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Antarktis Dobbel (11.04.2024) (30.04.2024)

Polar Network Event, Bergen, April 11, 2024 On Thursday, April 11, we had the first event of the Polar Science Network this year.The event took place at Mao’s Lille Røde (Det Akademisk Kvarter) with two exciting and different perspectives of fieldwork in Antarctica. The first presentation was given by Elin Darelius about her recent fieldwork on the Fimbul ice shelf. She and a group of... Read more

PMG is a partner of the new FME gigaCCS (30.04.2024)

The Research Council of Norway recently announced a significant investment in a new research center on carbon capture, transport, and storage (CCS) in Norway, of which the porous media group is a proud partner. gigaCCS is a Centre for Environment-Friendly Energy Research (FME) that will develop Norway's CCS competence and contribute to the global implementation of CCS on a gigatonne scale.

IACR Fellows with the Selmer Center (28.04.2024)

The International Association of Cryptological Research (IACR) elected Vincent in 2019 and Claude in 2022 as IACR fellows for their contributions and services to the community.

Bachelor in Cybersecurity? Most Satisfied at the University of Begen! (28.04.2024)

According to the Study Barometer, those who study Data Security are among the university's most satisfied.

Vincent Rijmen will be the Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, KU LEUVEN (28.04.2024)

Acid mine drainage at a black smoker analogue (26.04.2024)

Last week, four members of the Centre for Deep Sea Research led a field excursion for the GEOV-109 Introduction to Geochemistry course at a former pyrite mine in Sunnhordland Geopark.

Lionel Christiaen presents at the conference

The Centre celebrates the oceans during One Ocean Week (25.04.2024)

Amidst the festivities of One Ocean Week, researchers from the Michael Sars Centre embraced the opportunity to engage with the public on Family Day and participate in the Ocean Outlook conference.

Inge Althuizen measuring carbon fluxes in northern Norway

Tundra might turn from carbon sink into carbon source due to global warming (24.04.2024)

Tundra ecosystems hold vast amounts of carbon, which is projected to be released into the atmosphere under climate warming. Researchers from the department of Biological Sciences contributed to this important and alarming new paper in Nature, led by researchers from Umeå University in Sweden.

Tundra might turn into a carbon source by global warming (24.04.2024)

A new study in Nature collects large datasets from tundra around the world, showing how reveals how a warming climate might shift the tundra environment from a carbon sink to a carbon source.

Geoscience Professor and Diversity Advocate Named Honorary Doctor (24.04.2024)

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences' new honorary doctor, Christopher Aiden-Lee Jackson, is honored for his research that has significantly impacted our understanding of earthquakes, volcanism, and the extraction of natural resources. Moreover, he is recognized for his dedication to diversity, inclusion, and equality.

$fingering plot in fractured porous media$

Numerical Simulations of Viscous Fingering in Fractured Porous Media (19.04.2024)

This paper study the impact of fractures on the unstable displacement of viscous fingers. Particular focus is given the transition from a regime where the flow is dominated by the viscous instabilities, to a regime where the heterogeneity induced by the fractures define the flow paths.

Cross-phyla insights into iGluR function: From rat NMDA receptors to placozoan leak channels (18.04.2024)

Researchers from the Lynagh Group reveal how minor amino acid variations in ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) can lead to major functional changes across animal phyla.

A week of Marine Science in Bergen (12.04.2024)

A lot is happening next week in Bergen, with among other the One Ocean week and the Ocean outlook events. Several members of the Centre for Deep Sea Research are involved in various events.

Unlocking larval settlement in marine invertebrates / Curr. Biol., Feb. 8, 2024 (Vol. 34, Issue 6)

Unlocking larval settlement in marine invertebrates (12.04.2024)

A new video abstract for Current Biology explores how specific chemical cues control the settlement and metamorphosis of Ciona larvae. Watch the film to hear researchers from the Chatzigeorgiou Group discuss their findings.

Polar Express Presentation by Stjn De Schepper

Polar Express 2023 (24.11.2023) (10.04.2024)

This Polar Express, we had 7 Project presentations and 6 presentations of recent Polar Science articles from Bergen, which were presented on Friday, November 24, in the Bjerknes Lecture Room (West Wing, Geophysical Institute, 4th floor).

Inga Berre elected to the Scientific Advisory Council of GFZ for 2024-2027 (09.04.2024)

GFZ is Germany's national research center for solid Earth sciences. Its mission is to improve our understanding of the solid earth's dynamics and create solutions for society's major problems.