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Dr. Rachel Tiller, SINTEF, is one of the Norwegian Representatives for the Management Committee of the COST Action Ocean Governance for Sustainability – challenges, options and the role of...

The sea around Stad is one of the most exposed and dangerous areas along the Norwegian coastline. Heavy waves come from different directions at the same time, creating critical situations. In...

Satellite communications between aircraft and ground will help deal with the doubling of air traffic in the coming years. Photo: Thinkstock . Today, most communication between an aircraft and air...

Measurements made by SINTEF in its multiphase flow laboratory have given us new knowledge of how natural gas behaves on its way up from the gas field. The project, where scientists Maria Barrio...

Photo: Geir Mogen You enter your code and password. You click OK. But you get nowhere. So you check if you have entered the right information, not once, but several times. You get annoyed because...

Photo: Nacre It is 1989, and at SINTEF’s Department of Acoustics, research scientist Odd Kr. Pettersen is struggling over a letter. A Danish company wonders whether Norwegian acoustics scientists...

Photo: Rune Petter Ness SHOW MORE               Carbon dioxide, or CO₂, is currently at the heart of the world’s biggest headache, global warming. Fossil fuel combustion...

The Swedish Vattenfall company will be building an “all-green” coal-fired pilot plant in concert with this coal-fired power station in Germany. Photo: Vattenfall SHOW MORE BERLIN/COTTBUS: Three...

Illustration: Jan Helge Johansen, SINTEF Media, based on information from Arkidéco AS, Stjørdal Illustration: Jan Helge Johansen, SINTEF Media, based on information from Arkidéco AS,...

Illustration: Mads Nordtvedt SHOW MORE In «the Da Vinci Code» the hero and heroine chase mysterious secrets; their quest requires them to crack one code after the other – from picture puzzles...

Illustration: Jacques Rougerie This unique creation known as the “Sea Orbiter” has been designed by the famous French architect Jacques Rougerie. The design suggests the fantastic world of Jules...

Illustration: SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture The sky is granite-grey. The rain blows across the surface of the sea in wild gusts and the waves become higher and higher by the minute. We are in...

DEGRADATION: An additive based on natural ingredients helps to break down plastics faster than a fallen apple. SHOW MORE Nor-X Industry AS, a company located in Sunnmøre, has launched the...

PROTECTING MONUMENTS: The statues known as the Colossi of Memnon near Luxor are irreplaceable works of art: from now on they will be better protected against earthquakes. SHOW MORE Egyptian...

COUNTING FISH: The new laser is mounted in the belly of a plane that flies just 300 metres over the surface of the sea. Laser counting technology isn’t yet fully developed for commercial use, but...

FAT-RICH FLOUR: SINTEF scientist Jose Rainuzzo shows off a powder consisting of dried micro-organisms that are rich in highly desirable fat. Photo: Rune Petter Ness “To put it very simply, you...

A vicious circle is being broken. Refugees who have arrived in Norway with poor reading and writing skills rapidly become qualified for employment as a result of a multi-innovative training...

If we capture, transport and deposit the CO₂ that is liberated when biomass is burned, and store it permanently in the ground, we can actually remove CO₂ from the atmosphere. Illustration:...

IMO FAL 40 made a number of decisions that will greatly advance the use of digital transmission of information in the shipping sector. This includes electronic ship clearance, support of...

The new project will develop bubbles specially designed for ultrasound-based cancer. Photo: SINTEF. The project recently started up in Trondheim is called ‘BubbleCAN’ and is based on SINTEF...