Research

The paper "Measurement Error, Luck and Risk-Taking by University Students in a Repeated Risky Investment Game" written by Stein Holden, Sarah Ephrida Tione, Mesfin Tilahun and Samson Katengeza has bee…

Working with the utilization of biobased resources or products? Curious about how we can make the most of the biological resources available to us in a sustainable way? Join us for a “glimpse of the f…

Today we mark 36th anniversary of the Chornobyl accident. Can a Chornobyl-type accident happen again? "No", says our director Deborah Oughton.

Professor Deborah Oughton started as new director for NMBU's Norwegian Centre of Excellence, CERAD, the 1st of February 2020. She sees a bright future and many new and interesting research questions f…

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences will explore the consequences that the development of space infrastructures in the High North has for the Arctic region. 

A global study looking at the presence of pharmaceuticals in the world’s rivers found concentrations at potentially toxic levels in more than a quarter of the locations studied.

A new study maps the full scale of a vast region of peatland in the heart of the Congo Basin, revealing it to be 15% bigger than previously thought.

Robots that pick the finest berries, and sensors that find the best and healthiest raw produce. New technology will provide us with better food at cheaper prices.

Thorvald is a lightweight, battery-driven, autonomous agricultural robot, developed by students and researchers in the robotics group at the Faculty of Science and Technology, NMBU.

If we want our food crops to adapt to climate change and other stresses, we need to allow more involvement from small-holder farmers in the development of our seed systems.