Algae can outcompete soya and become big business
Establishment of the Norwegian Centre for Plankton Technology has yet to be completed, but there has nevertheless been high levels of interest from both industry and research.| Norwegian SciTech News
Establishment of the Norwegian Centre for Plankton Technology has yet to be completed, but there has nevertheless been high levels of interest from both industry and research.| Norwegian SciTech News
First time cultivation of red Porphyra algae in a Norwegian lab.| Norwegian SciTech News
Scientists are using alginate from seaweed to try to get cells to form new body parts.| Norwegian SciTech News
Conflicting consequences of climate change for Arctic geese | Norwegian SciTech News
That midlife crisis in your 40s actually comes with some benefits. Fewer headaches are one of them.| Norwegian SciTech News
Kelp-eating microalgae offer huge potential | Norwegian SciTech News
The Arctic’s once impenetrable ice cap is melting away, with profound consequences for everything from ocean circulation patterns to fish numbers and diversity. The Nansen Legacy Project, including NTNU biologists, chemists and engineers, is working to better understand what these changes mean for the Barents Sea and the Arctic Basin| Norwegian SciTech News
AI has become a tool that more and more people are using to create both text and images. But AI can also help a pressured healthcare system.| Norwegian SciTech News
How your brain helps you as you get older | Norwegian SciTech News
A small, blue-coloured organ in our brain plays a central role in how we interpret our surroundings. It can also adapt as we age.| Norwegian SciTech News
Large language models like ChatGPT and Copilot are useful for many things. However, they are not yet good enough to imitate the way people speak.| Norwegian SciTech News
Artificial intelligence of the future will be in the form of small, specialized models.| Norwegian SciTech News
Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and cleanup, a new study shows.| Norwegian SciTech News
Waiting until water damage occurs is expensive. But it also doesn't make financial sense to replace pipes too early. We looked into the best time to do it.| Norwegian SciTech News
Different building materials carry different climate footprints. Norwegian natural stone, such as Otta slate, turns out to have surprisingly good properties as a façade material.| Norwegian SciTech News
When disaster strikes, a small robot steps in to save lives. The researchers have dubbed it a “Smurf.” It uses its eyes, ears and nose to find survivors in collapsed buildings.| Norwegian SciTech News
People with bipolar disorder are taking to YouTube to talk about it. Researchers believe this may have a range of benefits| Norwegian SciTech News
‘Bubbles’ – taste that word – and think soda, soap, play and well-being. But did you know that air bubbles can also reduce fuel consumption and emissions from oceangoing vessels?| Norwegian SciTech News
Self-driving cars need to know exactly where on the road they are located at all times. A new invention could revolutionize the development of driverless vehicles – and give us more accurate GPS on our mobile phones and fitness watches too.| Norwegian SciTech News
For the first time, researchers are measuring the brain processes that control an infant's first arm movements. The findings may shatter old myths about the immature baby brain.| Norwegian SciTech News
Children born with very low birth weights are at an increased risk of cognitive, emotional and behavioral problems throughout their lives. But what exactly happens in the brain to cause these problems?| Norwegian SciTech News
In the age of smartphones and social media, the number of adolescents and young adults in Norway with depression and anxiety has doubled.| Norwegian SciTech News
Poorer gross motor skills may help explain the link being born prematurely and the tendency to engage less in physical activity.| Norwegian SciTech News
Education saves lives regardless of age, sex, location, and social and demographic backgrounds, a study just published in The Lancet shows.| Norwegian SciTech News
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Norway can save investment costs of a staggering 25 billion NOK [ca. €2.1 billion] in the power grid by upgrading the quality of insulation paper used in transformers – dramatically increasing their lifespans.| Norwegian SciTech News
Copepods are the perfect food package for marine fish larvae, such as cod, tuna and halibut. Now research shows that it is possible to drastically increase the production of the fish fry's superfood.| Norwegian SciTech News
Some spiders can eat their partners. Some of the most extreme stars, the so-called "spider pulsars", can do that too.| Norwegian SciTech News
Bees are nature's own warning signal. Placing sensors in their hives allows researchers to see when the bees need help doing their job.| Norwegian SciTech News
Young people who have experienced bullying, divorce, violence or abuse are significantly more likely to be anxious in the dentist’s chair.| Norwegian SciTech News
How can we save wild salmon from extinction, and at the same time ensure farmed salmon a life free from lice and other suffering?| Norwegian SciTech News
The spent grain from beer brewing can be used to make microcapsules that can preserve omega-3 oils and medicines.| Norwegian SciTech News
Schoolchildren born late in the year are at greater risk of developing mental health problems compared with their older peers.| Norwegian SciTech News
Razor-thin solution makes fuel cells cheaper and more environmentally friendly | Norwegian SciTech News
Lectures continue to dominate university teaching, but more group work and alternative assignments can have a much more positive effect.| Norwegian SciTech News
When a motorized hospital robot can talk, people find it engaging. That may help people accept new technologies, like robots.| Norwegian SciTech News
Reoffending after serving time in prison is a common problem. A new study identifies what it takes to break the cycle.| Norwegian SciTech News
Ice formation aircraft and drones can lead to problems. But a new material repels cold water droplets before they freeze.| Norwegian SciTech News
Stress is a global epidemic that can be caused by a sedentary lifestyle. One solution is obvious.| Norwegian SciTech News
Do you suffer from back pain? The solution may be to go for a walk – as long as you do it regularly. Volume matters most, not intensity.| Norwegian SciTech News
Europe is falling behind in the innovation and technology race. But you can always find enterprisers who buck the trend.| Norwegian SciTech News
Why did so many Jews find their way to Trondheim before the Second World War? Microhistory can help shed light.| Norwegian SciTech News
Fishers working from small vessels are at the greatest risk | Norwegian SciTech News
