This finding has emerged from a report from hospital researchers at SINTEF. The “bed cluster concept” means that patient rooms are grouped into a “courtyard”, with beds in seven to nine rooms,...
Photo/illustration: Geir Mogen/Raymond Nilsson Røros Airport, January 2009: American scientist Craig Venter, the most renowned biotechnologist in the world, has just landed in his private jet....
Advanced sensors are produced in SINTEF’s MiNalab. This image shows the process of photolithography, which is utilized to produce the sensors. A few seconds of powerful light enables the...
Ex-drug and alcohol abusers who have completed their treatment need a simple support system and daily motivation. Now they are getting both – in a handy pocket format. How are my finances, and...
A Norwegian, satellite-based system aims to ensure that helicopters and light aircraft are prevented from colliding with power lines and other obstacles. By Åse Dragland Collisions between...
While Europe invests in wind energy, Norwegian hydropower offers the key to stable electricity supplies. The key driver of the development of a northern European offshore power grid is the...
Contact: Ansattinfo mangler The robot effortlessly picks up one castor after another from the pile in the box and puts them into the channel. No matter how the wheels are lying, the robot...
Some of the most basic work will involve looking into how Norway is managing public security issues. How do complex learning processes develop in the wake of tragic events such as that of 22 July...
Traditional methods have tended to create detailed requirement specifications, and then important decisions were taken about how systems should be constructed before they were actually developed....
HOLIDAY WITH TREATMENTS: The Dead Sea is well known for its positive effects on psoriasis, acne, and skin damage. Photo: Scanpix The Dead Sea contains 21 different minerals that have long been...
CHECK OUT: The blood sample is drawn into several channels and is analysed for eight diseases. Photo: Werner Juvik Today, a blood sample whose protein content, genes and so on are to be read...
High-humidity rainforest grows only a few kilometres from the simple but immaculately clean room to which a worried mother has brought her sick child. Between the walls painted in the colours of...
Driving in tunnels is actually twice as safe as driving in the open,when all factors are taken into account,” says SINTEF scientist Gunnar Jensen. However, a rough estimate suggests that as many...
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,...
The figures are clear: It’s not Scandinavia, but Germany, France, Switzerland and the Benelux countries that have the smallest disparities in the health of their citizens. The reported figures...
Salt has many beneficial properties. It tastes good, and it increases the shelf life of our food and makes it easier to process many foodstuffs on an industrial scale. But it also contributes to...
Ultra-efficient solar cells, based on cheap materials, could be here in a few years. By Ole Martin Løvvik, senior scientist at SINTEF Materials and Chemistry and adjunct professor at the...
A new smart temperature controller upgraded this building’s old radiator system from the 1960s. The results were very profitable. Photo: SINTEF Standard “The results of the heating system...
Seagulls and whales waiting for a free dinner outside Skjærvøy in Nordland county. Photo: Alessandro De Maddalena/iStock Standard Up to two-thirds of the fish caught never reach the dinner...
Ineffective negotiations? Mukhtar Babayev, the head of last year's climate summit, speaks in Baku. Photo: Felix Zahn/IMAGO/NTB Viewpoints Viewpoints express the writer’s opinions. As the dust...