One person died in a fire in a sheltered housing apartment in Trondheim recently. But the authorities and SINTEF are already looking at new ways of saving lives when fires break out in this type of apartment and in the homes of elderly people who...
On August 22nd 2005, during the BRU Seminar, NTNU and SINTEF signed an agreement for the establishment of a new Gemini Center in the area of "Better Resource Utilization of Oil and Gas".
The initiative "Society for All" - "Workplace for All" seeks to connect stakeholders from the authorities, disabled persons organisations (DPOs), companies (SMEs) and academia to contribute to a greater understanding of the situation in Macedonia and...
SINTEF still has something to learn about doing business in foreign cultures, but the experience we have gained will help to make our company even stronger in the future.
This is the clothing that fire-fighters have been waiting for: an intelligent undershirt that cools overheated bodies The post Cool undershirts appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .
Led by SINTEF, a veritable army of scientists and industrialists is to promote the use of bioenergy in Europe, backed up by a quarter of a billion Norwegian kroner!
Fishing is one of Norway’s most dangerous occupations. Now fishermen are to get work clothes that will improve their chances of survival if they fall overboard.
Representatives of South Africa’s CSIR have been on a two-day visit to SINTEF, where they Signed an MOU with the Norwegian research institution.
Fourteen leading Canadian nanotechnology scientists will be visiting Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway between November 20 and December 1 this year.
These apartments will save two-thirds of the energy consumption of an average Norwegian house; a record for the country.
On Thursday November 3, SINTEF was visited by a Romanian delegation led by State Secretary Anton Anton, who is in charge of Romania’s research sector.
A man with a greying beard strolls over NTNU’s Gløshaugen campus, an elderly Airedale terrier by his side. They enter the Department of Energy and Process Technology, take the lift to the third floor, where they settle down in an office.
With the aim in mind of recognising persons and institutions that have adopted advanced technology NTNU and SINTEF have founded the Einar Brendeng Technology Prize. The first award of the Prize has been made to Statoil's Snøhvit project.
The Centre for Railway Certification at SINTEF ICT has received a new appointed as Notified Body; now for conventional rail systems. Before SINTEF has been appointed Notified Body for high-speed rail systems. The appointments are according to
We Norwegians had hoped to pioneer "green" thermal power generation.However,we have been pipped at the post by Sweden,which is about to build the world's first power station with CO2 capture – in Germany. The post A LITTLE PIECE OF SWEDEN appeared...
Here are Norway’s most energy efficient homes. Total energy consumption? Just over one-third of the national average. The post Energy saving deluxe appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .
“Money? For something that may never pay?” grumbles the dull troll called Society every time a call is made for an increase in funding for basic research. And here is the explanation: The post The threat inherent in our imaginations appeared first on...
The Norwegian Building Research Institute and SINTEF’s building and construction research groups are merging to form SINTEF Building Research AS, which will be formally established on January 1, 2006.
Anticollision systems will be the next step on the way to even safer cars. Researchers in Trondheim are helping the automotive industry to turn plans into reality.
An improved aquaculture industry could help the people of Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Vietnam out of the poverty trap, so we have been helping Vietnam’s Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 1 improve its research and education capacity to meet the need...
Much of Norway’s fish processing industry is being moved abroad, and to compete with competitors in low-cost countries, we need to develop new techology. Our project known as TELOP: “Technology development for more profitable processing of farmed...
Salmon smolt are produced in tanks on land before they are transferred to sea-cages. An EU water directive sets out standards for sources of water, which focuses on water quality and fish welfare. Providing the conditions for a good “childhood” is...
Fishing is still one of Norway’s riskiest professions. Between 1998 and last year, 73 fishermen have died from impacts, crushing or drowning. This is why scientists from SINTEF Health Research, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture and SINTEF Technology...
Cod and halibut fry demand live food, so we are developing good, reasonably priced feeds. Algae and zooplankton top the menu for these fry, and we are ensuring that they get enough of such species, partly by improving production technology.
A newly developed surface on implanted catheter may prevent complications from bacteria and infection. The post Zero grip for bacteria appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .
