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Offshore wind farms can "steal" wind from each other (31.10.2023)

Offshore wind farms can “steal” the capacity of other farms by up to 20 percent up to 50 kilometres away, due to wake loss. The regulation is ambiguous and needs to be developed to accommodate large-scale offshore wind development in the North Sea and other ocean areas, according to PhD Candidate Eirik Finseraas at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen.

Jenny Macalli, scientist at SapienCE Collecting data loggers inside Bloukrantz cave, February 2023

Decoding Past Climates through Dripstones (26.10.2023)

A recent study demonstrates how dripstones can be crucial for reconstructing past climates. The new approach can provide a detailed picture of the climate around early human occupations in South Africa.

Image from the documentary film Deep Rising.

Exploring the unknown deep sea (25.10.2023)

“There are huge knowledge gaps regarding the deep sea. My scientific project is to help fill some of those knowledge gaps,” says researcher Pedro Ribeiro. Inadvertently, this has led him and his colleagues into the hot topic debate on deep-sea mining.

Faster growth of the placenta is linked to increased risk of preeclampsia (17.10.2023)

Research sheds light on how genetics influences the growth of the placenta and reveals a link to increased risk of disease in the mother.

Nordic Developmental Biology Societies & Michael Sars Symposium Joint Meeting (13.10.2023)

We cordially invite you to join us in Bergen, Norway from Tuesday 28th until Friday 31st May 2024!

Mann med halvlangt blondt hår smiler inn i kamera. Han står utenfor SV-fakultetet

New study: Working from home may have negative effects on your career (12.10.2023)

A new study from UiB provides the first empirical evidence that 'implicit competition' in the workplace has an impact on job promotions and salary increases.

"Need for research on EU and EEA law" (06.10.2023)

"There is a great need for research on EU and EEA law," says Minister of Labour and Inclusion, Marte Mjøs Persen. The Minister was speaking at the opening of UiB's new Centre for the Europeanization of Norwegian Law, CENTENOL.

Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in Literature (05.10.2023)

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023 has been awarded to author Jon Fosse. Fosse is an honorary doctor and alumnus at the University of Bergen.

Study: The trust in child welfare services varies greatly between European countries (03.10.2023)

Somewhat surprisingly, Norway finds itself at the bottom alongside Romania, in a study of trust in child welfare services in six European countries.

First article from a PhD at the Pandemic Center published (03.10.2023)

PhD candidate Pierina Benavente at the Pandemic Center has recently published her first article in an international journal. In the article, she presents findings about the health situation among migrant working in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic.