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  • satelitter Oslo-physicists use 20 new satellites to forecast space weather May 14, 2012

    The northern lights interfere with radio communications, GPS navigation and satellite communications. Researchers are now going to launch 20 satellites containing world class instruments from the University of Oslo to find out why.

  • supernova_nasa_bilde500 Oslo-experiment may explain massive star explosions May 8, 2012

    New insight into the behaviour of atomic nuclei may explain how gigantic star explosions, or supernovas, have formed the elements that are crucial to mankind.

  • urdyret_skapningen500 Mankind's remotest relative Apr 25, 2012

    Mankind's remotest relative is a very rare micro-organism from south-Norway. The discovery may provide an insight into what life looked like on earth almost one thousand million years ago.

  • papyrus-507 Papyri reveal new aspects of Antiquity Mar 20, 2012

    Some of the most important papyri on magic in the world are housed at the University of Oslo. Papyri show that though we tend to associate Antiquity with rationality and science, it was also characterised by several alien and obscure practices.

  • vaksine_olweus200 Immune cells from healthy people pulverise cancer Feb 3, 2012
    Immune cells from healthy individuals can be the new immune cure for cancer. This treatment can kill cancer cells without destroying neighbouring cells. The hope is to eradicate cancer for ever.
  • vaksine_gaudernack200 Vaccine against pancreatic cancer Feb 1, 2012
    A professor at the University of Oslo has developed a cancer vaccine that can prolong the life expectancy of patients with pancreatic cancer. Now he is testing a new vaccine that hopefully is able to kill all types of cancer cells.
  • vaccibody200 Targeted DNA vaccine using an electric pulse Jan 30, 2012
    The vaccines of the future against infections, influenza and cancer can be administered using an electrical pulse and a specially-produced DNA code from the University of Oslo. The DNA code programs the body’s own cells to produce a super-fast missile defence against the disease.
  • grunnstoff1_200 Racing to be the first to create the world's heaviest element Nov 17, 2011
    All heavy elements are created in gigantic supernova explosions. Now scientists are competing to create the world's heaviest element in a laboratory. Production time: less than one atom per month. Lifetime: a few modest microseconds.
  • grunnstoff2_200 The World's most difficult chemical experiment: The struggle to discover the secret of super-heavy elements Nov 17, 2011
    In order to find the chemical properties of super-heavy elements, chemists must conduct one of the world's most demanding chemical experiments in a matter of seconds. In this effort, the University of Oslo is at the global cutting edge.
  • termo200 Temperature differences give rise to electricity Nov 9, 2011

    Over half of all the energy in the world is lost as useless waste heat. Much of this heat loss can now be converted to electricity.

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