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If electric vehicles were lighter, they would also be more energy efficient. Of course researchers are eager to make that happen. With aluminium.

Far below the earth’s surface is an energy source with huge and perpetual potential: geothermal heat. But the forces in its scorching and inhospitable depths must be tamed. Now scientists know what that will take.

How climate-friendly is the urban development in your municipality? A new tool helps planners compare alternatives.

Hurtigruten has sailed along the coast of Norway for more than 130 years. Now, their voyage towards zero emission ships receives attention from all over the world.

It’s easy to oppose solar parks when you hear that 60 solar plants are equivalent in area to over 5000 football pitches, as recently reported by NRK. This analogy draws attention away from other important aspects of the debate.

Achieving emission reduction targets in Norway, Europe, and globally is impossible without carbon capture and storage (CCS). To reach net zero, CCS must scale from millions to billions of tonnes. FME gigaCCS aims to accelerate this transition...

An ineffective negotiation system was the main impression people left with from the climate summit in Baku. Restoring trust in this system must be the top priority for the next conference.

The Norwegian-developed sensor node detects where transmission lines have available space. It also means that grid companies could avoid building new, expensive and controversial power lines.

A box the size of a refrigerator that supplies a home – and perhaps ten neighbouring houses – with electricity. That’s Ole Martin Løvvik’s dream at SINTEF.

The goal is to eliminate both charging anxiety and environmental concerns. Now researchers have created the “recipe” to do it.

Firefighters do hard physical work while being exposed to great heat strain. Now we know more about what happens to their body temperature during a smoke dive.

SINTEF experts on microchip technology are working on a method to detect biomarkers in our breath and to miniaturize a monitoring device. The project can help to discover symptoms of COPD earlier and change the lives of millions of people suffering...

Steel is a cornerstone of modern society, but its production accounts for approximately 7% of global CO₂ emissions.

The Green Platform project WindRise aims to realize sustainable and cost-effective solutions for the large-scale deployment of offshore wind substructures.

Nanomedicines save lives, but they don’t reach the market or the patient’s body fast enough. Researchers have now come up with a recipe to accelerate and improve the process.