Home
University of Bergen
Faculty of Science and Technology

News archive for Faculty of Science and Technology

Two papers from Bergen to be presented at FOCS 2013 (26.08.2013)
At FOCS 2013, one of the two highest ranked conferences in Theoretical Computer Science, the following two papers will be presented, with co-authors associated to Bergen highlighted in boldface:
Professor Noel Keenlyside, Geophysical Institute and the...
The North Atlantic Ocean drives the weather (21.08.2013)
Jacob Bjerknes, the father of modern weather forecasting, suggested a connection between European weather and temperatures in the North Atlantic. Fifty years later, the Bjerknes Centre in Bergen helps to prove that Bjerknes was right in his prediction.
New course (MAT-ENVIR) in collaboration with Princeton University (21.08.2013)
This fall semester, Professor Michael A. Celia of Princeton University will be teaching a special topics course focused on standard analytical and numerical solution methods for partial differential equations, with an emphasis on equations that describe various kinds of environmental transport processes.
High densities of ungulates can prevent forest regeneration, as all the young...
Provocative suggestions for wildlife management (13.08.2013)
Why on earth would researchers consider hunting practices that deliberately induce stress and fear?
Digestive tract cross-section from an Atlantic cod larvae
Fish larva research yielding important results (13.08.2013)
Knowing more about fish larva nutrition will have a significant impact on future aquaculture industry practices.
A number of factors influence teleost larva.
Fish larva are fantastically plastic (13.08.2013)
This knowledge will have a significant impact on future aquaculture industry practices.
A Visit from the Minister of the Environment (06.08.2013)
August 1st, 2013 the Norwegian Minister of the Environment, Bård Vegard Solhjell, paid a visit to UiB to hear more about the Norwegian volcanoes that lie beneath the sea surface.
Olav Moberg conducting the experiment to study how growing environment...
Stimulating environment is good for fish (01.08.2013)
A new study, covered by the BBC News and published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, shows that salmon growing in a stimulating environment become smarter.