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Using mathematical models, Norwegian research scientists and Scandinavian industry are working on tailoring alloys which will increase the usefulness of recycled aluminium.

Four out of ten child custody cases which are heading to court end in agreement following mediation

An underwater “field” as big as a Norwegian county could provide two billion litres of kelp-based fuel a year. SINTEF is currently establishing a centre of expertise that will enable us to cultivate seaweed and kelp on a large scale

The subject of the EU’s BRIDGE project is transnational and interagency cooperation in the event of terror attacks, natural disasters and industrial accidents. The project is being led by SINTEF and was launched in April 2011.

They can predict the direction an oil spill will take, or if salmon lice will infect a neighbouring fish farm.


SINTEF has taken a big step towards technological solutions that will prevent large individual catches by floating trawl fishery. Catches that are so large that they are difficult to handle on board, is a common problem when fishing with floating...

A project funded by the European Union and led by SINTEF in Norway with ten other European partners aims to demonstrate a cost-effective CO₂ capture technology that could herald a new generation of power-generation plants with integrated CO₂ capture.

It should soon become easier to identify measures that will also be effective in the long term when outbreaks of disease in salmon farms need to be prevented or combatted.

Regulations and procedures in themselves are not enough to ensure safety during oil-drilling operations, conclude SINTEF researchers who have studied the accident investigation reports from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.