Norway leads the world when it comes to the use of robots in the aquaculture sector. But how do these robots actually impact on the fish?| Norwegian SciTech News
Research scientists from 16 countries are joining forces to make a bulk carrier climate neutral – all with the help of a new power train.| Norwegian SciTech News
If anything goes wrong with your heart, it is critical to get the right treatment quickly. Artificial intelligence can help with just this – and more lives can be saved.| Norwegian SciTech News
Some people are very anxious. Others are enthusiastic. But how intelligent is AI, really?| Norwegian SciTech News
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
Energy consumption cut by 30 percent – without expensive upgrades | Norwegian SciTech News
How climate-friendly is the urban development in your municipality? A new tool helps planners compare alternatives.| Norwegian SciTech News
Fully possible to make residential construction more environmentally friendly | 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
Making it easier to recycle your house | Norwegian SciTech News
Can the way snow sparkles give us better avalanche warnings and safer autonomous cars?| Norwegian SciTech News
“We must develop thinkers. Not crammers and fact-experts” | Norwegian SciTech News
Geography as a school subject is under pressure. There aren't enough qualified teachers and it loses out to other subjects in school. In many countries, important aspects are left out of the curricula.| Norwegian SciTech News
A project that American researchers had given up on. An absent-minded professor who had disliked school as a child. A good portion of curiosity. That is how the story of the Norwegian Ugelstad spheres began. Today they save millions of lives.| Norwegian SciTech News
A new invention could make today’s heavy electric vehicle batteries lighter, safer and increase their range.| Norwegian SciTech News
A new method makes it possible to gain an extensive overview of the materials in our homes. It could be an important step toward a more circular economy.| Norwegian SciTech News
“It's not the politicians, but Big Tech, that now get to decide how technology should be used,” said Heidrun Åm.| Norwegian SciTech News
Cancer patients can regain full health with immunotherapy. Now researchers are hunting for the perfect curel with the help of a very special robot. No one has done this before.| Norwegian SciTech News
Some people never forget a face. This is an ability police forces around the world find very useful – and AI means the skill has other uses.| Norwegian SciTech News
A small larval fish is providing surprising insight into how the brain can react when water temperatures rise.| Norwegian SciTech News
Fish can adapt their metabolisms to cope with warmer ocean temperatures, but not necessarily with extreme heat.| Norwegian SciTech News
The richly decorated portal at Urnes stave church has often been interpreted in light of paganism, but that's wrong, a new study shows.| Norwegian SciTech News
Allowing Norwegian farmers to buy and sell excess electricity they generate is good for everyone. Today's regulations prevent this.| Norwegian SciTech News
Super-recognizers | Norwegian SciTech News
Fully possible to make residential construction more environmentally friendly | Norwegian SciTech News
Recent research shows that the unexplained and painful fat that is difficult to lose hurts less on a low-carb diet.| 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
Greenhouse gas emissions from residential construction in West Asia and North Africa can be significantly reduced.| Norwegian SciTech News
A new electronic voting system can withstand attacks from quantum computers, meaning digital elections can be conducted securely, even in the future.| Norwegian SciTech News
Women's health continues to be given low priority. But a new video provides important information on how to strengthen the pelvic floor after childbirth.| Norwegian SciTech News
Autonomous vessels need to be more afraid of dying | Norwegian SciTech News
Developing a new cure for lung cancer | Norwegian SciTech News
The Detectives: Hunting toxic chemicals in the Arctic | 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
Research institutions from Norway and elsewhere have collected a great amount of data from the northern oceans. But who should control it?| Norwegian SciTech News
Micro workouts are all the talk right now. Effective physical activity in small doses provides great health benefits, researchers have found.| 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
Twice as many women as men suffer from headaches. Migraines are the leading cause of disability for people under the age of 50.| 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
Two tiny Scandinavian settlements in Greenland persisted from the late 980s to 1450, and then vanished. Was the walrus tusk trade the reason?| Norwegian SciTech News
A new study provides a comprehensive catalogue of more than 16,000 known plastic chemicals, with their properties, uses and hazards. The goal is to enable safer plastic production.| Norwegian SciTech News
Afraid of the dentist? The cause may be something different from what you think | Norwegian SciTech News
Employers have to address many new challenges now that working from home is here to stay after the pandemic.| Norwegian SciTech News
Allowing elderly people to live at home for as long as possible has a downside. Caring for the elderly has been left worn-out family.| 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
Ten institutions followed in Fridtjof Nansen's footsteps in a collaborative investigation of the Barents Sea now documented in a new book.| Norwegian SciTech News
The mechanisms in the brain that should reduce pain don’t work as well in people with migraine when they haven’t gotten enough sleep.| Norwegian SciTech News
Young, female, well-educated, working and live in a big city in a rich EU country? You're probably among those who are most satisfied.| Norwegian SciTech News
The need to cool down computers eats into the world's energy consumption. By using liquid instead of air, we can save large amounts of energy.| Norwegian SciTech News
156 working fishermen lost their life since the new millennium. A safety researcher at SINTEF says that this only goes to underline the message delivered in a report recently published by her team.| Norwegian SciTech News
How the unlikely combination of WWII Norway and a jumble of personalities helped build modern Norway, one aluminium ingot at a time.| Norwegian SciTech News
One in ten Norwegian adolescents has engaged in deliberate self-harm without intending to commit suicide. Parents' own stress can affect this.| Norwegian SciTech News
Several studies show that burnout is more about depressive stress in everyday life than specifically about work.| Norwegian SciTech News
