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| Nigeria: Govt Imports N109 Billion Fish From Norway Annually |
| [Norwaynews] [03.02.2012, 01:38pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Nigeria imports fish worth about N109.2 billion ($700 million) annually from Norway, the Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria, Kjell Lillerud has said. He said this yesterday in Abuja when he visited the Minister of state for Trade and Investment, Dr Samuel Ortom.Lillerud said that though he does not have the tonnage of fish that gets to Nigeria, there are three categories with stock fish taking the lead. |
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| Norway may ban smoking during work |
| [Norwaynews] [17.01.2012, 12:55pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Employers in Norway are likely to ban smoking for employees during work hours, says Minister of Health Anne-Grethe Strom-Erichsen. Tighter restrictions on smoking were discussed during a hearing in Norway's Parliament Friday, the Norway Post reported. Strom-Erichsen said the sale of 10-packs of cigarettes is likely to be banned. The government is also considering legislation that would ban students from smoking during school hours and make all entrances of public buildings smoke-free, Strom-Erichsen said. |
| | | | Grundfos BioBooster solves Norwegian challenge |
| [Norwaynews] [01.11.2011, 12:16pm, Tue. GMT] |
| New, compact and highly efficient water treatment plant is the first of its kind in the Norwegian municipality field. A fascinating project is being realised in Hemsedal Municipality in Norway. The municipality asked Grundfos BioBooster for a solution that could improve wastewater treatment. With a sustainable approach, the project will meet the challenge of decentralised wastewater treatment in the municipality. |
| | | | Study: Married cancer patients live longer |
| [Norwaynews] [14.10.2011, 09:31pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Married patients diagnosed with cancer may live longer than their unmarried counterparts, researchers in Norway say. In a study published in the journal BioMed Central, researchers reported single men who developed cancer were 35 percent more likely to die at a younger age than their married counterparts, a percentage that has grown in the past 40 years, the New York Daily News reported Friday. |
| | | | World’s first university with indoor navigation app |
| [Norwaynews] [20.09.2011, 07:02am, Tue. GMT] |
| Imagine a navigation system that works where GPS signals don’t. With its new “Campus Guide“, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is now the first university in the world where you can navigate from inside a building using a mobile phone. |
| | | | Women screened for breast cancer are MORE likely to have a mastectomy, say Norwegian researchers |
| [Norway] [14.09.2011, 10:50am, Wed. GMT] |
Screening for breast cancer drives up the number of mastectomies, it has been claimed. Women who undergo screening are 31 per cent more likely to have the surgery, according to research in Norway which found that the number of mastectomies has shot up since the programme was introduced fifteen years ago.
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| | | | Norwegian university ordered to delete students' internet activity records |
| [Norwaynews] [05.09.2011, 05:31pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Norway's Data Inspectorate (Datatilsynet) said that the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) could not log students' online activity in order to identify copyright infringers and pass on warning letters from rights holders, a report by TorrentFreak said. |
| | | | DU signs MoU with Norwegian university |
| [Norwaynews] [20.07.2011, 06:19pm, Wed. GMT] |
| The University of Dhaka (DU) and the University of Bergen, Norway signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday to promote academic exchanges and research programmes between the two universities, says a press release. DU Vice-chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique and Rector of the University of Bergen Sigmund Gronmo signed the agreement on behalf of their respective institutions at the VC office. |
| | | | Sub-sea electricity cable from Scotland to Norway planned |
| [Norwaynews] [07.02.2011, 01:28pm, Mon. GMT] |
| A study into a proposed North Sea interconnector will examine the possibility of a sub-sea electricity cable linking Scotland and Norway, according to an announcement earlier this week in Aberdeen by Scotland's First Minister, Mr Alex Salmond. Mr Salmond said an integrated grid would contribute to the European sustainable energy policy, and that connections from Scotland to Norway and mainland Europe were essential. |
| | | | Norwegians believe in research |
| [Norway] [18.08.2010, 11:13am, Wed. GMT] |
| Norwegians rank tops in Europe when it comes to their faith in science and technology as means to a healthier, easier and more comfortable life. While there is increasing pessimism in the rest of Europe about the potential contribution of research to our daily lives, Norwegians are more optimistic than ever, with an increase of two percentage points from 2005. The 27 EU countries experienced an average decline of 13 percentage points during the same period. |
| | | | Norway to apply BP oil spill lessons to Arctic |
| [Reuters] [08.06.2010, 08:25pm, Tue. GMT] |
Norway will apply lessons learnt in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in its approach to opening new hydrocarbon exploration zones in the Arctic region, the country’s prime minister said on Monday. Europe’s second-largest energy supplier is considering whether to open up the Lofoten islands, as well as other areas in its Arctic North, to oil firms such as state-owned Statoil.
