Science Reuters Kitagawa, Robson and Yaghi win 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal–organic frameworks", the award-giving body said on Wednesday. The more than a century-old prize is...

EVs Take A Record 98.9% Share In Norway – Tesla Model Y Dominates

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. September saw plugin EVs take a record 98.9% share in Norway, up from 97.5% year on year. BEVs alone took 98.3% share, also a record high. Overall auto volume was 14,329...

Myanmar groups plan to sue Norway’s Telenor over data sharing with junta

A Telenor showroom in downtown Yangoon. Photo: Irrewaddy. Reuters reports that civil society groups in Myanmar are preparing legal action against Norwegian telecom company Telenor, accusing it of sharing customer data with the country’s military...

Energy Transition Begins At Home, Says Norwegian Climate Startup Boss

Starflow's Energy Hub brings together solar, battery storage, EV charging, and energy management into one seamless digital platform for home installation and usage. Starflow, October 2025 The world’s energy transition could begin at home by...

How three scientists turned quantum theory into the tech behind your phone — and won the Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM, Oct 8 — Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for putting quantum mechanics into action and enabling the development of all kinds of digital technology from...

US stocks declined amid AI concerns with weakness in tech and small caps - Newsquawk Asia-Pac Market Open

US stocks were sold on Tuesday, with weakness seen in the wake of reports in The Information that internal data shows the financial challenge of renting out NVIDIA (NVDA) chips and its impact on margins. This hit large-cap tech and weighed on...

Luther College awards honorary degree to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway

Luther College conferred the degree of Doctor of Civil Law honoris causa upon His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. At a Celebration Convocation on Monday, Oct. 6, Luther College conferred the degree of Doctor...

Norway Pledges $1.2 Million to Support Mine Action

Norwegian Ambassador to Cambodia Astrid Emilie Helle meets with Senior Minister Ly Thuch, first vice president of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) on October 6. Photo from AKP PHNOM PENH – Norway has announced $1.2...

Science Reuters Trio win Nobel prize for revealing quantum physics in action

By Niklas Pollard and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments that revealed quantum physics in action", paving the way for the...

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, is visiting Minnesota. Here’s why.

On Oct. 9, 1825, 53 Norwegians arrived in New York via a ship called the Restauration, marking the beginning of Norway emigration to the United States. On Tuesday, almost exactly 200 years later, His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway,...

Norway Becoming West’s Quiet Arctic Battleground With Russia, Beyond Ukraine

Support SouthFront Click to see the full-size image As NATO conducts exercises off Norway’s coast and Washington deploys spy aircraft, Arctic tensions are reaching a breaking point. Moscow’s Arctic strategy, once centered on cooperation, is...

Nobel physics prize awarded for breakthroughs in quantum technology

“This year’s Nobel in physics has provided opportunities for developing the next generation of quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers and quantum sensors,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards the...

Science Reuters Nobel physics prize goes to pioneers of quantum mechanics

By Niklas Pollard and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments that revealed quantum physics in action", the award-giving body said...

Norway and Vietnam explore co-processing as solution to plastic waste challenge

Norway and Vietnam held a workshop in Hanoi to promote co-processing as a sustainable solution for non-recyclable plastic waste in the cement industry. Photo: Facebook. The Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi, in collaboration with Norwegian research...

Nanotech transforms vinegar into a lifesaving superbug killer

Wounds that do not heal are often caused by bacterial infections and are particularly dangerous for the elderly and people with diabetes, cancer and other conditions. Acetic acid (more commonly known as vinegar) has been used for centuries as a...

Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon marks 200 years of organized emigration to the US

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Finnish researchers uncover gold-forming tree microbes

OULU, Finland — A new study has uncovered a connection between bacteria living in Norway spruce needles and gold nanoparticles. This discovery, made by the research team at the University of Oulu and Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Finland,...

Myanmar civil groups set to sue Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor

Myanmar civil society groups are set to sue the Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor for sharing customer data with the Southeast Asian nation’s ruling military, which reportedly allowed the junta to track, imprison, and kill civilians. According to...

Myanmar activists to sue Norway’s Telenor for handing data to military

Published On 7 Oct 20257 Oct 2025 A group of civil society organisations in Myanmar plans to take legal action against Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor, accusing it of passing customer data to the country’s military government for use in...

Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon visits Decorah

A member of Norway’s royal family has visited northeast Iowa to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the first organized migration from Norway to the United States. Crown Prince Haakon’s (HOH-kuhn’s) visit to Decorah today included a tour of the...