The study of soft materials confined between surfaces is central to the understanding of interactions that lead to adhesion, lubrication and colloidal stability. Force measurements have long been able to describe the potential that exists between various coated surfaces, but it is only more recently that scattering techniques, particularly reflectometry, have permitted the detailed study of surface layers under confinement.
NordForsk awards funding to networks focusing on indigenous peoples in the Nordic region. The overall goal is to contribute to the sustainable and ethically sound development of communities and areas where indigenous peoples have interests.
The CAPE – Civic Agency in Public E-service innovation – project addresses these issues, regarding both improvement of current e-services, and releasing the potential in user-driven development of future services.
The government chooses which medicines patients are offered, and in Norway the seriously ill are prioritised. Health benefits are weighed against financial costs, but changes in the evidence base for drug authorisation are putting the practice to the test.
The aim of the NordForsk Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research is to promote excellent bottom-up research that combines and integrate skills from multiple disciplines.
Researchers have investigated how vulnerable children and young people from families with low socioeconomic status have been doing since the pandemic. Surprisingly well, they conclude, but the well-being of Finnish young people has declined.
