Category: Research & Science

Make a Difference Movement Mondays program for dementia patients in Norway Mona Anita K. Olsen, Ph.D. University of Stavanger The Nordic Health 2030 publication was published this fall (www.nordicinnovation.org/2019/nordic-health-2030), noting many interesting ideas about...

Here are five tips on how to exercise your way to better health Åge Harald Drangshold Fædrelandsvennen Translated by Andy Meyer Primary care doctors Marius Bakken and Ole Petter Hjelle want to give certain...

A conundrum for Norway M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Norway is a long, mountainous country exposed to the winds of the North Atlantic. For wind power, that’s both good and bad news. The good...

Profiles of Norwegian Science Ilan Kelman Agder, Norway Three hundred scientists gathered near Oslo in the first week of November to discuss their research on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. The occasion was the...

Norwegian National Election Studies Ilan Kelman Agder, Norway The dust has settled from September’s local elections, with the elected governments now onto the tasks of governing. It is just two years until the next...

Satellite technology in service of cultural heritage Marit Fosse Geneva We don’t think about it normally, but satellite images have a variety of uses beyond what we are used to imagining. Cultural heritage surveillance...

Profiles of Norwegian science Ilan Kelman Agder, Norway Fossil fuels are out; the future is in. No matter what one thinks of climate change, we know that fossil fuels are a finite resource and...

Profiles of Norwegian science Ilan Kelman Agder, Norway Education is lifelong. And so is research about formal education. A tremendous variety and impressive depth of science has emerged from Norwegian researchers, covering teaching and...

University of Bergen scientists identify ancient geographical feature in the Arctic M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway In April, University of Bergen scientists reported finding the world’s biggest-ever river delta plain. It’s not one of...

Profiles of Norwegian science Ilan Kelman Agder, Norway Cruel, harsh, and dangerous are often depictions of the Arctic. One mistake or a bit of bad luck and your life ends in the depths of...