When it comes to lung cancer, we know of more than 30 substances that are carcinogenic. But when researchers began investigating why there is a higher incidence of prostate cancer in firefighters, they had little to go on.
In Norway, women and men largely share household chores. Nonetheless, it is still women who bear the overall responsibility for keeping track of everything that needs to be done, despite many decades of women's rights advocacy.
For centuries, intelligence, conspiracies, and love letters have been concealed in coded language. Now, digital tools can crack the old codes.
Since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and ambulances have been subjected to targeted attacks by Russia. This is a direct violation of the Geneva Conventions.
Many are puzzled by the support for Trump by evangelicals and the apparent distance between Trump’s behavior and the moral and ethical standards traditionally seen in conservative Christianity. But according to Associate Professor Allison Murray, there may not be much of a distance after all.
How do you build identity and culture without a state? According to historian Toufoul Abou-Hodeib, Palestinians turn to embroidery, poetry, and music, and not least, the thought of one day being able to return home.?
Thomas Mathiesen was a prominent figure in Norwegian and international sociology of law. His groundbreaking theories on prisons, surveillance, and the power structures within society have shaped the field and continue to inspire new generations of researchers.
Even though digitalisation is in full swing, most Norwegians are now ambivalent about life online, according to media researchers at the University of Oslo.?
In the largest study conducted to date on the genetics of bipolar disorder, researchers have identified 36 genes linked to the condition. This marks a significant step toward understanding the genetic factors behind bipolar disorder, which could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment in the future.
The audience holds their breath in unison, and when the music turns emotional, everyone sits perfectly still together. These are the initial findings from the world's largest music experiment.?
Scientists need to understand how microscopic water droplets and ice crystals form in clouds in order to predict what the climate will be like in the future.
200 million women have been cut worldwide. Researchers investigate ways to eradicate the practice, including the role of less harmful types of circumcision.
Their internal wounds represent the greatest health problem for Palestinians. A life of uncertainty is the worst of them.
Politicians seeking re-elections may benefit from weak, ineffective climate agreements.
Exhaust gas emissions have doubled the amount of ground-level ozone. Vegetation is being destroyed. Food production is decreasing. Researchers now fear that the damage is greatest in the Arctic regions.
Although the war in Syria is in its eighth year, statisticians have established that the world is becoming increasingly peaceful.
Fraudsters who cheat on their taxes, launder money or con insurance companies are facing uncertain times. New statistical methods are increasing the likelihood that they will be caught.
In ten years, computers will be able to propose the most suitable cancer treatment for you. The idea is to simulate how all possible combinations of existing cancer treatments will work on your particular tumour.
The chance of major ship disasters at sea can be reduced by statistical methods. The trick is to interpret the large amounts of data streaming in from the many sensors in the ship, making it possible to sound the alarm on time.
In cooperation with NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, scientists at the University of Oslo are now set to reveal the mysteries of physics in the atmosphere by launching eleven rockets.
The professor whose face is emblazoned on the Norwegian 200-kroner banknote was forgotten for nearly 60 years. Today he is considered one of Norway’s greatest researchers ever.
Burial mounds may equally well mark the tomb of a house as that of a human, archaeologist argues.
200ノルウェークローネ紙幣に肖像が採用されたほどの著名であったのに、60年近く忘れられていたこの教授は、今日、ノルウェーの名だたる科学者の一人と評価されています。
In the future, solar cells can become twice as efficient by employing a few smart little nano-tricks.
Inequalities are increasing globally. Millions of people work for an income that does not provide them with a living, and welfare states and trade unions are under pressure. A basic wage that increases in line with economic progress can reverse this development, according to two leading economists.
