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Eleven species of bacteria that create substances that kill cancerous cells and three other bacteria that produce new antibiotics were discovered by scientists at NTNU and SINTEF. In...

In spite of its small size, Singapore has a population of five million, and it is an important communications node for both sea and air. This is why the authorities are now considering moving some...

...“We bump into challenges all the time, and we experiment with various techniques.” Erik Kyrkjebø lowers his hands to his side and looks down. On the floor in front of us lie Aiko, Anna Konda,...

Imagine a world in which everything that you own is numbered and catalogued. All your shoes; every piece of clothing. A world in which nothing can be regarded as private, but where everything can...

Once upon a time, offshore platforms were secure communities in which production was controlled by closed processes that were isolated from the external world. Today, the picture is somewhat...

By using a shared computer installed in the bus, passengers can pay however they like, regardless of local ticketing systems. What's more, this leaves the bus companies free to choose the...

This project would investigate how smart grid technology can be utilized in the electric distribution grid to reduce interruptions in the electricity supply and socio-economic costs of...

Due to the demand for large dimension billets of 7000 alloys, particularly in the aerospace and transportation industry, combined with the inherent difficulties of casting this group of alloys,...

Our main research area is the development and application of mathematical models for both reservoir scale processes and intra-basinal processes on geological time scales. Expertise CO₂ Storage...

The Power Road project is closely related to the Power House project that investigated the requirement that a construction should generate more energy than it consumes. Photo: ThinkStock. We’ve...

Medarbeidere Microsystems and sensors Microsystems are miniaturised systems that connect the physical to the digital world. A microsystem typically consists of a sensor, a processing unit and an...

The main goal of the project is to develop a method for early-stage diagnosis of colorectal cancer based on fluorescence optical imaging endoscopy, suitable for routine screening. Early detection...

NanoWASTE is a research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council that studies the fate, removal, release and subsequent impacts of manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) in wastewater...

There is to be a change of management at SINTEF Building Research Executive Vice President Bjørn Svensvik has done an important job in establishing SINTEF Building Research as one of...

For the first time, Norwegian scientists have managed to produce completely new antibiotics from bacteria found in the sea Professor Sergey Zotchev of NTNU and senior scientist Håvard Sletta...

For the first time, Norwegian scientists have managed to produce completely new antibiotics from bacteria found in the sea Professor Sergey Zotchev of NTNU and senior scientist Håvard Sletta...

Rasmus Sunde (48) has been elected as chair of SINTEF’s Board. He succeeds Jan Erik Korssjøen, who is leaving after six years in the chair. Sunde is moving to the chairmanship after being elected...

Medical sensors and sensor systems, personal health systems and smart textiles: the pHealth workshop that will be held in Oslo on June 24 – 26 will show off the latest advances on the technology...

Scientists at SINTEF and StatoilHydro have developed a level-gauge staff that uses pressure differences to measure the levels of water, oil and gas in oil separators. Some measurements are harder...

When a PC user changes his location, his environment also changes and problems often arise. However, with the aid of the appropriate software the computer’s software can be modified automatically...