...different system, and in Bergen they have a third. “Moreover, the bus companies are having trouble updating and replacing their modules”, says Jan Håkegård at SINTEF ICT. “They use a multitude of IT systems that are expensive both to hook up and operate. The systems are outdated and lack flexibility because...
...more in tolls to cross a bridge for a 70% reduction in emissions? SINTEF, NTNU and TU Delft have investigated the effect that implementing CCS in 10 different industries would have on the emissions and costs of nine products and services. The results showed that CO2 emissions could be significantly reduced...
...known for its positive effects on psoriasis, acne, and skin damage. Photo: Scanpix The Dead Sea contains 21 different minerals that have long been known to have positive effects on ailments such as psoriasis, acne, and skin damaged by allergies and the sun. A major cosmetics company, Dead Sea Laboratories...
Entrepreneur Jon Tore Lieng is the man behind the new ”Deep Penetrating Anchor”. His story shows how an idea conceived at SINTEF, combined with drive and persistence, can bring good, cost-effective technology to the market. In the 90s, when petroleum production began moving towards deeper waters, Lieng...
...efficiency and reduce the processing cost of existing silicon solar cell technologies using nano-scale effects provided by nanomaterials to above 20% for wafer based and above 15 % for thin film silicon based solar cells at a processing cost for modules well below 1 €/watt. To design and to fabricate...
...in a number of products. Among the examples mentioned was the use of nanosilver as a bactericide in modern refrigerators. I glance at my own fridge, and see that the family kitchen has more to offer than I had known. The TV journalist had done his job; I now realize that, without realizing it, I am already...
...resulting in considerable variation in the physical quality of commercial feeds. Feed represents more than 50% of the costs in Norwegian fish farming, and the total yearly cost of feed is approximately 7 billion NOK. Thus, even small fractions lost or poorly utilised will amount to large sums. The feed...
A robot that can move forward and inspect complicated pipe systems is currently under development. The robot can twist its way vertically up pipe walls. The new robot functions as a train in horizontal pipes but manoeuvres sideways into a vertical pipe and twists vertically upwards. (Ill: SINTEF...
...blood-vessels, and it is not certain that the patient would survive such a serious operation. Instead, he is placed in a magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus and a large ultrasonic probe is placed on his abdomen. Within a few seconds, three-dimensional images of his abdominal cavity and liver appear on...
...for further development as well as making the core features more robust. The developers have made a number of changes to fundamental data structures and algorithms in MRST. We believe that MRST as it exists today has reached a level of maturity needed to support research into numerical methods for porous...
Researcher Andy Booth, SINTEF (behind) and NTNU partner Iurgi Imanol Salaverria-Zabalegui grow algae that will later be "exposed" to micro plastics. Photo: Thor Nielsen. Annually, about 300 million tonnes of plastic are manufactured worldwide and, according the Norwegian Environment Agency, production...
Lundmark Daae The oil industry is heading north. It is said that 30 per cent of remaining gas, and 13 per cent of remaining oil, reserves are to be found in the Arctic. We’re talking about billions. The Snøhvit and Goliat projects are being developed for operation in temperatures of minus 20 degrees. In the...
...team of physicians and engineers is in deep discussion with a researcher. The next patient is currently at the focus of their efforts to develop a life-saving technology. He has a tumour in his left lung, and the main challenge is to find out whether it is benign or malignant, precise and quick, at low cost...
NaDeNo is developing a safer and more effective treatment for peritoneal cancer by encapsulating anti-cancer cytotoxins in nanoparticle carriers. The illustration shows a cancer cell and the nanoparticle carriers. Stock photo: Shutterstock Standard The company is called NaDeNo and is well underway with the...
SINTEF researchers Birgitte McDonagh and Sigurd Wenner in their lab. They have identified an entirely new way of investigating the properties of organic nanoparticles. Their technique may open the door to the development of new types of medicines and materials. Photo: Thor Nielsen Standard “First we...
Due to the way Li & Lim generated the test instances, the number of tasks in these instances are different and slightly higher than the nominal value. Here you find instance definitions and the best known solutions (to our knowledge) for the 400 tasks instances of Li & Lim's PDPTW benchmark problems...
...the salmon, and carry out the many other tasks essential to the running of a fish farm facility. The wind is bitter and the rain is lashing in from all directions. Sea water is splashing around their feet. Everything they handle is wet. Cold water creeps relentlessly up to their knees and along to their...
SINTEF ICT and a group of industrial companies from Ireland, Sweden and Norway are currently forming an alliance that will help to give the aviation industry greener and more rapid routes across Europe. Together with Norway’s Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, SAAB from Sweden and Irish Airtel, SINTEF...
...with beds in seven to nine rooms, and the old nurses’ room has been replaced by three decentralized workstations. Less walking time Bed clusters are in widespread use in Norway’s newer hospitals, and internationally in countries like the USA, the UK, Sweden, Denmark and Latvia. The thinking behind this...
...ibuprofen and antidepressants are found in marine organisms in the fjord, where the wastewater from Ny Ålesund is released. “This is problematic because these substances are specifically designed to affect biological processes in the body, and when they are then taken up in marine animals and organisms...