Research Scientist Julia Farkas at SINTEF seen here testing whether mobile phones are leaking substances into seawater, and analysing the concentrations these substances are found in. The results will tell us something about how they impact on the environment. Photo: Anne-Lise Aakervik. Standard The...
..."That's why a research center like NCCS, where industry, R&D, authorities and academia cooperate to fast-track CCS deployment in Norway, Europe and the world, is so important". 2019 – a year of great importance for NCCS research and strategy "2019 was a great year for NCCS! We have produced strong scientific...
SINTEF and the Oslo/Horten-based Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems have been awarded NOK 233 million by the EU over the next eight years for a research programme that aims to streamline European air traffic. Business developers Trond Bakken (left) and Hans Erik Swendgaard at SINTEF ICT coordinate SINTEF's work...
What happens if an oil installation experiences a process upset, a gas alarm and a vessel collision all at the same time? And what do you do if a platform originally designed for a lifetime of 20 years has to produce hydrocarbons for another 25? It is issues just like these which the recently inaugurated...
... Ex-drug and alcohol abusers who have completed their treatment need a simple support system and daily motivation. Now they are getting both – in a handy pocket format. How are my finances, and what must I do to get a place on a study course this autumn? Who can help me get housing benefit, and have I...
...scientists Ole Edvard Kongstein, Ole S. Kjos, Ana M. Martinez and Edel Sheridan, all of SINTEF Materials and Chemistry Sunbeams and gusts of wind have one thing in common: they are unpredictable sources of energy that cannot be switched on and off according to our requirements. If we do not need the power...
COPD by extracting and linking data from various national registers. These include registers held by Statistics Norway, the Norwegian Patient Register and the Norwegian Prescription Databases. The rules governing the use of national registers have changed in Norway in recent years, and when the project...
Japan and Norway have a lot in common despite first appearances. One of the commonalities are long coastlines and deep waters, meaning that offshore wind will, at least in parts, be floating. To learn more about our commonalities and how we can assist each other in the strive for green energy, a delegation...
L.) cage culture. With feed loss from commercial farming sites at 5-7%, minimizing the amount of wasted feed is important both for economic reasons and to reduce the environmental impact of salmon farming. To achieve this, a better understanding of the dynamic processes involved in the feeding process...
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Fast, accurate, and robust solution of advection dominated transport equations time-of-flight and single-phase tracer flow multiphase and multicomponent flow A grid-based alternative to streamline simulation that is mass-conservative and avoids problems with mapping and choice of representative streamline...
...development scenarios and a list of 18 critical system requirements for a new generation of Arctic construction and intervention vessel Objective: Prepare road map and project plan Content: Project partners will work out the revised project plan based on approved project budget and new information that...
... VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and SINTEF of Norway have agreed to launch a joint collaborative to develop and offer services to international clients in the field of Building Technology and Civil Engineering. Areas of particular interest on the international market are building information...
Johannes Tjønnås (left) and Sigurd Fjerdingen at SINTEF ICT are working with robots and their positioning indoors. They want to produce a more complete system designed for small companies. Here they present their small test platform. Photo: Thor Nielsen. A small, saucer-shaped vacuum cleaner hums gently...
In a world where development kits and free software open up the potential for system design to many more people, it is easy to have the misconception that building vision systems is a simple task. Yes, by ordering a camera online, you ca have it connected to your laptop or a Jetson by tomorrow afternoon...
...transform the production of bleaching and disinfection chemicals in the European chemical industry. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is used as a whitener or disinfection chemical in many industries, such as pulp and paper, textiles, electronics, resins, coatings, disinfection, and water treatment. The chemical is...
CO2 emissions. Stock photo: Thor Nielsen Standard It sounds almost too good to be true. But research carried out by SINTEF scientists Harald Justnes and Tobias Danner has led to the development of concrete materials with properties that only a few years ago were a distant dream. The ‘glue’ is the problem...
Ghost fishing: In Norway alone, more than 22,000 lost nets have been caught in addition to ropes and other gear from the fisheries, since the the 80s, according to figures from the Directorate of Fisheries. Photo from the project DSOLVE. Standard All over the world, fishing nets are one of the most...
Dr. Viktoria Stray and Dr. Nils Brede Moe at SINTEF have been researching distributed teams for over ten years, and recently won an award for Best Paper in the Journal of Systems and Software. Here they share their best tips for communication and meetings in distributed organizations....
SINTEF and NTNU will in collaboration with the University of Washington, the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers find new solutions for urban logistics, services for last-mile distribution, and how to integrate urban logistics into public planning processes and the planning of future cities. City...