Norway

Norway rats

artist, Luke Jerram, also raises the issue of how the artificial colouring of scientific imagery affects our understanding of phenomena. Jerram is exploring the links between the artworks’ beauty, what they represent and their impact on humanity. The works are currently on show at the Smithfield Gallery in London and the swine flu virus has been acquired for display by the Wellcome Trust. The q...

Porphyrias in Norway.

BACKGROUND Porphyria is an umbrella term for a group of largely hereditary diseases that are due to defective haem synthesis. The diseases have a varied and partly overlapping range of symptoms and presentations. The commonest forms of porphyria are porphyria cutanea tarda, acute intermittent porphyria and erythropoietic protoporphyria. The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the...

Anisakis simplex in Norway

Cancer mystery in Norway

Erosion of Sognefjord, Norway

Sognefjord is formed by a combination of exploitation of rock structure and subaerial and subglacial processes. The fjord system follows zones of rock-structural weakness. Above sea level the landforms are due mainly to subaerial processes, and somewhat surprisingly not to glacial activity. Removal of erosive products and deepening of the fjord below sea level is due to glacial erosion.