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Researchers at the University of Oslo, Norway, have discovered a completely new group of organisms that includes some of mankind¡¯s most distant relatives. When the entire genome of this microscopic organism has been mapped, we will know even more about evolutionary events that took place one billion years ago.

Each year in the United States, one thousand infants die after being shaken. An equal number of cases result in brain damage. Many people who are guilty of this type of abuse go free due to a lack of evidence; others are wrongly suspected of a crime that they did not commit. Researchers in forensic medicine at the University of Oslo are learning more about these brain injuries by shaking a very advanced doll.

Norwegian and Swiss biologists have made a startling discovery about the relationships among organisms that most people have never heard of. The Tree of Life must be re-drawn, textbooks need to be changed, and the discovery may also have significant impact on the development of medicines.

Deposit landslides move much faster in water than in air. Even in places where the sea bed is as flat as a pancake, the underwater landslides can accumulate a speed of over 100 kilometres an hour.

The Ethiopian legal system has accused several thousands of brutal war crimes. Now the war crimes tribunal has itself violated fundamental human rights.

Airplanes that fly over the northern polar region can risk losing radio contact for several hours when the northern lights are at their most active in the skies. In the near future a professor from the University of Oslo will launch a Norwegian rocket to find the explanation for this. The aim is to set up reliable warning routines.

Information scientists at the University of Oslo have refused to become disheartened by illiteracy and the lack of power supply in rural Africa. They have produced a health information system that enables the authorities and the World Health Organization to improve health services in a number of African countries. Price tag: 35 million Euro.

Asma Elsony took her doctoral degree at the University of Oslo on the implementation of tuberculosis control in Sudan at the same time as she saved 100,000 people from dying of tuberculosis in Sudan. Now Dr Elsony and Professor Gunnar Bjune are searching for a simple tuberculosis test.

Exactly 120 years ago, the first Norwegian doctoral dissertation in neuroscience was defended. It presented a revolutionary idea: that the brain consists of individual, separate nerve cells. The candidate¡¯s name was Fridtjof Nansen.

To prevent brain cells from damage following a stroke, the cells have an ingenious mechanism that can restore their electrochemical balance. Researchers are currently investigating how to strengthen this emergency brake.

In the 1930s a unique research environment was founded in Norway, which later was to develop into what in other countries is known as the Oslo School of Neuroanatomy.

A unique archaeological discovery in the Balkans: Archaeologists from the University of Oslo have just found the first Illyrian trading post of all time. So Balkan history must now be rewritten!

The word ¡°gene¡± is at the heart of public discussions - everything from food, health and disease to test tube babies and crime scene investigations. But what actually is a gene?

It is possible to buy and sell cold, heat, rain and snow on the Chicago Stock Exchange. A professor in stochastic analysis has found the optimal formula for reducing the risk of storm shopping.

Researchers at the University of Oslo have discovered a substance which can fight obesity. The pharmaceutical industry is interested and the potential market value is estimated to a billion dollars per year.

Many have believed that inflammation can lead to cancer. On the contrary, University of Oslo researchers have now found that inflammation can fight cancer. This means that in the future, cancer may be treated with inflammation-promoting immunotherapy.

Some diabetic patients receive no warning before they pass out from low blood sugar. A modern sweat meter could alert patients in time. Biathletes and ME patients might also benefit from the sweat meter.

Radiation can make cancer cells resistant to radio- and chemotherapy. University of Oslo researchers have now figured out how resistance can be switched on and off.

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.

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.

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.