More doctors’ degrees were conferred at the University of Bergen in 2010, than ever before. 111 doctors were honoured in Håkon’s Hall Jan. 28, 237 doctoral theses were presented at the University of Bergen during 2010 – 111 of them during the last half of 2010. This is a new record and [...]
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 On July 11, Statoil switched on the power, making Gjøa Norway’s first floating platform to get electricity from the mainland. “This is a good example of how Statoil can play a part in solving some of the climate challenges in collaboration with the supplies industry,” says Bjørn Midttun, head of subsea installations, pipelines [...]  Allaboutjazz.com praises promotional program JazzNorway in a Nutshell held recently in conjunction with Bergen’s Nattjazz festival JazzNorway in a Nutshell is a promotional program that aims to make Norwegian jazz known to a broader audience by inviting journalists and festival organizers from all over the world to Norway, where they have the possibility to [...]  Opening in May 2012 Fjord Line will offer daily sailings between Kristiansand and Hirtshals all year round. “In 2012 the delivery of two new cruise ferries will make it possible to offer daily services both between Bergen, Stavanger and Hirtshals, and between Kristiansand and Hirtshals. This will enhance the ferry service between Kristiansand and [...] If the tourism and hospitality companies and developers in Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal Counties have anything to say about it, the Norwegian winter will soon become a major tourist attraction and Western Norway will be the world’s best travel destination. Together, these industry players comprise NCE Tourism – Fjord Norway, [...] “The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) was the first institution in Norway to devote specific attention to elite-level researchers, and their ability to achieve excellence in research,” says Gro Steinsland, Scientific Director of CAS. The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters was founded in 1989 and opened in [...] A total of slightly more than 2.7 million passengers traveled through Avinor’s airports in January, which is an increase of 4.2 percent compared to January 2009. International traffic is experiencing the strongest increase, with 5.9 percent, while domestic traffic increased by 3.6 percent “The total number of passengers in January is just above the figure [...] A special vehicle from Google, with a number of cameras on the roof, have had a long run around the streets of Norway in 2009. The result? Google Street View for Bergen, Oslo, and parts of eastern Norway. The rest of the country’s roads will gradually be photographed by Google Norge, but not with a [...] Biomedical researchers in Bergen are applying nanotechnology to mimic the body’s natural processes, create new blood vessels to supply engineered tissue, and deepen our understanding of cancer. They receive funding for this valuable work under the Research Council programme Nanotechnology and New Materials (NANOMAT). Seven per cent of the NANOMAT programme’s budget is allocated to [...] Over the course of nearly ten years, and at a price tag of over NOK 200 million, researchers have been studying Norwegian working life. What have been the results? At the request of the Research Council, three Nordic professors have evaluated the results of the Program on Working Life Research (ARBEIDSLIV), whose activities were [...] |
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