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  • Petter Osmundsen. Photo: Elisabeth Tønnessen
    10.06.2011 

    Petroleum economist in demand

    Based on the Norwegian model, professor of petroleum economics Petter Osmundsen has made his mark on taxation guidelines for oil producing countries worldwide to follow. He is nevertheless critical of his native country’s petroleum policy.

     
  • Tor Austad. Photo: Elisabeth Tønnessen
    25.01.2010 

    Smart water to sprinkle the desert

    Following the recipe of success from Norwegian oil fields, seawater will be injected into the Saudi Arabian desert sands.

     
  • Sigbjørn Hervik.
    07.08.2009 

    Hervik's Universe

    Einstein succeeded only partly in explaining the aspects of the universe. Today's scientists are also at a loss about how it all connects. Mathematician Sigbjørn Hervik and international fellow scientists have now conceived a grand idea about the universal universe.

     
  • Dr. Aksel Hiorth and Dr. Merete Vadla Madland at the University of Stavanger. PHOTO: Elisabeth Tønnessen.
    24.04.2009 

    Solving the chalk mystery

    A 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 is solved, it will generate billions in additional income for the oil industry.

     
  • Arabidopsis thaliana. FOTO: Elisabeth Tønnessen
    24.04.2009 

    Sick plant suffering for Parkinson patients

    The research plant Arabidopsis thaliana is currently a patient in a laboratory at the University of Stavanger. Researchers hope it can give the answer to how Parkinson patients can achieve a better quality of life.

     
  • Bilde av Risavika Gassenter
    18.08.2008 

    Aiming for major developments in environmentally friendly energy

    – Risavika Gas Centre (RGS) will be extremely important to the further investment in environmentally friendly use of gas on and off shore, says director of research Øystein Lund Bø in IRIS Gas Technology, and professor in gas technology Mohsen Assadi at the University of Stavanger.

     
  • Norwegian Salmon
    18.08.2008 

    The Global Salmon Success

    Norway delivers about 800 000 metric tons of salmon to the world annually. Two factors, innovation and making production processes more effective, have made Norway world’s leading producer of salmon.

     
  • Plant
    20.12.2006 

    Core commitment

    Plans to create an international body under the leadership of acclaimed researcher Simon G. Møller to study organelles in plant and animal cells are being pursued by the University of Stavanger.

     
 
NATURAL SCIENCES
At the University of Stavanger, natural science research is carried out in the various fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. In mathematics there is research in mathematical analysis, algebra and number theory, applied mathematics and statistics. Active areas of research in physics are diffraction physics, petroleum physics, general relativity theory and astrophysics. In chemistry and environmental engineering research is done in organic synthesis, corrosion, biosurfactants, gas hydrate inhibitors, microbiological decay and environmental engineering. Research areas in biological chemistry are biological rhythms, DNA-repair, nitrogen cycle in micro-organisms and plants, plastids and organelle research.

There is active international research cooperation in the various areas, as well as local cooperation with other researchers at the university and in the region.

An important area in the natural science research at the University of Stavanger is the Centre for Organelle Research (CORE).