Hunting for heat, deep in the Earth
Capturing green energy from deep in the Earth will bring competitive electricity and district heating – with help from Norway.
Latest news from SINTEF
Atomic-level protection for drivers
A new window on the world of atoms will make future vehicles safer in collisions
On the hunt for new antibiotics
A Norwegian-Danish project aims to find better weapons against life-threating multi-resistant bacteria.
Lifesaving sensor for full bladders
A small pressure sensor can make the difference between life and death. The first tests on humans will be carried out in April on patients with spinal injuries at Sunnaas Hospital in Norway.
Biomass booklet
A handbook has been made to summarize the STOP project and the project results. It easily explains torrefaction and what can be achieved by torrefying biomass.
Physics Give Rise to a New Fly Rod
A new Norwegian fishing rod is about to be launched onto the world market. The inventor calls it fly fishing’s equivalent of carving skis
Fragrant attraction brings fish to the hook
Backed up by science, a Norwegian start-up launches “fishing luck in a tube”.
Damaged metal surfaces repair themselves
A coating filled with tiny lubricant capsules could come to the rescue when metal surfaces dry out and friction builds up.
Diagnosing patients at an early stage
Norske forskere har utviklet den første sensor i verden som kan finne enkeltpartikler i en blodprøve.
SINTEF scientist joins Norwegian Board of Technology
Andy Booth, a specialist in environmental technology and senior scientist at SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, has been appointed to the Norwegian Board of Technology.
Creating the plastics packaging of tomorrow out of wood
A wood fibre only 100 nanometres thick will help to give us tomorrow’s plastic food packaging, if SINTEF and its partners are successful.
Setting new standards for pipeline design
Several years of Norwegian research on fracture mechanics have resulted in new numerical modelling tools. The new software means that we can calculate the risk of fracture in pipelines much more accurately than current methods permit, according to...
Tears? Forget them!
The first steps have been taken towards rainwear which repairs itself
Towards the safer use of nanoparticles
What kind of HSE know-how do we really need to manage the new substances now found in everything from our clothes to cosmetics and electronics? Are nanoparticles harmful to the environment – or are these invisible particles safer than we think?
Smart materials
Today’s materials are not like they were before. We now give them properties to safeguard against rust, repel graffiti and store or emit heat.