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..." The conference participants seemed to agree that CCS may be deployed tomorrow – if there is will to do so. The CLIMIT Summit 2015 took place 24–25 February in Oslo. CLIMIT is the Norwegian...
The German company Dräger has acquired the SINTEF spin-off GasSecure for NOK 500 million. GasSecure was founded in 2008 based on technology developed by SINTEF. The company has developed the...
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Smokeless tents
At Kjøllefjord, Ellinor and Ailu welcome visitors on excursions from the cruise ships, but no-one likes smoke in the traditional 'lavvo' tents, especially while they're eating....
One adult needs between 2 and 2.5 litres of drinking water per day. Dirty water is one of the main causes of disease, and the problem is greatest in poor areas. Photo: Thinkstock Ghana is a...
This jacket can monitor its wearers under Arctic conditions. Photo: SINTEF The aim of this project, called SmartPro, is to advance the development of clothing for work in extreme weather...
COPD is a disease that develops gradually and often over many years. For this reason, it is mainly the elderly who receive the diagnosis, and this is why the high levels of drug use are worrying...
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Making the most of waste heat
Currently, oil, gas and electricity are all used for heating in a number of industrial processes. If heat pumps can be used instead, this will provide a long-awaited environmental boost and a...
SINTEF scientists are currently helping two major US cities to manage “buried treasure” worth billions of dollars. It may sound like “The Sopranos”, but in this case, they are the “good guys”,...
A scientific research and development programme worth more than NOK 300 million is being launched in Norway with the aim of generating more cost effective technology for CO2-capture. The project...
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Revolutionary sperm idea
Embedding sperm cells in a gel for artificial insemination increases the fertilisation period for cattle and pigs and give more babies. There are currently two methods for artificial...
The Research Council of Norway has provided NOK 45 million in funding for the development, construction and installation of a 225 kW floating wind-turbine for research on offshore wind energy. ...
Membrane technology has great industrial potential, not least in energy and environmental technology. For this reason, SINTEF has signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening and...
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Focused warfare on weeds
Weed-killer consumption could be cut in half if farmers sprayed it only on weed-infested areas instead of wasting these chemicals by spraying whole fields. This is how the scientist plan to put...
IRIS and SINTEF together with the universities in Trondheim (NTNU) and Stavanger (UiS) have just established an international Center for Drilling and Wells for Improved Recovery in cooperation...
A new SINTEF report puts paid to the myth that immigrant women are not interesting in joining the labour market. Immigrant women are less active in working life than Norwegian women, and less...
Led by SINTEF, a veritable army of scientists and industrialists is to promote the use of bioenergy in Europe, backed up by a quarter of a billion Norwegian kroner! They all take part in the EU...
On December 6, 2006, SINTEF Health Research and Stellenbosch University organised a workshop on the subject of cooperation in health research between South Africa and SINTEF. From the...
The Norwegian Building Research Institute and SINTEF’s building and construction research groups are merging to form SINTEF Building Research AS, which will be formally established on January 1,...
On Thursday November 3, SINTEF was visited by a Romanian delegation led by State Secretary Anton Anton, who is in charge of Romania’s research sector. From the left: Dr. Liviu Jalba of...