A heat pump is an invention that dates back more than 150 years. It is based on the relationship between temperature and pressure in a gas or liquid circulating inside a pump (the working...
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Following an initiative taken by SINTEF, the EU and China are launching a project with the aim of cutting global emissions of greenhouse gases. The cooperative effort will give Europe emission...
Eivind Grøv (49) of SINTEF has been elected Vice-president of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association. SINTEF tunnel scientist Eivind Grøv has seen much of...
Prize for technology adopters
With the aim in mind of recognising persons and institutions that have adopted advanced technology NTNU and SINTEF have founded the Einar Brendeng Technology Prize. The first award of the Prize...
David Lysne leaves SINTEF
Press release: November 11, 2005 David Lysne, President of SINTEF Petroleum Research, is to leave SINTEF. “I am leaving of my own accord, because I believe that my departure will be the best...
The Norwegian Nurses Organisation claims: Care dwellings may offer a false sense of security
Care dwellings are unsuitable for the most feeble elderly people and those with dementia. This finding emerged from an interview study that SINTEF has carried out in 12 Norwegian municipalities...
Tailor-made for Scandinavia
Iterative software development is highly suitable for the Scandinavian style of working, according to SINTEF researchers Tore Dybå and Torgeir Dingsøyr. Human and social aspects seem to...
LedaFlow commercialised

Kongsberg Oil &Gas Technologies (KOGT) recently introduced the multiphase flow simulator LedaFlow to the oil and gas industry. The simulator, which KOGT has progressively developed into a...

Contact Project Coordinator of DemoCLOCK, Shahriar Amini A project funded by the European Union and led by SINTEF in Norway with ten other European partners aims to demonstrate a cost-effective...
Tears? Forget them!

Contact Research Scientist, Stephan Kubowicz The first steps have been taken towards rainwear which repairs itself In co-operation with research scientists and industry colleagues in eight...

Contact: Jack Arild Ødegård Several years of Norwegian research on fracture mechanics have resulted in new numerical modelling tools. The new software means that we can calculate...
Most Japanese people heat their water using gas. However, some of them have chosen an alternative technology developed in Norway that leads to major reductions in CO2 emissions. SINTEF’s Petter...