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An isothermal microcalorimeter has been used to study the effect of solid copper in hexadecane, vegetable oil (ester) and mineral oil. The experiments have shown a catalytic effect of copper in oxidation of hydrocarbons and also the anti-oxidative effect of dibenzyl disulphide when combined with...

Apart from their archetypic use in anaerobic digestion (AD) methanogenic archaea are targeted for a wide range of applications. Using different methanogenic archaea for one specific application requires the optimization of culture media to enable the growth of different strains under identical...

Det er utarbeidet forslag til et langsiktig utviklingsprogram for blåskjellnæringa på Vestlandet, kalt ”Blåskjell-i-Vest”. Bakgrunnen for å utarbeide programmet, er ønsket om å kunne bidra til å utvikle en lønnsom blåskjellnæring på Vestlandet. På bakgrunn av utfordringer for blåskjellnæringen som...

...fokus på trafikkforskning. Arbeiderpartiet i Trøndelag ønsker et nytt kompetansesenter for trafikk til regionen. - Stjørdal er et naturlig valg, sier Ingvild Kjerkol (Ap). Kjerkol sitt håp er at et slikt senter skal samle fagmiljøene som finnes allerede for å samordne kompetanse og forskning innen trafikksikkerhet...

På bakgrunn av utfordringer og muligheter som er identifisert for blåskjellnæringen i Norge foreslås en strategi for årene 2010-2013 med rullering av strategien på slutten av perioden. Målsettingen som ligger til grunn for strategien er: "Etablere en lønnsom blåskjellnæring i Norge basert på...

SINTEF Fiskeri og havbruk AS (SINTEF) har bistått Bodø kommune med å gi innspill til hvilke valgmuligheter har Bodø kommune når det gjelder innholdet i en konsekvensutredning for Skjerstadfjorden og Saltstraumen. SINTEF har også gitt innspill til de viktigste temaene/problemstillingene...

The hydrogenation of Mg0.8125Ti0.1875 was investigated by density functional calculations, using a model where Ti was segregated into nano-clusters. Introducing small amounts of hydrogen resulted in significant stabilization, with the mixing enthalpy (cohesive energy relative to standard state...

In Norway’s ‘Framework Plan for kindergartens’ digital tools are to be implemented for learning, play and creativity. Implicitly the concept of digital tools, or ICTs, tend to be tablets, computers, and interactive whiteboards, smartphones are as such not taken into account. However, we find that...

To determine biotransformation of components in crude oil dispersions in the presence of feces from marine copepods, dispersed oil was incubated alone, with the addition of clean or oil-containing feces. We hypothesized that the feces would contribute with nutrients to bacteria, and higher...

The bandstructure of ⟨110⟩⟨110⟩ silicon nano wires (SiNWs) with diameters (d) up to 6.1 nm were studied using density functional theory. Three types of surface termination were investigated: H, F, and OH; all giving quantum confinement induced direct bandgaps in the investigated size range...

Atomically thin transition-metal dichalcogenides (MoS2, WSe2, etc.) have long been touted as promising materials for gas detection because of their tunable band gaps; however, the sensing mechanism, based on a charge-transfer process, has not been fully explored. Here, we directly observe the effect...

The use of silicon (Si) in the form of nanoparticles is one of the most promising routes for boosting the capacity of modern Li‐ion batteries. Many parameters influence the performance of Si making the comparison of materials complicated. The present work demonstrates a direct comparison of Si...

Xylan is a highly abundant biopolymer having, with the right modifications, outstanding chemical and physiochemical properties. Utilization of xylan remains limited as methodology for xylan processing is not optimal and relevant enzymes for efficient modification of the long-chain polymer are yet...

Plasmonically active nanoparticles offer a promising pathway to extend the absorption range of photocatalysts. While not necessarily catalytically active themselves, these particles allow the absorption of lower energy photons in wide band gap photocatalysts. Here, we present A-site excess SrTiO...