Latest news from SINTEF: Archive 2007

It's about to become easier to practise for your driving test. A little hand-held PC with GPS can guide both pupil and instructor around the streets.

A Norwegian environmental project for China's cement industry could lead to cuts in CO₂ that are equivalent to twice Norway's total emissions of greenhouse gases.

Their day job is to keep trees upright. But now the forest's tiniest building blocks are on their way into fancy products for the future.

Advanced sensors are produced in SINTEF’s MiNalab. This image shows the process of photolithography, which is utilized to produce the sensors. A few seconds of […]

We can see what sticks up out of the sea – a big tower with rotor blades that are seventy meters long. But what does it look like underwater? The post Safe on the seabed appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

Care dwellings are unsuitable for the most feeble elderly people and those with dementia. This finding emerged from an interview study that SINTEF has carried out in 12 Norwegian municipalities on behalf of the Norwegian Nurses Organisation.

SINTEF is to lead the EU’s latest research project on CO₂ capture in coal- and gas-fired power stations. The project involves 14 partners from eight different countries, and has a total budget of more than twice the Norwegian parliament’s annual...

The Arctic has huge resources of natural gas and iron ore. Material-producing industrial clusters in this region could be worth a great deal.

Aker Kværner has been developing its own CO₂ capture technology since 1991, and has been an active driving force behind efforts to develop new green power generation solutions.

Aker Kværner, SINTEF and NTNU are to cooperate on the development of new CO₂ technology. The Trondheim scientists claim that the new agreement could produce cuts in emissions that would make a real difference on a global scale.

Five Nordic partners are now joining forces to further develop and demonstrate proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology suitable for operation in cold Nordic climate. The 2 year project is supported by the Nordic Energy Research through a...

Dag Terje Andersen, Minister of Industry and Commerce, presented the Norwegian government’s maritime strategy on October 3. The strategy contains the government’s plans for supporting the continued growth and development of the Norwegian maritime...

The idea of an intelligent earplug was conceived over a cup of coffee. Today, this special hearing protection unit is the best of its type in the world. The post An ear for success appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

Scientists are working on an underwater wireless network to talk to each other. In a few years, the pilot scheme could be ready to monitor the Barents Sea

New technology that is to monitor astronauts’ “indoor” climate will soon be tested on board the International Space Station (ISS). In the future, similar equipment may help to improve the climate of workplaces on Earth itself.

SINTEF is in the process of developing a sensor that is capable of registering abnormal vibration patterns in machinery on board offshore platforms.

This week, three Norwegian institutes established a Chilean company for applied aquaculture research. The name of the new company, AVS Chile SA, reflects the three mother institutes that join their knowledge in fish biology, fish health and...

Eivind Grøv (49) of SINTEF has been elected Vice-president of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association.

New technology from SINTEF is capable of removing the worst contaminants from water - purifying it so thoroughly that it becomes ultra pure. SINTEF’s new spin-off company ECOWAT AS is turning the invention into a commercial product.

The SINTEF spin-off company Nacre has been acquired by Bacou-Dalloz, world leader in the design, manufacturing and sales of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). Nacre will continue its operations from the headquarter in Trondheim, Norway.

A new Norwegian invention will stop planes and helicopters from colliding with high-tension power lines, wind turbines, communications towers and offshore platforms.

Champions League in goods manufacturing

Technology for providing the world with more farmed fish

Concrete research is on its way back.

2006 was a good year for SINTEF in both economic and scientific terms. The research group made an annual profit of NOK 92 million, an increase of NOK 33 million over the result from 2005. On the scientific side, one of several highlights is our...

Following an initiative taken by SINTEF, the EU and China are launching a project with the aim of cutting global emissions of greenhouse gases. The cooperative effort will give Europe emission quotas for CO₂ – and “green” coal-fired power stations to...

The Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim) has fined SINTEF Petroleum Research (SPR) NOK 2 million in connection with a consulting contract signed with an Iranian company in...

SINTEF has, together with a group of industrialists and other academic institutions, taken the initiative to establish a Technology Platform for aquaculture – the European Aquaculture Technology Platform.

Experts believe that we can pump CO₂, the most common greenhouse gas, into reservoirs in the North Sea. It would essentially eliminate one of this century’s problems. But is largescale CO₂ storage on the Norwegian continental shelf really that...