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Here are Norway’s most energy efficient homes. Total energy consumption? Just over one-third of the national average. The post Energy saving deluxe appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

“Money? For something that may never pay?” grumbles the dull troll called Society every time a call is made for an increase in funding for basic research. And here is the explanation: The post The threat inherent in our imaginations appeared first on...

The Norwegian Building Research Institute and SINTEF’s building and construction research groups are merging to form SINTEF Building Research AS, which will be formally established on January 1, 2006.

Anticollision systems will be the next step on the way to even safer cars. Researchers in Trondheim are helping the automotive industry to turn plans into reality.

An improved aquaculture industry could help the people of Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Vietnam out of the poverty trap, so we have been helping Vietnam’s Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 1 improve its research and education capacity to meet the need...

Much of Norway’s fish processing industry is being moved abroad, and to compete with competitors in low-cost countries, we need to develop new techology. Our project known as TELOP: “Technology development for more profitable processing of farmed...

Salmon smolt are produced in tanks on land before they are transferred to sea-cages. An EU water directive sets out standards for sources of water, which focuses on water quality and fish welfare. Providing the conditions for a good “childhood” is...

Fishing is still one of Norway’s riskiest professions. Between 1998 and last year, 73 fishermen have died from impacts, crushing or drowning. This is why scientists from SINTEF Health Research, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture and SINTEF Technology...

Cod and halibut fry demand live food, so we are developing good, reasonably priced feeds. Algae and zooplankton top the menu for these fry, and we are ensuring that they get enough of such species, partly by improving production technology.

A newly developed surface on implanted catheter may prevent complications from bacteria and infection. The post Zero grip for bacteria appeared first on Geminiresearchnews.com .

The idea being the basis for the first CO₂ patents from SINTEF and NTNU was conceived by Professor Gustav Lorentzen (1915-95). The International Institute of Refrigeration named a biennial conference after Professor Lorentzen.

Hundreds of thousands of Japanese people get their hot shower water by means of energy-saving Norwegian technology. The invention spares the environment and climate by using CO₂ – the very gas that has had to carry much of the blame for the...

Refrigeration scientists at SINTEF and NTNU have been honoured by an award from the International Energy Agency (IEA) for their contribution to solving the greenhouse problems caused by leaking refrigeration systems and heat pumps.

SINTEF Petroleum Research AS has purchased 10% of the shares of the Trondheim company ResLab - Reservoir Laboratories AS. From now on, the two companies will operate hand in hand vis-à-vis the international petroleum industry market.

Scientists at SINTEF Materials and Chemistry are among the first groups in the world have developed a process for large-scale production of carbon nanotubes.