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City buses turn to sewage for 'clean' fuel
Mar 22, 2009 |
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Can the key to "clean" energy be found down in the sewer? That's the idea in Oslo, where city officials soon plan to introduce buses that run on biofuels extracted from human waste.
Mammals that hibernate or burrow less likely to go extinct
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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The best way to survive the ill-effects of climate change and pollution may be to simply sleep through it.
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TeliaSonera launches first commercial 4G/LTE network
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera announced Monday the launch in Stockholm and Oslo of the world's first commercial 4G/LTE mobile network, up to 10 times faster than current networks.
Swedish mathematician receives Abel Prize
Mar 23, 2006 |
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The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters will award the 2006 Abel Prize to mathematician Lennart Carleson of Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology.
Social integration affects mental health of immigrant men and women in unexpected ways
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Social integration affects the mental health of non-Western male immigrants in a positive way. For women however, social integration gives an increased risk for mental problems according to a new study from the Norwegian ...
Northern Lights thrill southern Norway
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2006 |
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The Northern Lights, common in northern Norway, went south a bit to provide a brilliant nighttime light show in Oslo.
Exercise better than shockwave treatment for chronic shoulder pain
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Supervised exercises are more effective than shockwave treatment to relieve chronic shoulder pain, finds a study published in British Medical Journal today.
Acne really is a nightmare for some teens
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Zits, pimples, bumps and blemishes are a young person's worst nightmare. Collectively they are known as acne, a very common skin condition that affects millions of adolescents. Now a Norwegian study published in the open ...
No single gene for ageing
Sep 12, 2005 |
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According to professor Thomas Kirkwood of the University of Newcastle, there is no single gene for ageing. Throughout time, Humans have used energy to get food, produce offspring and survive danger – not to repair and maintain ...
IV drug treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may not improve long-term survival
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received intravenous (IV) drug administration during treatment, recommended in life support guidelines, had higher rates of short term survival but no statistically significant ...
Plutoid chosen as name for solar system objects like Pluto
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Almost two years after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly introduced the category of dwarf planets, the IAU, as promised, has decided on a name for transneptunian dwarf planets similar ...
Tests reveal first cancer victim in Norway
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 27, 2008 |
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DNA and X-ray tests of two bodies dated back to the year 834 have revealed the first case of cancer in the history of Norway, researchers say.
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