Latest news from SINTEF

Norway is evaluating innovative housing options for dementia sufferers. Perhaps small serviced housing projects and dementia 'villages' will provide a more normal life than nursing homes and institutions?

Norwegian manufacturers of agricultural technology are now getting active support from researchers. Such companies will benefit from new applications and exposure to a global market.

In order to reduce the effects of global warming, Norway has like the EU set a goal of reducing its CO₂ emissions by 40% by 2030.

A major international collaborative project involving 12 partners from eight countries and worth €7.3million is set to drive forward development of the next generation of floating wind substructures.

"Dynamic positioning" has been hailed as "the jewel in the crown" and Norway's greatest engineering feat since World War II. But what is it?

The Norwegian Maritime Directorate is quite decided that Norway ought to be the first flag state to bring unmanned vessels to the market.

A brand new study of 200 dementia sufferers in Norway reveals that almost all experience greater peace of mind and increased levels of physical activity using GPS devices.

Have you heard about the method that keeps salmon fresh for a whole month, without the use of chemicals?

The project combines expertise of 9 partners in 8 countries to foster nanomedicine innovation and facilitate regulatory approval.

The SINTEF Board has today appointed Alexandra Bech Gjørv as its new CEO and President.

Unemployed people who have spent long periods on benefit become passive, and surrender responsibility for their situation to others. Research is now being carried out to develop a system to help them obtain a sense of empowerment.

More than 20 per cent of people with hearing aids use their devices for less than one hour a day because of problems they encounter with tuning the settings. But now users can participate in fine-tuning their devices themselves.

It isn't cars and vehicle traffic that produce the greatest volumes of climate gas emissions – it's our own homes. But new research will soon be putting an end to all that!

If testing goes well, an invention that helps save fuel in ships may soon be in production, with the support of the British industry.

Ultrasound is coming into ever more widespread use, and an app that trains health personnel to interpret ultrasound images has just been developed.