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Scientists are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus in Africa

Scientists are concerned about the spread of the coronavirus in Africa

Due to the shortage of clean water and soap, weak healthcare systems and great poverty, many African countries are poorly equipped to deal with the rapid spread of Covid-19 across the continent.

Digital brains are key in understanding how the human brain works, and how it can be fixed when broken

Digital brains are key in understanding how the human brain works, and how it can be fixed when broken

Scientists simulate models of the human brain to understand how cell and system levels in the brain interact. In this way, they hope that we will understand brain disease better.

Stressed tropical forests will soon be releasing more carbon than they absorb

Stressed tropical forests will soon be releasing more carbon than they absorb

Tropical forests have been considered an important buffer against anthropogenic climate change. Scientists have followed 300 000 trees in Africa and the Amazon for 30 years, and their results show that the ability of these forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is diminishing rapidly.

Traditional architecture gives better sense of well-being than contemporary glass and steel buildings

Traditional architecture gives better sense of well-being than contemporary glass and steel buildings

This is the finding of a recent study where researchers have used the latest in virtual reality technology (VR).

What drives species extinction?

What drives species extinction?

A new NMBU-led project will use millions of wildlife photos and powerful statistical tools to answer one of conservation science’s most fundamental questions: why do species go extinct?

Climate-smart solutions for dry forest ecosystem services and resources in Ethiopia

Climate-smart solutions for dry forest ecosystem services and resources in Ethiopia

A new NMBU-project is going to build a climate-smart policy and management framework for conservation and use of dry forest ecosystem services and resources in Ethiopia.

New project on climate smart forestry in Norway

New project on climate smart forestry in Norway

A new, large project, coordinated by NMBU, aims at facilitating climate smart forestry in Norway.  The project will provide forest managers with tools that improve forest resilience to climate change, and contribute to reduced green house gas emissions by substituting fossil based products with forest products, and at the same time, provide increased and sustainable economic returns to the forest owner.   

Scientists uncover supergene that causes gender differences in ocean migration in rainbow trout

Scientists uncover supergene that causes gender differences in ocean migration in rainbow trout

What determines whether a fish migrates into the sea or not? Research breakthrough published in Nature Ecology & Evolution provides significant new insights.

NMBU professor on list of highly cited researchers

NMBU professor on list of highly cited researchers

NMBU’s professor Douglas Sheil features on a new list of Highly Cited Researchers. Sheil is an ecologist with more than twenty years of research experience on tropical forest ecology.

New collaboration between Noragric and Multiconsult

New collaboration between Noragric and Multiconsult

Multiconsult and Noragric at NMBU's Faculty of Landscape and Society will collaborate on research and consultancy on the environmental, social and economic affects of renewable energy projects, environmental management and the management of water resources.

Under winter's spell: how trees slumber until spring

Under winter's spell: how trees slumber until spring

In temperate and boreal regions, trees depend on a period of dormancy to survive the cold depths of winter. Scientists have cracked the code determining how trees enter and exit their dormant state.

Groundbreaking collaboration for more sustainable aquaculture

Groundbreaking collaboration for more sustainable aquaculture

A new consortium of industry, researchers, and innovators will further develop a knowledge base with digital models of the salmon’s body. This can lead to more sustainable aquaculture in the future.

Professor awarded wildlife science and management prize

Professor awarded wildlife science and management prize

Professor emeritus Jon Swenson has been awarded the Wildlife Society’s (TWS) Honorary Membership Award for his contribution to wildlife science and management. TWS is the world’s oldest and largest professional organization for wildlife biologists.

Trees and water: don’t underestimate the connection

Trees and water: don’t underestimate the connection

Trees have extraordinary powers that sometimes are understimated, and sometimes misunderstood. The link between trees and water is too important to ignore, professor Douglas Sheil writes. 

Statistics wrapped in a poncho

Statistics wrapped in a poncho

As part of the national Research Days, NMBU hosts a science show for 10th graders, introducing them to different concepts and possibilities in the sciences. This year, statistician Kathrine Frey Frøslie took the stage to discuss the importance of vaccination programs, and the mathematics behind the spread of disease.

Serious illness in dogs in Norway

Serious illness in dogs in Norway

In recent weeks several dogs in Norway have become suddenly ill and died.

Working towards peace and food security in Mali

Working towards peace and food security in Mali

Peace process delegation from Mali visit NMBU to get acquainted with the university's innovative work towards combatting insecurity - particularly food shortage - in the country

This cheese can be made from trees

This cheese can be made from trees

In the future, we can make cheese and ice cream from Norwegian spruce.

New findings can revolutionize aquaculture

New findings can revolutionize aquaculture

Salmon that makes efficient use of its feed is crucial in order to ensure sustainable growth in aquaculture. Hanne Dvergedal in Foods of Norway has discovered a pioneering method to detect the most efficient “bodybuilders”.

Rector Mari Sundli Tveit headhunted to top NHO job

Rector Mari Sundli Tveit headhunted to top NHO job

Rector Mari Sundli Tveithas has accepted a new position as policy director at The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO).

 

Flagship brain project to develop software for the future of brain science

Flagship brain project to develop software for the future of brain science

Can we understand the brain without mathematics? NMBU plays key role in flagship brain project developing software tools to integrate our knowledge of the brain in mathematical models.

What is a sustainable diet?

What is a sustainable diet?

If you want to eat what is best both for yourself and for a sustainable future, then what should you eat?

Quiz Masters of Tourism Management awarded

Quiz Masters of Tourism Management awarded

This fall, the class in the course "Tourism management" has utilized the Kahoot quiz to vary its teaching methods. This year, there were three queens who reigned.  

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Our majestic “Tuntreet” has once again been dressed up with Christmas decorations, and we are ready for the holiday season. Merry Christmas and a happy New year to all of you from NMBU!

2 Noragric professors in intergovernmental nature assessment

2 Noragric professors in intergovernmental nature assessment

How humans value nature and the results of these views has a major impact on biodiversity and ecosystems.

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