Blog Drawing the line: the perils of power lines on bird richness What are the Norwegian energy system’s impacts on our local biodiversity? Our research project aims to find out, and to present our research, we created a board game. Blog Celebrating Excellence in Innovation: Faculty of Engineering’s Innovation Awards Ceremony In the world of academia and technology, innovation stands as the driving force that propels us forward into the future. It is the foundation upon which progress is built, and at the Faculty of Engineering, we are nurturing and celebrating the innovative spirit of our students and researchers. Blog Buildings: do not break or make, but repurpose I am exploring how buildings adapt to demographic changes, with the aim to develop scenarios to project future needs for building. Blog Water turbines must live longer Jim Abregu believes that we are working in the right direction to support a better world with green energy by increasing turbine lifetimes. Blog Aiming for more environmentally friendly buildings and neighborhoods Collaboration between Chinese and Norwegian researchers has yielded valuable insights, including the utilization of ground source heat pumps in Scandinavia and beyond. Blog Plastics: the ocean cannot live with it, and we cannot live without it Polymers have transformed our lives [1] . We have been benefiting from them since approximately 1600 BC when natural rubber was first discovered. However, plastic products are often mismanaged once they reach the end of life. The solutions we need rely on a whole systemic and structural change within the plastic system. Blog Aloha from Hawai’i: Turtles and fishing line entanglements During the fall semester I got the opportunity to do a research stay with the Center for Marine Debris Research (CMDR) on Oahu, Hawai’i. One of the aims was to get to know the plastic debris researchers and their work, and collaborate on a project involving plastic debris entanglements of wildlife by gathering data from local organizations. Blog May improve sleep apnea surgery with numerical simulation Obstructive sleep apnea is linked with several diseases, and is often treated with surgery where it is difficult to be completely sure of the outcome. In my PhD project, I work with simulations that may increase the patients benefit from surgery. Blog How do chromosome ends shape the life of wild birds? Winter is here and animals in the wild are facing challenges of how best to spend their energy. A lot of the small birds that can be seen now, were hatched this year and grew rapidly in the spring to reach their adult body size.