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In the hope of contributing to the development of new medicines, SINTEF’s biotechnologists, represented here by senior scientist Geir Klinkenberg, are hunting for promising genes in marine...
The leading research organizations TNO (the Netherlands) and SINTEF (Norway) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and market their joint services on a number of fields of...
Oseberg ship tested in Trondheim
A model of the Oseberg ship – the oldest and most beautiful Viking ship in the world – has just been tested in Ship Model Tank at Marintek, SINTEF. Photo: Geir Røvik (left), who leads...
SINTEF is the third most popular Norwegian company when technology students choose their ”dream employer”. This emerged from the 2008 Universum Graduate Study, which surveys economics, technology...
The following Press Release was distributed by Kongsberg Maritime on Wednesday, October 22, 2008: The LedaFlow® owners have entered into a Term Sheet Agreement with Kongsberg Maritime for...
SINTEF Petroleum Research and the Stavanger-based company Hitec Products Drilling AS are setting up a new company that aims to improve the efficiency of offshore drilling and well operations....
Nurses open to idea of robots
Front-line staff in the nursing and care sector would welcome sensor and robot technology in nursing homes and the homes of elderly people. The reason is that such a move would free up time that...
The fuels cell that four Scandinavian industrial companies are developing in collaboration with SINTEF could supply power to trailers and fork-lift trucks. The electricity generated by this “mini...
“Tunnel anxiety” can be reduced
Many people feel insecure when they drive in tunnels. However, their anxiety can be reduced From the Qinling Zhongnan tunnel in China, where artistic lighting and the “Oasis with palms and...
Robots with better observation
New 3D sensor will enable robots to observe their environment in a more natural and human-like manner The TACO project, starting in February 2010, will make it possible to apply current robots in...
From 24 to 27 August, Stavanger is hosting the petroleum exhibition ONS. Please come and visit one of our three stands. The ONS stands will resemble this stand. The picture was taken at OTC in...

Christian Simon and Ferdinand Männle from Materials and Chemistry recently received an innovation award from EARTO, a trade association of European research institutes. The award was the result...

Norwegian research scientist Anne Kvithyld was named recipient of the prestigious 2011 Vittorio de Nora Award for Environmental Improvements in Metallurgical Industries by The Minerals, Metals...
X-ray check-up via broadband
A recent advance in telemedicine has brought together radiologists in Molde and Trondheim in a “shared office” in cyberspace, saving elderly patients in Romsdal a more than six-hour road trip to...
Deluxe energy conservation
These apartments will save two-thirds of the energy consumption of an average Norwegian house; a record for the country. Energy-saving measures in the new apartments in Stjørdal Click on image...
SINTEF is to build up a special oil analysis section in Russia’s federal control and test laboratory in Murmansk. The move is intended to improve our ability to deal with oil-spills in the event...
Informal discussions have been going on for some time between the Norwegian Building Research Institute and SINTEF regarding a possible union of the Institute with SINTEF’s building and...
On February 15, Thorhild Widvey, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, will be visiting SINTEF and NTNU. In the course of a crowded four-hour programme the Minister will hear the latest news about...
The SINTEF Group made a profit of NOK 59 million in 2005, an improvement of MNOK 83 on the previous year’s result. Gross operating revenues came to MNOK 1785, and the profit on operations was...