It should soon become easier to identify measures that will also be effective in the long term when outbreaks of disease in salmon farms need to be prevented or combatted. This is the goal of...
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A Nobel Prize was awarded when "high-temperature superconductors" were discovered in 1986. Now the world has at last found an application for lossless conductors, thanks to two Norwegians...
Many physicists were extremely optimistic when high-temperature superconductors were discovered. But not everyone shared their belief. “I am a physicist too. But I did not believe in the energy...
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1996: Profitable gas estimates
The “GassOpt” software modelling tool, which was conceived in the 1990s, has created a great deal of value for Statoil – and for the Norwegian people. “GassOpt” shows the best way of utilising...
Two of its three principal national objectives were not met. Nevertheless, the “Intensions Agreement” regarding a more inclusive work-life the (IA Agreement) has been a success in many companies....
In 1979, the Vingmed electronics company in Horten in Southern Norway launched a unique ultrasonic device for the diagnosis of cardiac disease. They laid the foundations: interdisciplinary...
Researchers aim to make it just as economic to process fish in Norway as to send them to China. Every day the world’s population consumes 32 million meals made of seafood from Norway. However, on...
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Lobster farming breakthrough
Researchers have recently succeeded in doubling survival rates among lobster larvae under farmed conditions. This could boost populations of a species threatened in the wild. Researchers have...
SINTEF has established a research centre for multiphase flow technology. The centre strengthens an already world-leading research group. The new Multiphase Flow Centre includes researchers and...
Patients can use tablet computers to report their daily condition. Hospitals can pick up early symptoms, take action and thereby reduce admissions By Åse Dragland Product designer Jarl...
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A new Norwegian Iron Age?
Our vast country offers plenty of natural resources, both natural gas and iron ore may very well form a solid basis for sustainable industrial establishments. Today, it is possible to produce...
This is Angel Perez Garcia. He can make a robot move exactly as he wants via the electrodes attached to his head. By Åse Dragland "I use the movements of my eyes, eyebrows and other parts...