Artificial intelligence has become the cardiologist’s “super-assistant”
If anything goes wrong with your heart, it is critical to get the right treatment quickly. Artificial intelligence can help with just this – and more lives can be saved.
Latest news from SINTEF
The construction sector must learn to reuse plastic insulation after demolition
Tonnes of reusable polystyrene ends up as plastic waste when buildings are demolished. Researchers want to see more recycling and reuse.
Farmers can produce their own fertilizer and e-fuels with new technology
A new research project aims to produce green ammonia by utilizing variations in renewable energy production.
Solar-electric vessel launched in Tunisia
SINTEF has led a project for sustainable maritime transport in North Africa. The result is a transport boat powered by batteries from solar cells.
Reducing the carbon footprint of the textile and paper industries
New technology will transform the production of bleaching and disinfection chemicals in the European chemical industry.
The aquaculture sector is aiming at better plastic recycling
There is enormous potential in the aquaculture sector to generate circular economy initiatives when it comes to its use of plastics. But can these be made commercially viable? Researchers believe that they can.
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Cultures of fear can be strangled at birth
In the wake of the shocking revelation from a major Oslo hospital that fear among employees is making corporate whistleblowing difficult, some in the IT sector are promoting the opposite. When something goes wrong, they learn from their mistakes...
Ground-breaking knowledge from minute organs grown on microchips
The use of stem cells now makes it possible for us to cultivate so-called organoids, such as tiny versions of a liver, heart or small intestine, in the lab. These micro-organs can then be connected to a microchip that simulates the body’s biological...
Residents must participate in the development of our future communities
In Palma de Mallorca in Spain, researchers are planning to use VR headsets to encourage resident participation in a community project.
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We need to adapt our cities to a changing climate. But in Norway it’s still business as usual
If we are to avoid our cities becoming ‘heat magnets’ one day, and overwhelmed by flooding the next, we have to incorporate wetlands and ditch systems into our urban infrastructure.
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The Ocean Environment Agreement – a global agreement to preserve the part of the ocean that no one – and everyone – owns
How will this ocean environment agreement affect you, who are in the marine-based industries?
Celebrated 100,000 hours of CO2 capture
For 12 years, the pilot plant for CO2 capture at Tiller has been testing technology that is crucial for Norwegian industry to realize carbon capture and storage, and for Norway to help solve the global climate challenges.
Seagriculture EU 2023 drives seaweed innovation forward
This year’s European conference gathered top expertise to Trøndelag, which is already home to a growing seaweed industry.
TCCS-12: Awarding Outstanding Achievements within CCS
Professor Philip Ringrose from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)/Equinor has won the SINTEF and NTNU CCS Award 2023.
Locking CO2 captured from seaweed in biocoal
Seaweeds cultivated in the sea off the coast of Trøndelag, Norway will be converted into biocoal and used to improve agricultural land. A new method for carbon capture and storage is now being trialled by Norwegian researchers.