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In the winter of 2006, an E. coli scandal hit Norway like a bombshell. Tracing the food-borne infection took a long time. Food that carried an identification number would have made the job...

...“Why go into space when you can go to Trondheim?” asked Newsweek once in the 80s. Professor John Ugelstad in his laboratory at Gløshaugen in Trondheim, where the first of the famous particles...

The air quality in the International Space Station (ISS) was monitored by the Norwegian-German gas measurement system Anita in 2007 and 2008. “Measuring several gases simultaneously is a...

In 1979, the Vingmed electronics company in Horten in Southern Norway launched a unique ultrasonic device for the diagnosis of cardiac disease. They laid the foundations: interdisciplinary...

Contact persons: Ansattinfo mangler  Ansattinfo mangler  A research project at SINTEF contributes to safer oil spill response equipment in the Arctic. When the container ship Godafoss ran...

In a 1996 Donald Duck comic, inventor Gyro Gearloose has invented a super-machine that sorts cheap scrap and metal poured into a tube, while out of another pipe emerge gold and shiny new coins....

Statkraft has assigned a new two-year project to SINTEF to carry out research into osmotic power generation. New membrane technology and long-term trials will bring this renewable energy source...

A wood fibre only 100 nanometres thick will help to give us tomorrow’s plastic food packaging, if SINTEF and its partners are successful. Cellulose can be broken down into what is called...

Four out of ten child custody cases which are heading to court end in agreement following mediation Mediation produced agreements in 39 per cent of cases which were destined for legal proceedings....

Using mathematical models, Norwegian research scientists and Scandinavian industry are working on tailoring alloys which will increase the usefulness of recycled aluminium. The objective of the...

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

Process control systems in production plants and on board ships and platforms currently need expensive installations and kilometres of cable; all of this is about to change. A recently launched...

Industry separates crude oil, natural gas and chemical mixtures into pure products by means of fractionating distillation columns. This process is energy-intensive, but a new type of column...

SINTEF, as part of the CCS Leadership Coalition, writes to President of European Commission calling for help getting CCS back on track. In a letter to President Barroso and Commissioners the CCS...

Researchers aim to make it just as economic to process fish in Norway as to send them to China. Every day the world’s population consumes 32 million meals made of seafood from Norway. However, on...

Researchers have recently succeeded in doubling survival rates among lobster larvae under farmed conditions. This could boost populations of a species threatened in the wild. Researchers have...

SINTEF has established a research centre for multiphase flow technology. The centre strengthens an already world-leading research group. The new Multiphase Flow Centre includes researchers and...

Contact persons Ansattinfo mangler  Ansattinfo mangler  Relevant info NPD Stratigraphic drilling WEB The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is taking over a collection of 6.6 kilometres...

Heavy goods vehicles on Norwegian roads will soon be checked and weighed automatically – while on the road. Advanced sensors installed in the road surface, combined with number plate recognition...

Hard times for the shipping companies. Some of the blame lies with ships' officers who are failing to put new procedures into practice. By Åse Dragland Shipping is an industry which...