Science news articles about 'university of stavanger'

  • Philology - Rarely Seen Middle English Texts Go Digital

    ... several years of detective work, philologists at the University of Stavanger in Norway have collected a unique collection ... and post doctor Martti Mäkinen at the University of Stavanger have travelled around Britain and read ...
  • How Well Do Adopted Children Really Adjust To A New Language?

    ... in kindergartens and schools, says Associate Professor Åse Kari Wagner at the Reading Research Center at the University of Stavanger in Norway.  read ...
  • Constant compressions critical to CPR

    ... that for every second of a pause in compressions there is a 1% reduction in the likelihood of success. Kenneth Gundersen from the University of Stavanger, Norway, worked with a team of researchers ...
  • Solving the chalk mystery

    ... piece of chalk in a laboratory at the University of Stavanger in Norway may be the key to unlock a great mystery. If the mystery ... Vadla Madland at the Department of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Stavanger is leading a group of geologists, petroleum ...
  • Sick plant suffering for Parkinson patients

    ... Arabidopsis thaliana is currently a patient in a laboratory at the University of Stavanger, Norway. Researchers hope it can give the answer to how Parkinson patients can achieve a better quality ...
  • Emotions should be taken seriously

    Health workers trained to take emotions more seriously may prevent depression among patients, a recent study at the University of Stavanger finds.
  • UiS develops global fish price index

    ... time in June 2009 by the United Nations` Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Researchers at the University of Stavanger, Norway, have contributed to this pioneering project ...
  • When mom has an eating problem

    ... to while working on her thesis. Employed at Stavanger District Psychiatric Centre, she spends ... time doing research for her PhD at the University of Stavanger. Listening to her informants' stories ...
  • Modern medicine conquers witchcraft

    ... colleagues, professor and sociologist Knud Knudsen at the University of Stavanger was confronted with intellectually challenging issues. "The spread of AIDS is usually larger in less well ...
  • The Thunderstone Mystery

    ... Age tomb? The archaeologists Olle Hemdorff at the University of Stavanger's Museum of Archaeology, Norway, and Eva Thate are researching older objects in younger graves ...
  • Playing with pills: Students gaming for knowledge

    A specially made computer game, developed at the University of Stavanger (UiS), is set to help Norwegian nursing students pass a vitally important exam.
  • The thunderstone mystery

    ... to around 300. Archaeologist Olle Hemdorff at the University of Stavanger's Museum of Archaeology was responsible for a series ... at the University of Chester in England. The cooperation with Hemdorff started in 2003 when Thäte came to Stavanger ...
  • New ways to chart our maritime past

    ... and under water," says meteorologist Marianne Nitter at the University of Stavanger's Museum of Archaeology. "These may include mooring ... Selsing, and marine archaeologist Endre Elvestad at Stavanger Maritime Museum, Nitter has studied the protection ...
  • Lessons learned from oil rig disaster

    ... øe, professor of societal safety and security at the University of Stavanger, Norway. "But strong, organizational barriers ... , also involve the independent research group Sintef and the University of Oslo, in addition to legal expertise affiliated ...
  • Better learning through handwriting

    Associate professor Anne Mangen at the University of Stavanger's Reading Centre asks if something is lost in switching from book to computer screen, and from pen to keyboard.

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