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Norway should take the lead in attracting American researchers, says Norwegian professor

Many of them are looking for jobs in Europe and Canada. Norway should take action to attract world-leading researchers, says a Norwegian professor.

Some researchers 'dope' their data – A look back at the cheating scandals of 2024

Opinion: Misconduct in research is similar to doping in sports.

Rising concerns about marine health call for better knowledge of marine microbial communities

SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: Unlocking the mysteries of marine microbial communities can help us make better decisions on marine resource management.

12,000 Norwegian patients have participated in studies that remain unpublished

A new report shows that many studies on diseases and medications are never completed. Researcher Jan-Ole Hesselberg calls this wasted research.

Bacteria have a new mortal enemy: DNA

SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: We all know about DNA. It lives inside every cell in our bodies and shapes who we are and how we look. But what if we could use it as a tool against bacteria?

The amount of research in the last seven years has grown by 50 per cent. Are important findings being overlooked?

This flood of new studies may affect research quality, and people may lose confidence in science as a result, a group of researchers believe.

World Soil Day emphasizes the increasing need to integrate soil and water research and management

OPINION: Extreme dry and wet events has caused many challenges to both food production and water protection. This calls for the increase of integrated soil and water research to address the national and global challenges in food security and environmental sustainability.

Who should collect, manage and have access to data from the oceans?

OPINION: Research institutions from Norway and other countries have collected a great amount of data from the northern oceans in recent years. Many people want access to this information.

Tasting 16-day-old fish is just one of many tasks supertaster Kristin has done for researchers

Meet the supertasters on a normal day at work.

Minister forces resignation of the board of the Research Council of Norway. “This is about whether ten-year-olds with cancer diagnoses should live or die” says rector

“What do you really want from your universities?” asks Curt Rice.

Controversial ME/CFS study was ethically approved. Then stopped. And now approved once more.

The study aims to test how an intensive psychological course works for ME patients. Approval is contingent on the PhD candidate’s conflict of interest being clearly mentioned. The Norwegian ME Association may appeal the approval.

Transformation of the Far Right: What can protest event analysis tell us?

The far right today is a global and diverse phenomenon, that encompasses a wide range of different actors and organizations. Tamta Gelashvili argues that scholarship on the far right would benefit from the use of Protest Event Analysis (PEA) to analyze and compare far-right mobilization across cultural contexts and over time.

Research on Utøya survivors:"We were probably a little naive. We did not understand how difficult things would be for those who survived the attack.”

“There are two ways in which the Utøya attack differs from other traumatic events,” says Head of Research Grete Dyb.

Can beta-glucans from the health food store become a weapon in the fight against cancer and deadly infections?

Forty years ago, two Norwegian professors saw cancerous tumours shrink and disappear. They saw laboratory animals survive deadly infections. And all because of a special substance found in nature. But the rest of the research community wasn’t that impressed. Why did this substance end up in health food stores, and never as a drug developed in Norway?

Concealing results from medical studies on humans will be banned

Norwegian researchers will soon be legally required to share the results of medical research on humans. But will the law be followed? In the United States, six out of ten studies break the law, without penalty.

Like most people, Norwegian bureaucrats rarely read research

When Norwegian civil servants want research-based knowledge, they use Google or ask a colleague.

Scientists spread dubious number on debris in seas

Researchers have often said that ten percent of all the plastic manufactured ends up in the oceans. Where did they get that number?

Student nurses get a grip on research

Student nurses comprehend and appreciate more research than students on the paths to becoming teachers or engineers.

Raising Norwegian university rankings

Norway’s leading universities trail behind those of its Nordic neighbours in international rankings. But bigger budgets alone will not lift them up the charts.

OPINION: Population studies need to be transparent

Researchers comment on the ScienceNordic article ‘Big EU obesity study is not representative’ and give their point of view.

Holberg Prize awarded to Bruno Latour

The French sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher has won the 2013 Holberg International Memorial Prize, amounting to €610,000.

Standard research fish lacks a standard diet

Zebrafish have been used as a research standard to help scientists expand our understanding of everything from skin cancers to cardiovascular disease. But one Norwegian researcher cautions that research that relies on zebrafish might be less reliable because the fish are not fed a standardised diet.

Biologists often numbed by numbers

Biologists often find their analytical aptitude falls short of the mark when dealing with complicated data. It can mean that their research strays off target too.

Quantity outpaces quality in Norwegian research

Norwegian researchers publish increasingly more articles but their work is declining in quality and the country’s system for financing it deserves much of the blame, claims Norwegian professor.