The idea being the basis for the first CO2 patents from SINTEF and NTNU was conceived by Professor Gustav Lorentzen (1915-95). The International Institute of Refrigeration named a biennial conference after Professor Lorentzen.
Hundreds of thousands of Japanese people get their hot shower water by means of energy-saving Norwegian technology. The invention spares the environment and climate by using CO2 – the very gas that has had to carry much of the blame for the...
Refrigeration scientists at SINTEF and NTNU have been honoured by an award from the International Energy Agency (IEA) for their contribution to solving the greenhouse problems caused by leaking refrigeration systems and heat pumps.
SINTEF Petroleum Research AS has purchased 10% of the shares of the Trondheim company ResLab - Reservoir Laboratories AS. From now on, the two companies will operate hand in hand vis-à-vis the international petroleum industry market.
Scientists at SINTEF Materials and Chemistry are among the first groups in the world have developed a process for large-scale production of carbon nanotubes.
“Tensegrity” combines the concepts of “tension” and “integrity”. Tensegrity structures are characterised by the way that they distribute forces across their surfaces.
MARINTEK scientists have built a model of "Sea Orbiter" vessel and tested it in the Ocean Basin at the Institute. The model is at the present at the Jules Verne Exhibition in Paris.
A spectacular platform is designed to drift across the oceans of the world with the aid of the currents and the wind. It looks like a Viking ship turned on its edge. A visionary platform for doing science, drifting partly above the surface of the sea...
Jan Solberg has been appointed as new Senior Executive Vice President of the SINTEF Group. Today Solberg is Secretary General of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry.
The way you walk can reveal a lot of useful information about your health. The post Measures your walk appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .
Criminals have discovered cryptography. By encrypting their messages they can communicate with each other undetected. The post Encrypted crimes appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .
A little plastic chip makes it possible to identify recycled bottles, assure the quality of food and measure our blood sugar levels. The post Versatile plastic chip appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .
A spectacular platform has been designed to drift across the oceans of the world with the aid of the currents and the wind. The post Á la Jules Verne appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .
Scientists at SINTEF Health Research have developed rapid tests that can identify Legionella bacteria in water reservoirs or biofilms in only a couple of days.
Together with Norwegian and overseas industrial interests, the Research Council of Norway and Gassnova are investing millions of kroner in a new research programme on gas power with CO2 treatment. These efforts make it more likely that Norway will...
ResMan AS - a start-up company based on spinning-off technology from SINTEF and IFE - will produce chemical intelligent materials to monitor flows in oil and gas wells. The whole process will take place without the use of cables.
The number of admissions to Norwegian hospitals rose by 4.3 percent in 2004, as fresh figures from SINTEF’s Norwegian Patient Register show.
Sixty-nine employees of Rolls Royce in Bergen had their cars damaged by dust. After a court case in which a SINTEF report was produced as useful documention, they were awarded damages.
The classic leather uniforms of the motorcycle police are to be pensioned off. Their replacements are already on the way: specially modified uniforms that will be more visible in traffic.
On February 15, Thorhild Widvey, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, will be visiting SINTEF and NTNU.
This tailor-made food is prepared in a drying plant for which three researchers at SINTEF and NTNU had the idea in 1989. Now, the trio’s technology is in the process of making its commercial world premiere.
A recent advance in telemedicine has brought together radiologists in Molde and Trondheim in a “shared office” in cyberspace, saving elderly patients in Romsdal a more than six-hour road trip to and from St. Olav’s Hospital.
Free-range farmed fish. Sea cages that sail off to the south and deliver their fish by themselves. Large autonomous fish farms that float unmoored in the sea. This could be the aquaculture of the future. The post 2020: AN AQUACULTURE ODYSSEY appeared...
A new SINTEF report puts paid to the myth that immigrant women are not interesting in joining the labour market.
A snake robot can perform life-saving operations during a fire, an explosion and in other hostile environments. The post Snake robot to the rescue appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .
Informal discussions have been going on for some time between the Norwegian Building Research Institute and SINTEF regarding a possible union of the Institute with SINTEF’s building and construction-related units.