have a lower risk of developing symptoms of depression.| Norwegian SciTech News
A group of researchers spent twelve seasons making some house sparrows bigger and others smaller. Their experiment yielded some important answers.| Norwegian SciTech News
Better opportunities for women mean that the threat of overcrowding the planet may not be as dramatic as people fear. The population may well decline in a few decades.| Norwegian SciTech News
New research confirms that fluorinated compounds — the chemicals that make ski waxes fast — affects organs in mice.| Norwegian SciTech News
A new method that aims to help people develop grit looks promising.| Norwegian SciTech News
You are less likely to be murdered in a democracy than in an undemocratic country but not for the reasons you might think.| Norwegian SciTech News
World-famous treasures crafted from walrus ivory are on their way to Norway, including chess pieces from the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.| Norwegian SciTech News
The transport of dense gases and liquids is becoming increasingly relevant in relation to carbon capture. New research is helping us understand more about how this can be done most efficiently.| Norwegian SciTech News
It might seem like the world is being bombarded by one crisis after another. But what's really happening is an increase in media coverage.| Norwegian SciTech News
These man-made toxic substances are often referred to as ‘forever chemicals’. There are thousands of different variants, and researchers are finding more and more of them.| Norwegian SciTech News
A new programme can increase ‘grit’ and self-efficacy in adolescents. Approximately 16,000 young people will soon have access.| Norwegian SciTech News
Women and men differ in drive, passion and flow, a new study shows.| Norwegian SciTech News
Previously, researchers thought that microRNA was a kind of useless residue in cells and blood. But these tiny threads are far more important than some imagined. Also for those who study wildlife.| Norwegian SciTech News
Volunteers are increasingly providing care when family and public services cannot provide enough. But how close should the helper and the person being helped become?| Norwegian SciTech News
Those who believe they will be able to achieve their goals are also more passionate and have greater willpower.| Norwegian SciTech News
Two NTNU researchers have been awarded roughly NOK 43 million from the European Research Council to study molecular models and genes.| Norwegian SciTech News
Climate scientists often lack the information they need for climate models. A master's student helped to find missing data from Africa.| Norwegian SciTech News
A few years ago, we knew very little about the state of people’s health around the world. NTNU’s new honorary doctors have changed that.| Norwegian SciTech News
Trade blockades are an old tool that is still used in wars. The ERC will spend EUR 9.9 million to see how much they mean.| Norwegian SciTech News
Inga Strümke does not believe artificial intelligence will take over the world with killer robots, but it might kill your spark.| Norwegian SciTech News
We learn much better when writing by hand instead of on a keyboard. Using fine motor skills is important for children’s brain development.| Norwegian SciTech News
Plastic food packaging can contain chemicals that affect your hormones, metabolism and the transmission of signals in your body.| Norwegian SciTech News
A simple test can help predict whether smokers are likely to succeed in quitting after receiving a cancer diagnosis.| Norwegian SciTech News
Vipers (Vipera berus) are being observed in areas where no one has seen them ever before.| Norwegian SciTech News
A new tool has been developed to identify the early warning signs of burnout. Below we outline the basics| Norwegian SciTech News