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Social Networks, Mobile Internet and Location-Awareness nowadays can be combined into a new type of ubiquitous environments (“Future Internet”, location-aware social networks), where security, privacy and trust are very important problems, especially for end-users. These are relatively new research topics...

...faster charging and more sustainable materials. Researcher and project manager Nils Peter Wagner is shown in the lab at SINTEF. Photo: Silje Grytli Tveten Standard Imagine that you are travelling down one of Europe’s many superhighways with your new electric car. You’re moving along fast, and charging stations...

...ultra-thin membrane. Photo: Silje Grytli Tveten Standard Fuel cells that run on hydrogen are efficient and emit water vapour instead of exhaust. But so far, the technology is still expensive and therefore not competitive with the electric motor alternative. Norwegian researchers have now figured out...

...be tested in Norway and France as a part of EU’s MISSION project. In a few years, use of the extremely potent greenhouse gas SF₆ will no longer be permitted in new circuit breakers in the power system. The circuit breakers in the power system connect and disconnect electricity and can interrupt the current...

...experts, innovators, and decision-makers in AI and robotics will gather in Stavanger on September 23rd and 24th. A SINTEF researcher encourages more people to join this year’s ADRA Forum. This will be the third time that representatives from research, industry, the public sector, and the European Commission...

...our investigations of whitefish and salmon, so now it’s herring’s turn. Here is researcher Rasa Slizyte in action in her lab. Photo: Henriette Krogness Standard Researchers are currently working to develop technologies that can boost our utilisation of fish residues, and thus optimise our exploitation...

...more cargo transport from road to European rivers and canals, also referred to as waterways, in recent years. Researchers from SINTEF are joining forces with several European partners in the EU project ReNEW to ensure the sustainable development and resilient waterway transport that will contribute...

Research is revealing that children and young people under the care of the Norwegian child welfare services exhibit a higher incidence of mental illness and other difficulties than those outside the system. Stock photo: iStock Standard This is the conclusion of a new report published by SINTEF which...

...2022 – Today, the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy announced the Research Council of Norway’s investment of NOK 200 million (EUR 20,271,400) in HYDROGENi: a new centre for environment-friendly energy research (FME) dedicated to hydrogen and ammonia. This eight-year centre shows its business...

Capture and SINTEF have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement, with the goal of further developing carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technology to reduce CO₂ emissions from industry and energy solutions. This is a vital part of the green transition in Norway. “Aker and SINTEF have...

...production, use and reuse of batteries. The independent Norwegian research institute SINTEF is now investing NOK 45 million (4.5 million Euro) in a laboratory for the production and testing of battery cells that will open during 2021. The laboratory will be located in Trondheim and will give Norwegian businesses...

...year of working from home’ – has been studying the dynamics both within teams and between managers and employees in five major Norwegian companies. His team has carried out both in-depth interviews and quantitative surveys and is now hard at work to complete a number of scientific articles for leading...

...on June 11 to grant SFI Swipa (Subsurface Well Integrity, Plugging and Abandonment) status as Center for Research-Driven Innovation for the next eight years. The center will gain a scientific understanding of permanent well barriers and improve the methods for well plugging. Successful innovation in this...

...will be housing most of the laboratory services of the geo science at NTNU and SINTEF. The move to the completely new premises also entails new investments and upgrading of the equipment facilities for the following laboratory and field services at SINTEF: • Engineering Geology Laboratory • Rock Mechanics...

Which challenges does the green economy introduce to our power system and how can we use artificial intelligence to solve them?...

...industry. Offshore wind energy will play a key role in stimulating growth and investment in Europe over the next decade. Moreover, Europe, as a first mover, is set to gain significant benefits from exporting both products and services as offshore markets around the world develop. This can be achieved...

...the direct costs and the costs caused by loss of life and illness/injury’. Photo: Work: SINTEF was commissioned by the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority (NLIA) to compile a report showing the estimated annual social cost of deaths, injuries, treatment at emergency medical centres and specialist healthcare...

Children and young people with ADHD can find it difficult to keep appointments and easy to forget what they have to bring with them in different situations. Welfare technology can help. Photo: ThinkStock Welfare technology has long been associated with helping the elderly cope at home for as much of...

...of Trade and Industry, IBM director Morten Meyer and other leading lights from research and industry will open the RFID Innovation Centre at SINTEF on May 8. The Norwegian Computer Society, GS1 Norway, the Norwegian Packaging Association, SINTEF and the Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service...

Materials & Chemistry and ECN signed an agreement to strengthen their long-standing collaboration in the field of crystalline silicon photovoltaics. With this agreement SINTEF and ECN combine the operation of pilot infrastructure for silicon feedstock production, crystallization, wafering and solar cell manufacturing...