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Schizofrenia: When hallucinatory voices suppress real onesWhen a patient afflicted with schizophrenia hears inner voices something is taking place inside the brain that prevents the individual from perceiving real voices. A simple electronic application may help the patient learn to shift focus.
Date: 03.02.2012
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Cod grow larger with more lightLight conditions affect not only a cod’s puberty, but also its muscular development and ultimately its full size. The search for the optimal growth genes that yield the best production cod is well underway.
Date: 10.01.2012
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Petroleum research still vibrantIn 2011 the Research Council of Norway’s Large-scale Programme on Optimal Management of Norwegian Petroleum Resources (PETROMAKS) allocated NOK 155.5 million to 22 new Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector – ranging from monitoring ice drift in the Arctic to treating produced water from petroleum recovery operations.
Date: 27.01.2012
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Stable workload for Norwegian researchersResearchers at Norwegian universities and university colleges work just as much now as they did 10 years ago. The amount of time they spend on research and teaching has remained stable as well. There is a clear correlation between how much academic employees work and how much they publish.
Date: 27.01.2012
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Sustainable plastics research in Norwegian EU project no. 1 000Norway has made its mark in the EU Framework Programme by participating in over 1 000 projects to date. In project number 1 000, Norwegian researchers are developing plastics based on nanofibres from trees.
Date: 25.01.2012
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Better structures with proper compositesComposite materials can withstand tremendous stress, which makes them useful in everything from pipes to speedboats to pedestrian bridges. But exactly how much can these materials actually tolerate? A project with funding from the Research Council of Norway has yielded answers.
Date: 24.01.2012
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Shared workload in dual-earner familiesFor the first time ever, research is being carried out on the degree to which dual-earner families in Norway share paid and unpaid work. A great many couples distribute the total workload fairly evenly between them.
Date: 20.01.2012
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Gaming technology for calculating floodsNorwegian researchers have borrowed a page from game developers to devise simulation technology that can save lives in many parts of the world by helping to reduce the damage from catastrophic floods.
Date: 18.01.2012
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Annual report 2010: Active Norwegian research institutesIn 2010 the independent research institute sector as a whole provided research and development services for NOK 10.4 billion, according to national R&D statistics. This represents about one-quarter of all research activity in Norway.
Date: 18.01.2012
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Less pain for the physically activeA study carried out at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) shows that physically active individuals experience less chronic pain than those who are inactive. The results also reveal a correlation between occurrence of pain and the frequency, amount and intensity of exercise.
Date: 16.01.2012
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NOK 105 million for new research on RussiaThe Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has allocated NOK 105 million to strengthen research on Russia and international relations in the northern areas for the period from 2012 to 2016.
Date: 16.01.2012
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The HAVBRUK programme presents top young investigatorsDuring the period 2008-2013, five top young Norwegian investigators will receive a total of NOK 40 million for their research projects.
Date: 12.01.2012
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Norway strengthens international polar researchThe Norwegian Government will set aside NOK 13 million annually over the next three years to strengthen cooperation on international polar research.
Date: 09.01.2012
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Cancer treatment with minor side effectsSide effects are currently the biggest problem with any cancer treatment. A Norwegian biotech company is drawing closer to the goal of creating a treatment which kills only cancer cells, leaving other cells unaffected.
Date: 06.01.2012
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Instructional video on the RCN grant application systemA simple video is now available which explains the Research Council of Norway’s grant application system and how applications are processed.
Video: How to apply for funding from the RCN
Date: 06.01.2012
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Norwegian-Indian research cooperation on renewable energyThe Research Council of Norway has allocated NOK 18 million to three research projects involving Norwegian and Indian partners on topics ranging from geothermal energy and CO2 storage to wave energy converters.
Date: 04.01.2012
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Will boost innovation in the public sectorThe Research Council of Norway’s new policy for innovation in the public sector is scheduled to be launched in spring 2012. The public sector employs 30 per cent of Norway’s labour force and represents a very large segment of the national economy.
Date: 20.12.2011
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Testing nasal vaccine for HIV treatmentThirty years after AIDS was first described, there is still no effective vaccine against the virus. Researchers are working to find out whether a HIV vaccine developed by a Norwegian biotech company can be administered nasally.
Date: 19.12.2011
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Planning climate research for the post-NORKLIMA eraThe Research Council of Norway’s 10-year Large-scale programme on Climate Change and its Impacts in Norway (NORKLIMA) will draw to a close in 2013. Planning for continued activities in Norwegian climate research is underway.
Date: 16.12.2011
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First national strategy for biotechnologyBiotechnology will lead to new tools for enhancing value creation, improving health, and protecting the environment. This is the vision of the first strategy for biotechnology, presented by the Norwegian Government.
Date: 16.12.2011
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Less blood clot damage with extra treatmentRoughly half the people who get a serious blood clot in the leg experience lasting damage. Norwegian researchers are the first to show that a little-used supplementary treatment can help to prevent such complications.
Date: 15.12.2011
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The RCN Innovation Strategy in EnglishAn English version of the Innovation Strategy for the Research Council of Norway has now been published. The strategy was adopted in October.
Date: 15.12.2011
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Towards a bio-based societyEnough food for everyone, adaptation to climate change, and sustainable closed-loop systems are some of the benefits of the bioeconomy. The Research Council of Norway is proposing a substantial budget increase for boosting bioeconomy-related industrial development.
Date: 14.12.2011
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Health science research growing fastestMedical and health science research is the largest research field in Norway, and activities have increased dramatically in recent years. About NOK 7 billion is invested annually in this type of research.
Date: 13.12.2011
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Better prepared for an E. coli outbreakNew methods speed up the process of identifying the subgroup of E. coli bacteria responsible for an outbreak of illness. At the same time, Norwegian researchers are on the trail of a disinfectant that will inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria in food.
Date: 09.12.2011
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Norwegian ash camera in new passenger planesThanks to a Norwegian invention airlines may be much better prepared when large volcanos erupt.The 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland is estimated to have cost Europe NOK 50 billion.
Date: 08.12.2011
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