Latest Norwegian University of Science and Technology Stories
NORTHVILLE, Mich., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gentherm Incorporated (NASDAQ-GS: THRM), the global market leader and a developer of innovative thermal management technologies, today announced that it has promoted Greg Steinl to Vice President of the Electronics Business Unit, effective immediately. Steinl will continue to report directly to President and CEO Daniel R. Coker and is responsible for planning, strategy and management of all aspects of the Company's global electronics...
Norwegian University of Science and Technology Scientists can see which cells communicate with each other in the brain, by flipping a neural light switch There are cells in your brain that recognize very specific places, and have that as one of their main jobs. These cells, called place cells, are found in an area behind your temple called the hippocampus. While these cells must be sent information from nearby cells to do their job, so far no one has been able to determine exactly what...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Scientists have known that climate change affects the population dynamics of single species, such as reindeer or caribou, but the effects of such climate change at the community level have been much harder to document and quantify. A new study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has found that extreme climate events cause a synchronized population fluctuation among all vertebrate species in a relatively...
NORTHVILLE, Mich., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gentherm Incorporated (NASDAQ-GS: THRM), the global market leader and a developer of innovative thermal management technologies, today announced that it has named Greg Steinl, 46, to the newly created position of Executive Director, Electronics, effective January 7, 2013. Steinl will report directly to President and CEO Daniel R. Coker and is responsible for managing all aspects of the Company's global electronics activities....
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have patented and are commercializing a technology that allows gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowires to be grown on graphene, a new hybrid material with exceptional optoelectronic properties, in a breakthrough that could fundamentally change the semiconductor industry. The patented method of growing semiconductor nanowires on atomically thin graphene uses...
They're everywhere -- in magazines, on the Internet, on television—people with super-thin bodies who are presented as having the ideal body form. But despite the increasing pressure to be thin, more and more of us are overweight. Now, researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have found that normal weight teens who perceive themselves as fat are more likely to grow up to be fat. "Perceiving themselves as fat even though they are not may actually cause...
The word rainforest usually conjures up visions of brightly colored birds and hyperactive monkeys swooping through a thick green canopy of leaves, vines and flowers. But rainforests are also found closer to the poles, in the northern or boreal region where temperatures are far cooler. And while there are no monkeys swinging through the trees here, these forests are every bit as endangered as their southern cousins, and highly diverse – if you know where to look. Olga Hilmo knows. As a...
Study examined blood level changes in PCBs over a decade It's never been easy to be a polar bear. They may have to go months without eating. Their preferred food, seal, requires enormous luck and patience to catch. Add to that the melting of Arctic sea ice due to climate change, and the poisoning of the Arctic by toxic chemicals, and it's easy to see why polar bears worldwide are in trouble. Among all the bad news, however, comes one possible bright spot. In a study of PCBs in polar...
The decade from 2000 to 2009 was the warmest since global climate has been measured, and while localized studies have shown evidence of changes in mountain plant communities that reflect this warming trend, no study has yet taken a continental-scale view of the situation – until now. With the publication of "Continent-wide response of mountain vegetation to climate change," scheduled for Advance Online Publication (AOP) in Nature Climate Change on 8 January, researchers from 13 countries...
Employers worldwide are struggling with employee health costs caused by obesity related diseases. The major culprit? Many scientists believe it is the sedentary nature of the employee’s work environment. This past week TrekDesk was promoted as a novel way to workout at work by the Cardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) November 19, 2011 TrekDesk Treadmill Desks have been generating interest, sales...
