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- Invitation to international conference on waste and biomass combustion

A scientific research and development programme worth more than NOK 300 million is being launched in Norway with the aim of generating more cost effective technology for CO₂-capture. The project is one of the biggest of its kind to date.

During the 1980s, the world began to realise that chemicals created by man and used in heat pumps and refrigeration systems were having a negative effect on the environment.

A dark blue Audi with green technology under its bonnet aroused a great deal of attention in Trondheim in May 2006. At the head of the queue of eager sightseers was Børge Brende, the UN’s former “minister of the environment”.

Petroleum activities and marine transport in the Arctic demand a high level of know-how and efficient contingency planning. Around twenty international scientists spent the month of May in finding out how an oil spill behaves, and how it can be...

A robot that can move forward and inspect complicated pipe systems is currently under development. The robot can twist its way vertically up pipe walls.

Norwegian scientists will remove sulphur compounds from Indian petrol utilising custom made, porous materials in the refineries.

Based on an initiative from SINTEF Marine Environmental Technology, StatoilHydro has entered into and financed the construction of an oil spill laboratory in Murmansk.

If something hits you on the head while you are wearing this safety helmet, its soft flexible inner layer will instantly turn into a rock-hard shock-absorbent material.

No matter how you try, it’s impossible to protect your identity online. Researchers have found a major gaping security hole. The post Stolen identity appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

A robot that can move forward and inspect complicated pipe systems is currently under development. The robot can twist its way vertically up pipe walls. The post The robot that climbs pipe walls appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

SINTEF is the third most popular Norwegian company when technology students choose their ”dream employer”.

A model of the Oseberg ship – the oldest and most beautiful Viking ship in the world – has just been tested in Ship Model Tank at Marintek, SINTEF.

Unni Steinsmo, President of the SINTEF Group, has been elected to membership of the European Research Area Board (ERAB).

SINTEF obtained good academic and financial results in 2007, with a profit of NOK 254 million, the best ever made by the Group. None of the owners of the Group can draw a dividend form SINTEF’s profits, and the result thus enables us to make new...