Fire tests on a simulated North Sea “problem platform” have left SINTEF NBL with a unique laboratory module, developed in-house, that will raise fire-protection standards at sea. On behalf of the...
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The project has developed a solution to log and accumulate operational data from vessels at sea. The solution is partly based on the CDP bus, developed by the Norwegian company ICD. The CDP bus...
This summer’s announcement of the discovery of the new Higgs boson particle came as a major milestone in particle physics. Now it seems that Norwegian radiation sensors played a part in the...
Collision. Fire. Accidents. Chaos. In a rescue operation, it’s no use trying to communicate via a small mobile phone display. But a jacket - now you're talking! The EU Societies project is all...
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SINTEF expands in Brazil
SINTEF is setting up a research foundation with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The Instituto SINTEF do Brasil will play an important role in reinforcing SINTEF's position in the...
Contakt Senior scientist, Ansattinfo mangler Statoil contact: Scientist Cecilie Fjeld Nygård Curtains of air-bubbles are turning out to be a new method of fighting oil-spills. The bubbles gather...
Contact: Steffen Møller-Holst The Oslo area saw the opening of its third hydrogen refuelling station on November 21, 2011. This station, located at SINTEF's Oslo office, offers a fuel...
Scandinavian, Finnish and Icelandic experts on the capture, transport and storage of CO2 are meeting for the first time in a Nordic Centre of Expertise. Nils Røkke is Vice-president,...
Contact Ansattinfo mangler Ansattinfo mangler Report Value created from productive oceans in 2050 The potential for increased value creation in Norwegian biomarine industry is huge. In...
SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden and the Norwegian research institute SINTEF have today signed an agreement concerning close collaboration between SP Fire Technology and SINTEF NBL AS, a...
An abandoned chicken farm in Macedonia has been turned into one of the country’s most modern food factories. Its owner gives two SINTEF researchers much of the credit for the transformation. A...
SINTEF led the European Union’s biggest bioenergy project (2006 – 10). The results could give us green electricity from an unexpected source. SINTEF’s Lars Sørum has led the European Union’s...
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2001: Hot cure for cold plugs
Direct electric heating of pipelines replaces the use of chemicals on the seabed, saving billions of kroner on the continental shelf. Pipelines with a system for direct electric heating (DEH)....
In the early 70s, the authorities in the USA set out stricter requirements for what car bumpers should be capable of withstanding. A big factory in little Norway took up the challenge. As early...
Two petroleum scientists at SINTEF were the first persons in the world to have the idea of capturing CO2 and storing it in geological formations for climatic purposes. Trondheim, 2011: Chief...
Development cooperation between SINTEF and special clothing manufacturer Helly Hansen has led to offshore workers on the Norwegian continental shelf being issued with helicopter suits that keep...
Gender balance in the labour market has improved little in Norway in the course of the past 20 years, according to a new survey. A growing proportion of female managers is one of the few bright...
As part of the research project Trygge Spor, more than fifty dementia sufferers have been using GPS for periods varying from several weeks to up to a year. The results show that localisation...
The sport of cross-country skiing has always been preoccupied with its skis and waxing. Research now demonstrates that to shave off those extra hundredths of a second, competitive skiers should...
From Drammen by car: Exit the E18 at Lysaker to Ring 3 north-east for Sinsen, Gardermoen and Trondheim. Pass the Gaustad tollplaza, keep to the far right and follow the sign for Rikshospitalet...