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This photograph shows researchers working with an artificial "sun" in their quest to build a new solar cooker. We liked it so much we've made it our main Facebook page photo. Photo:...

ROV's like this are used today for underwater inspections, and will also be relevant to connect to the new camera. Illustrasjonsfoto: ThinkStock SINTEF researchers are currently working...

Sensors are incorporated into the majority of manufacturing processes and supply huge volumes of data that give an overview of machine status. Photo: Hella. “Firms today have to deal with strict...

Standard guardrails are often installed where the ground falls away from the roadside. Houses that are to be screened from noise in such locations usually lie somewhat lower than the source of...

Metallurgy is one of the disciplines represented in the interdisciplinary industrial dust project. As part of this project, SINTEF scientists are studying how dust is formed. The photo shows...

New cost effective thermally sprayed silicon carbide coating is useful for components that requires high wear resistance and low friction. The properties of SiC makes the coatings highly...

The SEAWATCH Wind LiDAR Buoy represents the next generation of multi-purpose buoys tailored for the renewable energy industry. Result of NOWITECH "spin-off" joint industry project by Fugro...

Increased volumes of rain water resulting from climate change phenomena have made surface runoff an ever-increasing problem. Photo: Thinkstock. Excess rain that is not absorbed into the ground...

Pupils at Blindern High School who won the Ocean Space Race in Trondheim were so delighted by their victory that they are thinking of becoming naval architects. No fewer than 519 pupils and 51...

Escapes of fish have long been a problem for the aquaculture industry. But now, improvements in technology and systematic research have drastically reduced the number of escapes. Aqualine AS...

The Norwegian Maritime Directorate is quite decided that Norway ought to be the first flag state to bring unmanned vessels to the market. During a recent Nor-Shipping meeting, several major...

On January 27, 2015, the Ocean Space Centre passed yet another political milestone. The background to this landmark event is that in October 2014, Norway's Minister of Education and Research...

Per Sandberg, Norway’s Minister of Fisheries, will put a major effort into getting the Ocean Space Centre going before 2023. The minister made this quite clear after an information-packed visit...

CO₂ Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) and SINTEF have for years been heavily involved with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) activities. They now enter into a co-operation agreement where their...

In a similar process as roasting coffee beans, we can heat raw and unprocessed biomass. The result is a fuel with a number of advantageous properties. The process is called torrefaction. In a...

Rune Bjerke and Elin Eidesvik at C-feed. While salmon fry can eat dry feed from day one, saltwater species need live start-feed. This is now creating a new industry. Phto: Thor Nielsen Unique...

The EU project “MyCyFapp” was launched in January and is focusing on food, autonomy and better control for sufferers of cystic fibrosis. FACTS: This EU project will run from 2015 to 2019, and...

MakingView AS is a small company based in Hamar that has been working for some time to develop a 360-degree panoramic video camera that can record video images in all possible directions. Photo:...

The level of satisfaction with Norway’s health services differs according to both respondents’ level of education and what sort of illness they say they suffer from. Photo: Thinkstock What do...

Hybrid engines will soon be a common technology in anchor vessels like this, according to scientists. Photo: Morten Hellevik. ABB is convinced that vessels fitted with hybrid main propulsion...