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This house was once a car workshop. Now it is upgraded to an energy efficient and modern apartment with help from energy and construction researchers. Photo: Lisbet Jære. “I think we’ve been...

The Norwegian artist Knud Larsen Bergslien painted this picture of a dramatic event in Norwegian history from 1206, when skiers escaped from Lillehammer with two-year-old Håkon Håkonsson,...

EFFICIENT: The bubble curtain is an efficient way of closing off a vulnerable area to prevent an oil spill from entering it. Photo: SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture This was shown by recent...

SMARTWEAR: Together with Stein Yttereng of Trondheim Fire and Rescue Service, Ingrid W. Langmoen has developed an “intelligent” undershirt. Photo: Gorm Kallestad “These shirts are a valuable step...

It's easy for fish that live in tight quarters to get sick. Photo: Thinkstock SALMON: Since the start of Norway’s aquaculture adventure, the salmon industry has been challenged by disease and...

If Norway replaces half of its gasoline and diesel passenger cars with electric vehicles by 2020, CO₂ emissions in Europe would plummet by one million tonnes, according to Norwegian scientists....

It isn't big. Nor is it unique. But a nail can provide an unstable well construction with "superpowers". Researcher Andreas Nicolas Berntsen is taking his doctorate in the subject. He...

..."The new pipes mean that we can measure fatigue development and thus get accurate estimates of pipeline lifetimes", says SINTEF-scientist Ole Øystein Knudsen. Photo: Thor Nielsen/SINTEF...

Astrid Skreosen has worked for many years as an auxiliary nurse in the maternity ward. She became fed up with the little mats that were supposed to lie under women who were giving birth to soak...

Norway’s most sophisticated travel-wear keeps the body cool in hot helicopter cabins, but transforms into a heat-retaining suit if the helicopter falls into the sea. We are in one of SINTEFs...

Sixty-five exploration wells have been drilled in the part of the Barents Sea in where the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has estimated some one billion cubic metres oil equivalent lie hidden....

Photo: Geir Mogen Click to open Ropes smothered in billowing brown marine plants hang in the sea on several sites off Tjeldbergodden in Møre og Romsdal county. This is Norway’s brand new...