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An outstretched hand gives me a firm welcome. Then it pulls on a big blue glove and dives into a brown paper bag. A second later, chief scientist Aud Wærnes has a fistful of stuff that could...

Some 30 000 people in Norway suffer from rare hereditary or congenital disorders. They can be further divided into several groups, in which fewer than 500 share the same diagnosis. Senior...

...“We bump into challenges all the time, and we experiment with various techniques.” Erik Kyrkjebø lowers his hands to his side and looks down. On the floor in front of us lie Aiko, Anna Konda,...

Imagine a world in which everything that you own is numbered and catalogued. All your shoes; every piece of clothing. A world in which nothing can be regarded as private, but where everything can...

Once upon a time, offshore platforms were secure communities in which production was controlled by closed processes that were isolated from the external world. Today, the picture is somewhat...

Many care homes are built with an overriding focus on providing medical care, while provision for the benefits and opportunities gained by being able to move around freely outside the buildings...

The researcher at SINTEF ICT looks out across a planned road project. Even though there are no cars yet, he can still hear the traffic. Photo: SINTEF ICT. Listen to the sounds of passing cars...

This jacket can monitor its wearers under Arctic conditions. Photo: SINTEF The aim of this project, called SmartPro, is to advance the development of clothing for work in extreme weather...

By using a shared computer installed in the bus, passengers can pay however they like, regardless of local ticketing systems. What's more, this leaves the bus companies free to choose the...

The office is located in Brusselhuset, right in the heart of the city’s European Quarter. We will share the premises with NTNU and the University of Bergen. - The aim is to create many more...

COPD is a disease that develops gradually and often over many years. For this reason, it is mainly the elderly who receive the diagnosis, and this is why the high levels of drug use are worrying...

The Power Road project is closely related to the Power House project that investigated the requirement that a construction should generate more energy than it consumes. Photo: ThinkStock. We’ve...

Ninety-nine per cent of planet Earth has a temperature in excess of 1,000 degrees Celsius as a result of residual heat inherited from the Earth's primordial origins and the breakdown of...

...2. September HRH The Crown Prince Haakon Magnus opened our new SINTEF Energy Lab. SINTEF Energy Lab represents the next generation in energy laboratories and is a vital tool for the development...

Currently, oil, gas and electricity are all used for heating in a number of industrial processes. If heat pumps can be used instead, this will provide a long-awaited environmental boost and a...

With their new ChemFree technology, Anette Andersen, Nina Heir and Karl Nevland hope to enable oil spills to be cleaned up in a greener way. Their technology was one of the competitors in the...

SINTEF scientists are currently helping two major US cities to manage “buried treasure” worth billions of dollars. It may sound like “The Sopranos”, but in this case, they are the “good guys”,...

The building industry has not taken on board the idea of adapting to local climatic conditions, and is mainly supplying identically designed houses all over the country.   Norwegian houses...

Unni Steinsmo, President of the SINTEF Group, has been elected to membership of the European Research Area Board (ERAB). In April 2008, the EU commission announced the names of the members of the...

If something hits you on the head while you are wearing this safety helmet, its soft flexible inner layer will instantly turn into a rock-hard shock-absorbent material. Industrial designer Tore...