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Transporting CO₂ needs to be cost-effective, safe and reliable. SINTEF conducts research on how to make CO₂ transport as economical, environmentally friendly and safe as possible. A growing need...

Plastics contain a multitude of chemicals, some of which are toxic. Stock photo: iStock Notes A recent report shows that plastics in general contain as many as 16,000 different chemicals. But...

Two new laboratories will test energy systems that will make shipping green, and constructions that are necessary for offshore wind and other energy development offshore. For almost 75 years,...

Standard The reuse of materials is one of the most effective climate change mitigation strategies available to the building sector. However, used materials have to meet the same requirements as...

Only a minority of Norwegian municipalities are aware of whether or not their primary/lower secondary schools offer universal design. A recent SINTEF study also reveals that schools’ outdoor...

The authors of this article recommend that you should preferably ask your risk-averse colleagues to test new AI models. Stock photo: Shutterstock/Summit Art Creations Viewpoints The opinions...

Nature is vulnerable. Eighty kilos of rubbish passes through the wastewater system in Longyearbyen in Svalbard every week. In fact, anything we flush down the toilet eventually reaches the sea –...

Exploiting more of the ocean's food potential requires new knowledge and technology. But where and when does it pay to fish for new species such as Calanus? This is when large data sets are...

How harmful is plastic, what in it is harmful and how does this affect living organisms? Tonnes of waste from standard plastic products have been uncontrollably released into the world’s oceans,...

Access to minerals and metals is crucial for society as we know it, and for the technological development needed for the green shift. The extraction of minerals and metals must take place in the...

How can you get all the minerals and critical raw materials you need, and at the same time do it in a sustainable way that takes into account the environment, nature and climate? Mineral...

For AI to help us solve the world’s major challenges, we need to invest in other types of machine learning, not only language models like ChatGPT. Language models like ChatGPT are playing an...

SINTEF contributed with research on bioprocess optimization in a project for establishing industrial microbiological fertilizers in Lithuania. Microbiological fertilizers are one of a large...

On 12 April, approximately 43 members of the European wave energy community, and associated industries, gathered in Perugia for IMPACT’s second workshop, organised by project partners SINTEF...

Higher expectations for CO₂ capture and storage require more research on safe and cost-effective large-scale storage methods. At the Svelvik CO₂ Field Lab, industry and researchers can test...

Girls do better and enjoy school more than boys. Researchers now believe that we should be taking targeted action to restore the balance. Stock photo: iStock Standard SINTEF has been responsible...

The Sophies Minde building is part of Oslo University Hospital. Ambitious renovation plans are now offering it a new life. Photo: Oslobygg KF Standard The reuse and recycling of materials is...

This woman walking along the streets of Tokyo has become perhaps the best known film produced by the text-to-video AI tool called Sora. But Sora needs a lot of electricity. According to the...

Norway's Minister of Energy, Terje Aasland, announced the creation of a new research centre that will look at ways to reduce the energy transition's monetary cost and impact on nature....

Last year, the UK introduced a scheme by which targeted gene editing can be classified as a precision breeding technique. In this article, Senior Research Scientist Sven Even Borgos argues that...