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Time is running out for the climate – can geoengineering buy us some more? A new report from SINTEF explores technologies that could help reverse climate change.

We need more electricity, and the power grid must be expanded significantly. But how much and how quickly? This is how “monster masts” and expensive power expansion can be postponed.

Installing just four percent of Europe’s commercial buildings with a Thermal Box from Norway — about the size of an American industrial refrigerator — would spare Europe the need to build seven nuclear power plants.

What’s one of the most difficult things for a robot to do that hasn’t already been done? How about a robot that can see, understand, grasp and cut soft, slippery and deformable objects – without destroying them?

Chinese car manufacturers aren’t the only ones trying to develop new types of batteries. New materials are being tested in Norwegian laboratories to make batteries lighter, cheaper and more environmentally friendly.

Researchers say such a transformation is absolutely doable. A new European research project will no longer treat CO₂ as waste, but as a resource in innovative value chains. This has the potential to lead to fewer emissions and completely new products...

Artificial intelligence in the wrong hands can shape people’s political perceptions by spreading a false picture of reality. Lack of transparency in tech platforms has become a threat, according to researcher.

A new platform based on open standards will make it possible to connect seismic interpretation directly with reservoir simulation. The goal is faster, better decision-making for energy companies – and more systematic management of uncertainty.

The chemical tanker Bow Olympus saves five tonnes of fuel per day through the use of sail technology and AI-enhanced weather routing.

A small, unmanned vessel operating ahead of a fishing trawler, scanning the upper water layers, can guide the vessel to areas with the highest concentrations of the tiny zooplankton species Calanus.

Energy use to produce concentrated livestock feed is being cut significantly, thanks to a first-of-its-kind heat pump solution. And a happy side effect is even higher feed quality.

Antibiotics save lives, but they are also a global health threat. Scientist Noëlie Maurin at SINTEF has an idea that could help solve the problem: Remove antibiotic residues before they are flushed down the drain.

The researchers teach the packaging machine what is up and down on a snack carrot. The program runs on a small, local PC – not on huge servers in some far away cloud. The goal: To pack quickly, cheaply and attractively – so that consumers like us are...

What if hydropower planning tools could learn from experience, and squeeze more out of the water in our reservoirs in the process?

Just like the cathedral itself, the wood that will be used for the new doors may hold secrets. That’s why researchers need to test the oak before the doors are built.