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ADHD can be linked to mothers with inflammatory diseases (08.01.2016)
Children of mothers with diseases like asthma or arthritis have up to eighty per cent higher risk of developing ADHD.
Håvard Haarstad, portrait
Moving to large cities is good for the environment (25.11.2015)
Living in the city benefits the environment, says geographer Håvard Haarstad. The Ten Minute City may be the future of urban living.
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UiB and the Paris Climate Conference (05.11.2015)
From the hard sciences to law, the humanities and social sciences – here is how researchers and students at the University of Bergen work to solve the climate challenges.
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Blombos Cave tells the story of mankind’s early ancestors. There are now plans for an archaeologically themed museum close to the site. Photo: TRACSYMBOLS
A museum to highlight Africa as the birthplace of mankind (04.11.2015)
The Blombos Cave in South Africa has given us vast knowledge about our early ancestors. Professor Christopher Henshilwood is working to set up a museum near the archaeological site, highlighting Africa as the birthplace of mankind.
Shoppers on a high street, used to accompany article about the Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale, developed by researchers from the University of Bergen.
Addicted to shopping? (23.09.2015)
A group of researchers at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Bergen (UiB) have developed a new and unique method to measure shopping addiction: The Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale.
from the stage at the opening ceremony
Opening ceremony for the University hall (21.09.2015)
The opening of the University hall on September 2 was one of the great occasions in the history of the University of Bergen.
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How paintings influenced Shakespeare (24.08.2015)
Professor Stuart Sillars is offering a new way of looking at Shakespeare’s plays in his new book, Shakespeare and the Visual Imagination.
Wasp. Illustration
The secret to the success of insects (06.08.2015)
Insects are the most successful group of organisms in the history of life. A discovery of new genes suggests why.
Siri Gloppen
BSRS 2015: Sustainable development can be pursued with legal tools (17.06.2015)
A human rights based approach may make governments legally accountable for the political commitments made in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Kjersti Fløttum from University of Bergen and Endre Tvinnereim from Uni Research Rokkan are co-authors of an article published in Nature Climate Change on 1 June 2015.
What you think about when you hear the words climate change (02.06.2015)
Using a new method, researchers in Bergen discovered that so-called climate sceptics are more ambivalent about climate issues than previously assumed. Their results have now been published in Nature Climate Change.
Photo of micro algae, used to illustrate an article about a new research project.
Turning micro algae into "green" plastic (02.06.2015)
A new research project aims to turn micro algae into recycled plastic and to develop super algae to bind CO2.
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How does the media portray poverty? (28.05.2015)
Research project studies how media uses language to construct and convey conceptions of poverty.
The museum facade
No funding for the University Museum (27.05.2015)
The Natural History Museum building must now remain closed indefinitely as the Norwegian government did not provide funding for the completion of the Museum Project in the Revised Fiscal Budget for 2015.
Bubble snail on black background
Everything you want to know about bubble shells (but are afraid to ask) (17.04.2015)
Researchers from the University Museum of Bergen have gathered and published information about the bubble shell in Species Online.
Thelma Kraft og Kristin Svartveit
Makerere-coordination changes hands (08.04.2015)
Few people at the University of Bergen knows Makerere University in Uganda better than Thelma Kraft. She has facilitated collaboration and capacity building between UiB and "the Harvard of Africa" for fourteen years.
Altered CEL protein accumulates inside the cells (yellow-green color). Cell nuclei are stained blue.
New fusion gene identified (18.03.2015)
Researchers at the University of Bergen have discovered a gene variant that increases the risk of chronic pancreatitis
Professor Katrine Løken
Youngest female Professor in Economics in Norway (17.02.2015)
Katrine Vellesen Løken (31) from the Department of Economics at the University of Bergen is now the youngest female Professor in Economics in Norway ever.
A foraminafera shell, used by geologist Nele Meckler in her climate research.
Climate researcher gets ERC Starting Grant (28.11.2014)
Geologist Nele Meckler works on reconstruction of past climate conditions. She has now received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council to build her own research group at the University of Bergen.

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