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If scientists get their way, we will soon be able to measure grandma’s acceleration. If she has a fall, that is.

SINTEF has, under contract for the Norwegian Agency for Public Sector Management and eGovernment (Difi), carried out a needs assessment within public sector administration looking into support for activities linked to information security.

If scientists get their way, we will soon be able to measure grandma's acceleration. If she has a fall, that is.

On Friday 19 September SINTEF and the University of Oslo (UiO) celebrated the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Laboratory, known as 'MiNaLab', in Oslo Science Park.

The EU wants people to get more interested in their cultural heritage, and is starting pilot projects in England, Spain and Norway.

People of all ages get excited hearing stories about their home town's cultural heritage. And finding them on an app is just about as cool as it gets.

A new window on the world of atoms will make future vehicles safer in collisions.

Using nanocapsules containing cancer drugs, researchers have succeeded in attacking tumours with surgical precision. One of the ways to manufacture such capsules is with minute droplets of super glue.

The typical Norwegian owner of a solar heating system is a resourceful man in his mid-fifties. He is technically skilled, interested in energy systems, and wants to save money and protect the environment.

In the future, you may be able to buy solar cells for your roof from a roll, by the metre.

In the future, you may be able to buy solar cells for your roof from a roll, by the metre.

One hundred and ten guests, including leading experts from Canada, Japan, Germany, China, Australia and the UK. Top managers from Europe’s other leading ship model tanks. Directors, professors, ship-owners and politicians. All of them had gathered in...

A brand new survey has revealed that education is important for getting the visually impaired into work. This challenges the current situation in which partially sighted students are now exempt from several upper secondary school subjects.

A 400 metre long vessel moves slowly across the dark sea surface. There is no one at the wheel. It is quiet on the bridge. There are no signs of life in the engine room or on deck. A scene from a horror film or science fiction, perhaps? No. This is...