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Fully automated football analysis
Using entirely new electronic solutions, football coaches can provide their players with video analysis as early as half-time or immediately following a match.
Published: 26.10.2012 -
Simulating secure CO2 storage
The race is on to develop the most secure solution for storing CO2 in the earth’s crust. A small Norwegian company has developed a method for studying precisely how this greenhouse gas is bound inside rock.
Published: 22.10.2012 -
More money for the science centres
Norway’s eight science centres will get a long-awaited increase of NOK 8.8 million in the national budget for 2013. This means the Research Council of Norway can distribute more than NOK 35 million to the science centres next year.
Published: 18.10.2012 -
Research Council recognises excellence in research, communication and innovation
The Research Council of Norway’s awards for outstanding research, communication and innovation were recently presented at the Council’s annual Evening of Excellence.
Published: 21.09.2012 -
Developing a new ultrasound technology
European research groups are joining forces to develop a new ultrasound system and improve treatment for heart patients. The Norwegian Center for Cardiological Innovation (CCI) will play a key role.
Published: 14.09.2012 -
Revolutionised production of titanium components may revamp industry
Norwegian titanium companies have been granted funding to develop a brand-new production technology, which may mark the beginning of a revolution in industry worth billions.
Published: 06.09.2012 -
Women academics stymied by X-factor?
When the percentage of women and men at the various rungs of the Norwegian academic career ladder is depicted in a diagram, the figure resembles an X. The Research Council of Norway will now implement measures to give more women a chance to overcome this mysterious X-factor.
Published: 31.08.2012 -
Computer program recognises any language
New technology that allows computers to recognise any language without pre-learning stands to revolutionise automatic speech recognition.
Published: 21.08.2012 -
Finding the nano-needle in the haystack
Norwegian researchers are among the first in the world to use radioactivity to trace nanoparticles in experimental animals and soil. Their findings have made it easier to identify any negative environmental impact of nanoparticles, which are found in an increasing number of products.
Published: 15.08.2012 -
Internet research to level the playing field
Short delays on the Internet can have serious consequences for share-traders or players of online computer games. Norwegian ICT researchers intend to do something about it.
Published: 01.08.2012 -
More research in Norwegian companies
A record-breaking number of grant applications submitted to the Research Council’s Programme for User-driven Research-based Innovation (BIA) has led to the award of NOK 500 million to 59 projects.
Published: 29.05.2012 -
29 SFF applicants continue to final round
The top research groups in Norway are competing for status as Centres of Excellence (SFF centres) beginning in 2013. Twenty-nine applicants have been invited to participate in the final selection round.
Published: 18.05.2012 -
Customised computing clouds on the horizon
Cloud services currently on the market do not provide sufficient security. According to one Norwegian research scientist, users are better off forming cloud computing ties among their circle of friends, family, town or municipality.
Published: 02.04.2012 -
From food waste to bus fuel and biofertiliser
Banana peel, coffee grounds and other food waste will be transformed into green fuel for Oslo’s city buses starting next year. The Norwegian capital’s new biogas plant will also supply nutrient-rich biofertiliser for agriculture.
Published: 16.03.2012 -
Smart work clothing for sub-zero temperatures
Working outside in a cold environment for any length of time is difficult with the protective clothing currently available. Innovative, warmer garments must be developed for those taking part in drilling operations under sub-zero conditions.
Published: 07.03.2012 -
From FUGE to BIOTEK2021
The Research Council of Norway recently launched its new large-scale initiative for biotechnology: Biotechnology for innovation (BIOTEK2021). The programme replaces the Programme on Functional Genomics in Norway (FUGE).
Published: 23.02.2012 -
Video conferencing with problem-free sound
Increasingly, companies are using video conferencing as a communications tool that saves time and money. The reduced need for travel is also beneficial to the environment. Norwegian researchers have made an important breakthrough in efforts towards achieving optimal video conference acoustics.
Published: 14.02.2012 -
Must learn more about pollutants
Norway is taking an active role in improving international regulation of chemicals. First, however, more knowledge is needed about hormone disruptors, cocktail effects and the environmental impact of nano-products.
Published: 07.02.2012 -
Better structures with proper composites
Composite 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.
Published: 24.01.2012 -
The RCN Innovation Strategy in English
An English version of the Innovation Strategy for the Research Council of Norway has now been published. The strategy was adopted in October.
Published: 15.12.2011 -
Norwegian ash camera in new passenger planes
The ash cloud resulting from the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland is estimated to have cost Europe NOK 50 billion. When at some point in the future her big sister Katla volcano erupts, airlines may be much better prepared. In summer 2012, the fourth-largest airline in the world – easyJet – will begin using a new Norwegian gadget.
Published: 08.12.2011 -
Sound solutions for offshore power plants
Building wind turbines that withstand salty storms at sea is relatively straightforward – but doing it on a large scale while keeping costs in check is a far less simple proposition. Together, Norwegian researchers and engineers are working out the best possible solutions.
Published: 01.12.2011 -
Improved tools for maximising offshore wind power
Wind farms can get the most out of nature’s forces when the wind turbines are optimally aligned relative to each other, and when designers can simulate the effects of wind and waves on turbines and their foundations. A Norwegian research project has provided wind farm developers with some valuable new tools.
Published: 01.12.2011 -
Gearing up for cheaper wind power
Norwegian company Angle Wind and its partners have developed a new type of eccentric gear configuration for offshore wind turbines. A marked improvement over conventional planetary gearboxes, the new solution will be able to cut the cost of wind farms substantially.
Published: 01.12.2011 -
Full HD in a pill
Cameras ingested in the form of a pill make it possible to examine areas of the stomach and intestines that cannot be reached using traditional equipment. Norwegian researchers are busy developing the next-generation camera pill.
Published: 25.11.2011 -
Ten years of successful Norwegian nano research
The Research Council of Norway’s Programme on Nanotechnology and New Materials (NANOMAT) is being concluded after ten years of pioneering activity. The results will serve as inspiration for the new programme in the field that is soon to be established.
Published: 11.11.2011 -
Innovation, energy and climate
Interest in research cooperation between Norway and North America has never been greater. On 25-28 October, 350 participants gathered at University of California Berkeley and Stanford University for Transatlantic Science Week 2011. This year’s theme was “Innovation Frontiers”.
Published: 03.11.2011 -
Eleven infrastructure projects awarded grants in October funding round
Eleven new infrastructure projects have received the green light from the Research Council in this funding round to realise investments of NOK 400 million in equipment. Each project proposal involves multiple research groups.
Published: 02.11.2011 -
Sifting out genetic defects from mounds of data
Within a decade, a combination of advanced measurement techniques and statistics will enable scientists to develop methods to diagnose serious diseases caused by genetic defects. Ten years after that, there may be medicines available to repair these defects.
Published: 19.09.2011 -
New agreement on research cooperation with Russia
The Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Research Council of Norway. Through joint calls in areas of common interest, both parties hope to gain in quality and create new synergies.
Published: 14.09.2011
