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Testing CO2 transport on the laboratory roof

05 December 2019

When scientists carry out experiments to investigate safe and efficient CO2 transport on the roof of the thermal power engineering laboratories at Trondheim, Norway, the noise they make will sound like a jet engine.

Still fewer pupils distracted by school desk computers

05 December 2019

In the classroom, non-educational distractions are only a click or two away. However, a recent SINTEF report demonstrates that these thieves of school pupils’ attention are already being severely weakened.

Could a chatbot be your friend or romantic partner?

27 November 2019

Researcher Marita Skjuve has been interviewing people who have a close relationship with a chatbot called Replika. Her conclusion is that such relationships offer value and meaning to the chatbot’s users, and can even be romantic.
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ELEGANCY – progress meeting in London

05 December 2019

ELEGANCY is an ACT (Accelerating CCS Technologies) research project aiming to provide knowledge in the form of data, models and case studies on…

H2/CCS chains in Germany – Social Perception and Acceptance

05 December 2019

While in general, the energy transition is accepted to a high degree by people living in Germany, acceptance is declining when it comes…

Oxidative degradation in CO2 capture and NCCS mobility fund

04 December 2019

Doing a PhD in the Norwegian CCS Research Centre (NCCS) has a lot of perks, among them the opportunities to collaborate and communicate…
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Guidelines and best available techniques for submarine tailings disposal in Norwegian fjords: Recommendations from the NYKOS project.

https://www.sintef.no/en/publications/publication/?pubid=CRIStin+1757001

The NYKOS project aimed at addressing some of the main knowledge gaps on the environmental impacts of submarine tailing disposal (STD) to facilitate the development of techniques, practices and management measures that will minimize such impact. Here, we report on the main issues addressed by the di...

Authors Ramirez-Llodra Eva Andersen Guri Sogn Bekkby Trine Brooks Steven Escudero-Oñate Carlos Gundersen Hege Schaanning Morten Trannum Hilde Cecilie Yakushev Evgeniy Baeten Nicole Lepland Aivo Ibragimova Olga Kleiv Rolf Arne Nepstad Raymond Muñoz María Høgaas Helge Sandøy Roar
Year 2019
Type Report/thesis