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Contact Randi Eidsmo Reinertsen  Ansattinfo mangler  Relevant info SINTEF Technology and society, Health Research SINTEF ICT, Instrumentation As part of the research project Trygge Spor,...

Contact Ansattinfo mangler  Relevant info Dep. of Health Research When hospitals group patient rooms into small clusters, nurses have more time for their patients. But the design of these...

Environmental information about CO₂, airborne dust and pollen will no longer be collected only at isolated measuring stations. From now on, cyclists, bus drivers and the man in the street will be...

Using nanocapsules containing cancer drugs, researchers have succeeded in attacking tumours with surgical precision. One of the ways to manufacture such capsules is with minute droplets of super...

The EU wants people to get more interested in their cultural heritage, and is starting pilot projects in England, Spain and Norway. By Åse Dragland Only a pitifully small percentage of us...

KEY FACTS: At latitudes of more than 70 degrees north there are no good Internet systems. Satellite signals are difficult to obtain and other radio frequencies are very patchy. INTERNET – NOT TO...

The time between the approval and completion of construction projects is too long. The Speed-Up project aims to address this issue.  The completion of roads and building projects takes too long,...

So now we have it in black and white – the emotional centre in young men's brains overrides the area controlling their ability to make rational decisions. This leads to accidents among...

Contact Ansattinfo mangler  Relevant info The Research Council of Norway The Research Council of Norway recently awarded IFE and SINTEF 40 million NOK to upgrade their multiphase flow...

Long pipelines crammed with electronics are being tested in the waters of Orkanger harbour. They are the first in the world able to report their technical condition to personnel onshore By...

Two full scale tests were carried out in spring and autum 2013 to assess the effect of sweep length on herding of fish during semi-pelagic trawling for cod and haddock. The results showed that...

Elderly people may have complex symptoms, and it is often not the most visible symptom in the elderly that is the most important in the sequence. Photo: Trinity Health. Accident and Emergency...

Some of the children interviewed said they dreaded being with the parent who was suffering from addiction or mental health problems. Living with that parent was stressful, not least because of...

In order to assess the vessels' power requirements, SINTEF has carried out a series of simulations for small fishing boats in a variety of operational modes. Photo: Hallvard Aasjord. Boat...

Researcher Paal Skjetne is standing in his office with a marker in his hand. “Imagine that it’s Saturday and you’re sitting with your bottle of wine all ready on the table,” he says. The dark red...

TOO AGGRESSIVE: Moose on the road are a traffic problem in Norway. Photo: Scanpix Every day, roughly 18 deer are hit by either vehicles or trains, and each collision costs Norwegian taxpayers...

Norwegian research- and industry groups achieved attention in 2007 when they claimed that wireless sensor networks could help with the lack of effective environmental monitoring in the Arctic....

Contact Lisbet Grut, Dep. of Health Research We have tended to associate welfare technology with support for the elderly. Now researchers are looking at whether technology such as digital...

While Europe invests in wind energy, Norwegian hydropower offers the key to stable electricity supplies. The key driver of the development of a northern European offshore power grid is the...

Contact us: Ansattinfo mangler  People can easily find their way around a room or in the outdoors – but a robot has no idea. A small, saucer-shaped vacuum cleaner hums gently as it rolls around...