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The most elaborate travel-wear in Norway keeps the body cool in hot helicopter cabins, but will turn into a heat-retaining suit if the helicopter should fall into the sea.

The leading research organizations TNO (the Netherlands) and SINTEF (Norway) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and market their joint services on a number of fields of technology.

The building industry has not taken on board the idea of adapting to local climatic conditions, and is mainly supplying identically designed houses all over the country.

We have reached the limits of the sea’s ability to sustain fisheries. We have to change our aquaculture practises.

Curtains of air bubbles are turning out to be a new method of fighting oil spills. The post Fighting oil spills with bubbles appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

SINTEF scientists are currently helping two major US cities to manage “buried treasure” worth billions of dollars. It may sound like “The Sopranos”, but in this case, they are the “good guys”, who are making water supplies cheaper for everyone.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and SINTEF of Norway have agreed to launch a joint collaborative to develop and offer services to international clients in the field of Building Technology and Civil Engineering. Areas of particular interest...

(Oslo/Trondheim, 9 January, 2008) SINTEF Venture III AS – a SINTEF investment company—and Ignis ASA has entered into an agreement in which SINTEF Venture III acquires 8 million of Ignis ASA’s 25 million shares in poLight AS (formerly Ignis Display AS...

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...