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| High blood pressure linked to tumors |
| [Norwaynews] [04.01.2012, 08:45am, Wed. GMT] |
| A recent study by researchers from Austria, Norway and Sweden, funded by World Cancer Research Fund, suggests people with high blood pressure also have a higher risk of brain tumors. The researchers took blood pressure measurements of 580,000 people and then looked to see if they later went on to develop a benign or malignant brain tumor. A total of 1,312 people were diagnosed with a brain tumor after an average of 10 years, after the measurement. |
| | | | Insomnia linked to higher heart attack risk |
| [Norwaynews] [25.10.2011, 06:55am, Tue. GMT] |
As if you didn’t have enough to worry about during those sleepless nights, a Norwegian study yesterday said that people with insomnia face a 27 to 45 percent higher risk of heart attack. About one-third of people report having trouble sleeping and should see a doctor for help, urged the authors of the study published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association.
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| | | | Cable leading high speed broadband growth in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [22.09.2011, 10:19am, Thu. GMT] |
| Cable operators are boosting high speed broadband penetration in Norway, according to cable association Kabel Norge. In 2010, the share of Norwegian households having access to at least 50Mbps broadband increased from 19% to 41%. Kabel Norge referred to the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform survey Broadband coverage 2011 that confirmed cable TV networks with HFC fibre technology were thes the main driver for the increase in high speed broadband penetration. |
| | | | What should we eat to stay healthy? |
| [Norwaynews] [16.09.2011, 08:03am, Fri. GMT] |
What should we eat to stay healthy? answers abound, and experts rely on interpretation of recent medical literature to come up with their recommendations for the best diet. But what if you could answer this question at a molecular level - what if you could actually determine how our genes respond to the foods we eat, and what this does to the cellular processes that make us healthy - or not? That's precisely what biologists at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have done. |
| | | | Norway can teach us to control resources |
| [Norwaynews] [10.09.2011, 06:31am, Sat. GMT] |
| Gov. Walter Hickel founded the Institute of the North, which organized last week's Norway Policy Tour. Hickel long advocated that Alaska, as owner of its natural resources, must take control of its resource development for the benefit of all Alaskans. |
| | | | Do sisters influence pregnancy? |
| [Norwaynews] [09.08.2011, 08:03pm, Tue. GMT] |
| UK and Norwegian researchers have suggested that women who get pregnant when they are teenagers could be influenced by their sisters. The study, which looked at data for over 42,000 girls in Norway, found that women were more likely to fall pregnant if they had a sister who had become pregnant as a teenager. |
| | | | Norwegian Scientist Warns against Radioactive Dust |
| [Norwaynews] [30.03.2011, 10:34am, Wed. GMT] |
| Radioactive Dust from nuclear power plants Fukushima-1 in Japan has reached to Iceland and the concern for the impacts on Europe has increased. According to Russian newsportal www.news.mail.ru, A small amount of radioactive particles being brought probably from emergency plant "Fukushima-1 in Japan, has been found in Iceland |
| | | | Norway delegation visits UND |
| [Norwaynews] [23.10.2010, 02:30pm, Sat. GMT] |
A high-level delegation from the University of Tromsø, Norway, visited UND this week to look at ways the two institutions could collaborate, UND officials said in a release. The two share some similarities, according to Curt Rice, vice rector for research at Tromsø. Both are in rural communities, challenged by health care access. Both are interested in research in fossil fuels, renewable energy and aerospace.
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| | | | Norway to Launch First Satellite in August |
| [Norwaynews] [06.07.2010, 02:34pm, Tue. GMT] |
| The Norwegian AISSat-1 (Automatic Identification System) satellite has been scheduled to launch in August on an Indian rocket, the Norwegian Space Center announced July 5. AISat-1, Norway’s first satellite, aims to provide maritime tracking services with coverage over the High North Seas. The service will be used by ships around the world as a short-range coastal traffic system. Under regional laws, seagoing ships weighing over 300 tons must be fitted with the technology to allow authorities to track movements and to avoid collisions with other boats. |
| | | | NTNU-Statoil-Berkeley Initiative |
| [Norwaynews] [03.12.2009, 05:59pm, Thu. GMT] |
The University of California at Berkeley, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Statoil have signed a USD 580,000 collaboration agreement to establish a new mega-project research programme at Berkeley. “We wish to see this initiative develop the best project- and functions managers across the whole industry. We have entered into this agreement because we believe collaboration between academics and industry is crucial to further develop our perspectives and skills in project development. We want to be a benchmark in the market,” says executive vice president in Statoil Projects & Procurement Gunnar Myrebøe. |
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