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SINTEF participates in the UN Biodiversity Conference in Armenia bringing expertise in biodiversity governance, international environmental negotiations, biodiversity monitoring and nature-positive innovation.

Researchers at the University of Texas spent several months searching for the source of mysterious radio signals observed in connection with GPS interference in Europe. Measurement data from SINTEF provided the breakthrough: the signals were traced...

Norway has thousands of kilometres of low-traffic roads with high maintenance needs and limited budgets. Two PhD candidates are investigating why these roads deteriorate, how their condition can be assessed more effectively, and which rehabilitation...

After five years of research, development and industrial testing, the SINTEF-led EU project ACCSESS has concluded, delivering three innovations that could help some of Europe’s hardest-to-abate industries reduce their emissions and remove CO₂ from...

By-products from aluminium production contains valuable resources that can be lost if not handled properly. In a new guide, SINTEF shows how the aluminium industry can reduce metal losses, increase recycling rates and create more circular value...

Technology can contribute to better treatment for people struggling with anxiety and depression, according to researcher Sandra Klonteig. “The potential within neurotechnology is too significant to ignore. This is where the solutions of the...

With the opening of the Bioprocess Piloting Lab, industry gains access to a new research infrastructure designed to bring biotechnological solutions from the laboratory to industrial application.

A new large-scale transparent riser test reveals how internal flows and external wave motion interact to drive fatigue. This can lead to safer, more cost-effective riser design and lifetime extension.

Fully 85 percent of employees on service vessels have experienced near accidents in the last two years – and many are concerned about their own health.

A wind turbine has a window of just a few seconds to avoid a collision with an approaching bird, and each avoidance manoeuvre wears on the turbine. The SKARV project is now putting numbers on both.

Every year around 400 000 people make the trip up to Preikestolen. When lots of tourists arrive at the same time, the load on roads, parking, trails and the viewpoint itself, increases.

Kjeldsberg Kaffebrenneri and SINTEF Energy Research are exploring the possibility of electrifying coffee production in Trondheim.

The world will need far more air conditioners and heat pumps in the coming decades, and a new EU project led by SINTEF is building an open tool to help countries choose how to supply them without harmful fluorinated gases.

Tourists moving in unfamiliar surroundings, people following maps on their mobile phones, and distracted road users in general can easily overlook regular traffic signs. But the effect of a new type of sign surprised researchers.

At Avisomo Modular Farming the lettuce is sown, grown, and packaged – all untouched by human hands. Increased food security and fewer imports are the goal.