...simulation that asks what would happen if individual countries agreed to take measures within their own region, adopting the European Union’s climate and energy strategy as a template? Their simulation showed that the two-degrees goal could be reached using this climate cure, but that it would cost about...
Solveig Osborg Ose, senior scientist in the Department of Health Service Research at SINTEF Technology and Society, led the evaluation project that SINTEF carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Labour and Inclusion. Photo: SINTEF/Svein Tønseth SINTEF’s evaluation project, which covered the years 2001 –...
... Google, Intel and Honeywell are in the hunt, and the world is preparing itself for what is widely regarded as the next great technological revolution. “There is currently almost no research activity in this field in Norway”, says researcher Franz Fuchs, who works with mathematics and cybernetics at...
Norway’s hydropower and natural gas resources could help level out variable energy production in the European power market. Illustration photo: Colourbox Standard The variable nature of power production in the European market offers potential for Norway to help out. “Our analysis shows that Norway...
HYDRAULIC PRESSURE: The energy to move the joints in the snake comes from a hydraulic water pressure of 100 bar – strong enough to lift a car off the ground and for the snake to break through a wall. Co-ordinated sequential movements along the body move the snake forward. PHOTO: Rune Petter Ness Try to picture...
According to the textbooks, both high doses of chlorine and hot water are lethal to legionella bacteria. But now Norwegian scientists are sounding the alarm that the bacteria can survive these treatments, by hiding in amoebae. by Svein Tønseth Legionella bacteria can cause deadly pneumonia via our shower...
...expensive and demand efficient utilisation. Stock photo: iStock Standard Researchers have been studying how various kinds of vessels operate in the vicinity of facilities exposed to high waves and strong currents. They have been evaluating how weather conditions impact on operations and vessel logistics...
...multiple healing properties, and helps to make farmed salmon pink. The algeas in the yellow flasks behind are at an immature stage and will finally become red. Photo: Thor Nielsen . “We’re working to synthesise raw materials for biofuels, cosmetics and health food, and ingredients which can replace...
Intelligent use of L.E.D. lights to prevent sexual maturation and reduce sea lice infestation Background Artificial lights are routinely used as a management tool in Atlantic salmon farming to produce constant photoperiods that reduce or prevent incidence of sexual maturation. Such sexual maturation...
Gyro Gearloose has invented a super-machine that sorts cheap scrap and metal poured into a tube, while out of another pipe emerge gold and shiny new coins. Now, SINTEF scientists are trying to do the same thing. One of SINTEF Materials and Chemistry’s laboratory halls on Gløshaugen in Trondheim is dominated...
...for energy are increasing. Photo: Øystein Lie Standard Some are expensive and others free of charge. Some are complex while others are very straightforward. But they all share one thing in common. They are available today, and it up to us to choose to utilise them – or not. It will be incredibly expensive...
...in eighteen months time. "This is an extremely important project", says Terje Søviknes, the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy. "We're seeing an innovative industry and our already world-leading maritime sector coming together to create a whole new chapter in Norwegian maritime history. In a...
Istock/krill4mula Standard You may have seen, or bought and tested, a hobby 3D printer, which can manufacture an object by melting thin plastic filaments and layering them to form the desired shape. These are fun toys, used to produce small-scale model figures, signs and suchlike. According to scientists, this technology...
...one of SINTEFs laboratory basins. The demonstration of the helicopter survival suit only takes a few minutes. The test person crawls out of the pool and changes into dry clothes. But completely different rules apply during scientific trials: then, a tester spends six hours without consuming food or drink...
There’s not a lot you can do when the internet goes down, and your panel heaters and electric hob suddenly go cold. Fortunately, power cuts don’t happen very often. But, according to Chief Research Scientist Gerd Kjølle (right), the electrification of society is putting major demands on supply security...
SINTEF. - For å vite mer enn kunden din, må du som utførende også vite i hvilke tilfeller det er bedre å ikke bruke dampsperre, sier seniorrådgiver Anders Kirkhus i SINTEF. Det er dessverre mange useriøse aktører i byggenæringen, og det er vanskelig å konkurrere med disse på pris. - Oppdatert kompetanse...
My name is Lise Jemblie and I am one out of two PhD students in the ROP project. In 2012 I finished a master in materials technology at NTNU with focus on hydrogen embrittlement. I went on to work in the oil- and gas industry. However, with the increased research on hydrogen embrittlement going on at...
...been subjected to comprehensive testing. Solveig Føreland, a toxicologist and occupational hygienist at St. Olav’s Hospital in Trondheim, was responsible for the trials. She points out that masks are usually made only in one size, and are designed to fit users with relatively large faces. DeMaskUs project...
...farming should increase fivefold by 2050 and use at least 25% Norwegian-produced feed ingredients by 2034, we must look at new ingredient sources. Low-trophic fish species are found in large quantities not far from the Norwegian coast, but at great depths, and are therefore rarely exploited. In the wild...
...supervisors are Vladimir Galvita and Guy B. Marin. The study is carried out within the FASTCARD work package WP1 Hydrocarbon reforming. - Why did you choose to work within the area of biofuels and renewable energy? - The field of renewable energy is growing fast and is gaining more attention. People...