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In the search for a new and improved trawl net, Ulrik Jes Hansen had a brainwave: “What if we turn the net 90 degrees?” This has certainly proved to be a good idea.   The greater the...

Scientists are working on an underwater wireless network to talk to each other. In a few years, the pilot scheme could be ready to monitor the Barents Sea       Networks could consist...

Dag Terje Andersen, Minister of Industry and Commerce, presented the Norwegian government’s maritime strategy on October 3. The strategy contains the government’s plans for supporting the...

The Research Council of Norway announced June 16, 2006 the names of the successful applicants who wish to establish Centres for Research-based Innovation (CRIs). SINTEF did very well in the...

Reidar Bye (39) has been appointed as SINTEF’s Executive Vice President of Finance (CFO) with effect from September 15, 2005. Bye will join the SINTEF Group’s management team and will play...

Cod and halibut fry demand live food, so we are developing good, reasonably priced feeds. Algae and zooplankton top the menu for these fry, and we are ensuring that they get enough of such...

A man with a greying beard strolls over NTNU’s Gløshaugen campus, an elderly Airedale terrier by his side. They enter the Department of Energy and Process Technology, take the lift to the third...

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and SINTEF of Norway have agreed to launch a joint collaborative to develop and offer services to international clients in the field of Building...

Research on management at Hydro has brought social anthropologist and SINTEF researcher Emil A. Røyrvik (39) SINTEF’s Award for Excellence in Research. The award, which is worth NOK 150 000,...

This week SINTEF ICT organised an international conference about  timetabling – and football. For those that don't know, football is the most important sport in Brazil. The optimisation...

On behalf of European Space Agency (ESA), Thales Alenia Space, SINTEF and Terma are now completing a study identifying alternatives to the cameras currently deployed on spacecrafts and space...

Would you like to create your own tourist guide? Or put together telecom services that give you better control of the everyday functions on your phone?   By Åse Dragland We seem to be drowning...

SINTEF is a partner in one of the three new national centres for research in environmentally friendly energy (FMEs) which were launched in February. The CenSES virtual research centre will focus...

All the partners in the DemoCLOCK project will work towards the proof of feasibility: the medium-scale demonstration of a 500kW packed bed CLC reactor in the Elcogas company’s Integrated...

Chief scientist 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...

What kind of HSE know-how do we really need to manage the new substances now found in everything from our clothes to cosmetics and electronics? Are nanoparticles harmful to the environment – or...

Many Norwegian companies are considering developing their software in India or China in order to cut costs. However, researchers are critical. Researchers at SINTEF ICT have for many years been...

A coating filled with tiny lubricant capsules could come to the rescue when metal surfaces dry out and friction builds up.  “One of our aims is to prevent expensive equipment breakdowns when...

A bilateral competence project has opened the door to Japanese expertise in the field of alloy development for the aluminium giant Hydro. “This is an extremely important area for us,” says Trond...

In the autumn of 1990, a rather unusual vehicle rolled out of the Gløshaugen campus workshops in Trondheim. Fuel: natural gas and Norwegian hydropower. SINTEF’s jubilee van on the road in 1990...