Ålesund’s digital twin visits Geneva
An interview with the city’s mayor and the technical mind behind the digital model shows how cities can tinker with large-scale questions to make a smarter future Marit Fosse Geneva, Switzerland In an event...
Category: Research & Science
The Arctic story is tragedy—and triumph
Profiles of Norwegian science Ilan Kelman Agder, Norway Norway as an Arctic state has seen its share of northern tragedy. The polar hero Roald Amundsen disappeared over the Barents Sea in 1928 while searching...
Wind power getting boost in Norway
Profiles of Norwegian Science M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway Norway is a world leader in renewable energy, principally by being a major hydroelectric power producer (seventh in the world, behind China in first place,...
Vaccine coalition aims to avert epidemics
CEPI, a global vaccine research alliance launched in 2017, is headquartered in Oslo M. Michael Brady Asker, Norway We all know that the population of the world is growing, that humans are increasingly mobile,...
Is farmed salmon environmentally friendly?
Farmed v. wild salmon Eric Stavney Mukilteo, Wash. In the first installment of this two-part article (“Farmed v. wild salmon: Is farmed salmon safe and healthy?” www.norwegianamerican.com/features/farmed-salmon-safe-healthy) we examined the practice of farming of...
Is farmed salmon safe and healthy?
Farmed v. wild salmon Eric Stavney Mukilteo, Wash. This is the part one of a two-part article. This issue: Is farmed salmon as healthy to eat as wild salmon? Next issue: Is salmon farming...
A sporting chance for research
Profiles of Norwegian science Ilan Kelman Agder, Norway It’s winter! Which hopefully means snow. And with snow comes skiing, recreational and competitive, along with the science that helps all athletes and athlete-wannabees. One recent...
Is competitive research funding best?
Profiles of Norwegian science Ilan Kelman Agder, Norway A good proportion of scientific research in Norway is completed through grants awarded by a competitive process. Researchers write applications, proposing what they wish to do....
How best to train for a maritime crisis
Profiles of Norwegian science Ilan Kelman Agder, Norway In 2018, who would expect a shipping collision in Norway, especially with excellent visibility? On Nov. 10, near Bergen, the Royal Norwegian Navy’s frigate Helge Ingstad...
Nobel’s legacy and the “other” prizes
A look at this year’s winners—and the structure of the science prize categories John Erik Stacy The Norwegian American The legacy of Alfred Nobel is best known for the Peace Prize awarded in Oslo...
