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While a sampling of Norwegians think the food industry and government should play bigger roles in convincing them to adhere to a more healthful diet, they balk at being prevented from eating whatever they want. A randomly selected group of 1,178 Norwegians answered questions from Marije Oostindjer of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) […]

Danish researchers are joining a major research project to develop new brain-scanning technology launched last year by US President Barack Obama. The project budget exceeds 100 million US dollars and the Danish scientists will get access to 1.5 million dollars and work alongside US scientists. Researchers are striving to create more sensitive brain scanning technology. […]

Certain complications during pregnancy may be an indicator that a woman is at greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to researchers at Department of Public Health and General Practice at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Scientists have been aware that women who develop high blood pressure or preeclampsia during pregnancy are […]

NevroNor has scheduled the National Meeting “New Horizons in Neuroscience” for Nov. 25 at the Park Inn by Radisson Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. According to information from the Research Council of Norway, “At the start of EUs Horizon 2020 program, the conference points to several new directions in international neuroscience research. These include the use of […]

Every year hundreds of thousands of people globally die from diarrheal diseases caused by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria. Now, Swedish researchers have mapped the spread of strains of ETEC bacteria around the world, providing key information about how pathogenic bacteria originate. This data will aid Swedish researchers currently developing a diarrhea vaccine. A study […]

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found that the human brain has more plasticity than originally thought, thanks to a type of support cell called the oligodendrocyte, which is critical to cell-to-cell communication in the nervous system. While earlier theories of brain plasticity have been based on lab animals, a study published in the […]