...walking and cycling are healthy and eco-friendly activities. So it’s important to find out how they can also be safer. Stock photo: Teka 77/iStock. Standard Many European countries assign high priority to persuading more people to walk and cycle as they go about their business. Pedestrians and cyclists...
...section is to describe how to prepare and organise the CRIOP analysis and to describe when CRIOP should be used related to the design and operation of the control centre (CC). The activities in this phase of the CRIOP analysis are: State preconditions for study Plan and decide on the “timing” of the analysis...
The first public report from the project is now available. The study is available under the Reports section, and by clicking here ....
...for its “normal” interaction. Problem The main problem when designing a user interface that should be able to handle that the software keyboard comes and goes is how to resize the dialogs. Resizing may just imply adding/adjusting a scroll bar, but often some other adjustments are needed to avoid some parts...
...for the climate, the environment and people. Illustration is from a planned district at the former airport in Bodø municipality. Illustration: Henning Larsen architects Standard “The most important criteria for a climate-friendly city are the location of homes and the daily commute destinations like...
...silent and deadly threat remains after the war: mines, explosives, and toxic residues. More than 87,000 km² of land in Ukraine is potentially contaminated, an area larger than Austria. For the country’s farmers, this means loss of livelihood, and for Europe, weakened food security. Researchers and students...
...believe that it is good for the immune system and helps to clear the head. Detractors say that the cold simply make us ill. So, what do researchers have to say about the effects of cold on our bodies? Gemini invited SINTEF research scientist, physiologist and low temperature expert Øystein Wiggen to share...
Natural gas can be accessed in large volumes, such as from here in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. A new technology that converts this gas into hydrogen, and which captures CO2 at the same time without using external energy, is now attracting international attention. Stock photo: CreativeNature_nl/iStock ...
At SINTEF, we have research communities with cutting-edge expertise on how to best plan for and utilise distributed energy resources in the distribution grid, and how battery systems can subsequently help mitigate the technical challenges that distributed generation present to the grid. Electricity...
Biofuels are fuels derived from biological materials that can be used to replace petrol, diesel and other fossil-based fuels. https://blog.sintef.com/sintefenergy/bioenergy/status-of-biofuels-in-norway-and-worldwide-2018/ ...
...that many people are seeing the potential of algae and plankton”, says Centre Manager and Research Director Gunvor Øie at SINTEF Ocean. “Our aim is to contribute towards establishing a new biomarine industry in Norway. Some people believe that algae and plankton will be the new oil”, she says. Seaweed...
SINTEF President and CEO Alexandra Bech Gjørv and NTNU Rector Gunnar Bovim. Photo: Thor Nielsen/NTNU Fully 9.1 per cent of all research publications from NTNU are in collaboration with SINTEF, a number that puts the university at the top worldwide with respect to publishing collaboratively, according...
International requirements, collaboration across national frontiers and the need for simulator training held centre stage at an industry meeting on emergency and ocean towing in Tromsø. This article is written by the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA). The gathering i november provided good confirmation...
...biofuels such as building waste and wood shavings into the discussion of which sources of power we should use in Norway, concluded project manager Lars Sørum of SINTEF Energy Research at the end of the project. Waste as valuable as shavings Wood shavings are one of the cleanest – and thus most efficient – solid...
Advanced analysis of the properties of natural and human made objects and structures most often combines a description of the physics involved by system of partial differential equations, and a geometric description of the objects and structures addressed. From the early days of computers there has been...
Driverless vessels can be equipped with cameras, sonar and various sensors to measure salt content, current and temperature, for example. Some vessels can also be equipped with robots. Underwaterphoto from the tests in the Trondheimsfjord. Photo: TYD Standard What is extraordinary about this is that...
...the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology has helped bring new understanding to scientists on everything from earthquakes to these black smokers. Video: JAMSTEC/IODP When the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, JAMSTEC, and the Japanese government decided to build the...
Representatives from 9 oil and gas operators and 4 service companies where among the 90 participants that joined us in Trondheim early February 2016. The participants were satisfied with the quality of the program and describe it as relevant to today's challenges in the oil and gas industry. "Shale as...
...(Intelligent Speed Adaptation) is a very good way to persuade Norwegian car drivers to reduce speed and thus prevent many serious road accidents. Adoption of the system would also reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut fuel consumption. Photo: Thinkstock. According to Statistics Norway, more than 2,600,000...
...technology from SINTEF and IFE - will produce chemical intelligent materials to monitor flows in oil and gas wells. The whole process will take place without the use of cables. The company has been set up by two entrepreneurs, Fridtjof Nyhavn from SINTEF Petroleum Research and Anne Dalager Dyrli from...