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Choice of partner affects healthIndividuals tend to choose partners of equal socio-economic status. This factor may also be significant in terms of health.
Date: 16.01.2013
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Revolutionary treatment for psoriasisThree per cent of the world’s population suffer from the skin condition known as psoriasis. A Norwegian research-based company is close to developing a treatment that could help millions. The research may also prove beneficial in the treatment of other illnesses.
Date: 11.01.2013
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Will simplify basic funding for research institutesThe Research Council of Norway supports a proposed simplification of the funding system for independent research institutes. The Council believes that greater weight should be placed on the commissioned research activity carried out by the institutes when determining the performance-based portion of basic funding.
Date: 11.01.2013
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Simplified reporting of publication dataThe next time researchers start compiling their reports to the Research Council of Norway, they will be able retrieve publications already registered in the CRIStin Research Information System with a simple click of the mouse.
Date: 10.01.2013
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Bugs reveal the richness of species on EarthAn international team of researchers has carried out a survey of the biological diversity in a tropical rainforest. Their efforts have helped them find the key to one of the existential questions to which people have long sought an answer: how many species exist on Earth?
Date: 07.01.2013
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First ever European-African joint call for proposalsIn January, the first ever joint European-African call for proposals will be issued. Norway will participate in the thematic area of renewable energy.
Date: 20.12.2012
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Better opportunities for talented young researchersThe Research Council of Norway has allocated funding for ten new national graduate-level researcher schools. The researcher schools will receive a total of NOK 218 million as part of the effort to enhance doctoral programmes.
Date: 17.12.2012
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Cutting CO2 emissions with innovative technologyResearchers are testing a variety of technological solutions in the battle to reduce CO2 emissions. On this technological front, there is room for not just one but many winners
Date: 17.12.2012
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Nanoscale impulse radar measures depth of snow and iceSnow is the be-all and end-all for alpine ski resorts. Now a tiny sensor has been developed to determine how much cold gold there is on the slopes and how much more should be produced. The sensor is based on Norwegian radar technology and is no larger than a match head.
Date: 17.12.2012
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Enormous interest in Polish-Norwegian research cooperationThe Polish-Norwegian Research Programme, funded under the scheme for EEA and Norway Grants, received a total of 269 joint project proposals for the November application deadline. This is almost four times the number received in the previous programme period.
Date: 17.12.2012
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Big-data research spurs industrial developmentOne of the world’s largest specialist groups within the field of big-data analytics is being assembled in Norway. The centre for Information Access Disruptions (iAD), with its head office in Tromsø, is at the core of this activity.
Date: 13.12.2012
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New report will influence Norwegian energy researchThe Global Energy Assessment Report (GEA) provides policymakers around the world with a variety of pathways they can follow to solve global energy challenges. Research will play an important role in achieving the goals set out in the report.
Date: 06.12.2012
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Funding instruments for regional R&D and innovation evaluatedAn evaluation of the Research Council of Norway’s Programme for Regional R&D and Innovation (VRI) has been carried out midway through the programme period. The evaluation shows that the programme is on the right track, but would benefit from further development.
Date: 05.12.2012
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