...throw away every day contains the equivalent of a slice of bread, half a tin of mackerel and a teaspoonful of butter. Together, these make up almost ten per cent of our daily recommended carbohydrate, protein and fat intake. Every year Norwegians throw away about 216,000 tonnes of edible food – enough...
...new modules, bugfixes and quality of life-improvements. Some notable changes: Incompressible solvers have been moved into a new module incomp to further trim down mrst-core. Increased maturity and feature set of AD solvers, including support for boundary conditions, source terms and varying number of wells...
Highlights of MRST 2022a The new release comes with three new modules, improvements in functionality and various bug fixes. In particular we would like to highlight the following: New gridding functionality to build 3D grids from a set of horizons. New module for importing meshes from gmsh. Major revision...
This is the team behind the robot "Gribbot ", who has a special eye for chicken. From the left: Elling Ruud Øye, Ekrem Misimi and Aleksander Eilertsen at SINTEF. Photo: TYD/SINTEF They have built a fully-functional robot in the lab to automate the process of extracting breast fillets from chickens....
...is Director of the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) has warned that the deficit will lead to persistently high electricity prices in the years leading up to 2030, resulting in a high risk of energy poverty. Both the Energy Commission and the Environment Agency here in Norway have...
Manual cleaning being carried out at Scatec Solar’s solar energy farm in Jordan. Photo: Mohammad Ba’ra. Project Manager and researcher Martin Bellmann is pictured at SINTEF’s solar cell test laboratory. Photo: SINTEF SHOW MORE At a solar energy farm just outside Budapest in Hungary, a cleaning robot...
...ethnography and conducting in-depth interviews as part of our methodology. We are systematically coding the negotiations and developing a searchable database, which will be published upon the conclusion of the final round of negotiations. Global plastic production is nearing 450 million tonnes and without...
...standing in his office with a marker in his hand. “Imagine that it’s Saturday and you’re sitting with your bottle of wine all ready on the table,” he says. The dark red liquid sits still inside the bottle. You take out the cork and pour the wine into a waiting glass. Then he takes a brief dramatic pause before...
...permission of the Fornebu Historical Society (Fornebuhistoriskforening.no). Standard The development of zero-emission areas (ZEAs) in our future towns and cities is a key aim. This means that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced. Researchers at the FME ZEN (Research Centre for Zero-Emission Neighbourhoods...
...phosphorous and nitrogen, can be put to good use as fertilisers. Municipal wastewater treatment plants are now planning to recover more of these valuable resources, which are becoming globally scarce. “Wider Uptake” is a joint project involving water and sewage treatment companies, research institutes and private...
...early December. 28.06.11 International CO2 prize to SINTEF scientist Chief scientist and project adviser Erik Lindeberg of SINTEF Petroleum Research has been awarded the international research prize “The SINTEF and NTNU CCS Award” for his pioneering role in research on storing CO2 in geological strata...
...on your phone? By Åse Dragland We seem to be drowning in ‘intelligent things’ and IT services. In our smart home, we can use various applications to control the front door, TV, washing machine, vacuum, heating and blinds. Other apps enable us to find out what time the bus is leaving, or book a table...
In the lab. Researchers Ekrem Misimi (left) and Sverre Herland with their robot called Bifrost, which has recently set a world record in learning to manipulate soft and pliable objects ‘all on its own’ Photo: Henriette Louise Krogness Standard “In spite of the impression many of us have from the media...
The emergency department at St. Olav’s Hospital shows the way and has succeeded through a completely unusual hunt for ideas. Authors: Gunnar Brataas, Senior Research Scientist, SINTEF Lisa S. Græslie, Research Scientist, SINTEF Geir-Erlend Myhre Johansen, IT-coordinator, St. Olavs hospital Xinlu Qiu...
...buildings. The combination of wind and rain forces rainwater into small cavities and openings and may result in leaks, causing significant damage to building materials. “This problem is exacerbated by climate change, which is expected to result in much more rain and wind than we are experiencing today”...
...presentation of the award, and the seventh time it had been presented to a SINTEF scientist. The award ceremony took place at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters’ house in Oslo. Founded in Paris in 1921, CIGRÉ is a global network consisting of 60 National Committees in 90+ countries, and is dedicated to...
Dr. Rachel Tiller from SINTEF Ocean holds a PhD in Political Science from NTNU. She and Assistant Professor Elizabeth Nyman from Texas A&M at Galveston and Professor Aslaug Asgeirsdottir from Bates College were invited to participate as academic experts within the field of international marine resource...
In a research laboratory in Trondheim, a physiotherapist is using a computer to identify signs of CP in new-born babies. CURVES AND LINES: The blue curves show Lars Adde’s key to fidgety movements, while the green lines show the neural network’s “evaluation”. In infants who are thought to be ill, the...
...generated in the sea current. "We have very little quantitative data on this and need more in order to improve our computational models", he says. Photo: Thor Nielsen/SINTEF. The sea boils white as giant air bubbles emerge and burst at the surface. The ten-tonne frame carrying a mass of measurement equipment...
...which may require the development of new models and methods, or the adaptation of existing ones. This will be useful for providing early warnings of major accidents both in general, during petroleum exploration and production in the northern regions, and specifically during the operation of the Goliat...