Viewpoints The Covid-19 pandemic only served to exacerbate existing inequalities across the world. The poorest and most vulnerable were the hardest hit by the pandemic and its aftermath. And in the face of our current global economic challenges, their situation is becoming even worse. This ought to wake...
COPD is a disease that develops gradually and often over many years. For this reason, it is mainly the elderly who receive the diagnosis, and this is why the high levels of drug use are worrying researchers. Photo:Thinkstock. The results were published recently in an article in the International Journal...
Two full scale tests were carried out in spring and autum 2013 to assess the effect of sweep length on herding of fish during semi-pelagic trawling for cod and haddock. The results showed that sweep length can have a significant effect on the catches. Fixing the 450-kg chain weights right in front of...
...seismic and well data. A more thorough presentation of the geological model can be found in the tutorial about the Johansen formation. The data files necessary to run the example can be downloaded from the MatMoRA website. <!--/introduction--> Contents Video of the simulation Input data and construct...
...on 7th March. Click here for the workshop schedule. In addition to presentation of CIV Arctic outcomes information on other relevant Arctic maritime and offshore related projects managed by NTNU were given. Past project workshops WP 5 Workshop "Vessel emission footprint report review" , Trondheim 2 September...
...øker. I SINTEF forsker vi på hvordan vi kan sikre god funksjonalitet og varighet, men vi er avhengig av aktive bidrag fra næringen for å lykkes. Av Anders Homb og Aleksander Lundby, SINTEF Oppføring av bygg med bruk av massivtre, også kjent som KLT (krysslaminerte treelementer), har økt betydelig de seinere...
...dissemination of modern theory and methods in mathematics, statistics and computer science. The winter schools will be given on a national basis, and will therefore contribute to a broader contact between students at the different universities and researchers in the institutes and the industry. The winter...
...better multitasking skills can explain why the negative correlations between Facebook use and grades are not found among more experienced students. Junco is thus encouraging the parents and teachers of primary and lower secondary school pupils to focus on teaching self-regulation as early as possible....
Research AS, which today discussed an external report that evaluated how the Board and company management dealt with SINTEF Petroleum Research’s involvement in Iran. The report was drawn up by the Schjødt law firm, and was commissioned by SINTEF Petroleum Research. The Schjødt report did not deal with...
SINTEF Energy Research can tell you when and where lightning has struck. And the data come straight to your pocket. Warm, damp weather means the start of the thunderstorm season in Norway, with July and August reckoned to be the months in which lightning strikes most often. The record was set in 2003...
...run parallel to the risers (yellow) and are connected to the DEH cables on the seabed. Illustration: Nexans How can we prevent ice-cold plugs from forming in Norway’s arteries on the seabed? Ths question was the backdrop for a joint effort by Norwegian scientists and industry to develop a system for direct...
...first persons in the world to have the idea of capturing CO2 and storing it in geological formations for climatic purposes. Trondheim, 2011: Chief scientist Erik Lindeberg of SINTEF Petroleum Research receives the international “SINTEF and NTNU CCS Award” for his pioneering role in research on storing...
...this immediately introduces legal restrictions and practical barriers. Stock photo: Ilja Hendel/NTB Viewpoints The opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors alone. This article was first published in the financial daily Dagens Næringsliv and is reproduced here with the permission of the...
Carlos A. Grande and Silvia Bordiga. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. DOI: 10.1039/C5CP05905D CO2 Adsorption Sites in UTSA-16: Multitechnique Approach Authors: Alessio Masala, Francesca Grifasi, Cesare Atzori, Jenny G. Vitillo, Lorenzo Mino, Francesca Bonino, Michele R. Chierotti and Silvia Bordiga...
In the search for a new and improved trawl net, Ulrik Jes Hansen had a brainwave: “What if we turn the net 90 degrees?” This has certainly proved to be a good idea. The greater the cross-section the codend has, the less turbulence it causes. And the lesser the turbulence, the gentler it is on...
...in Oslo and Trondheim next spring. Photo: Svein Inge Meland Standard If Norwegian motorists are to continue to pay to use the road network, the state will have to find something other than fuel taxes as a means of collecting its revenues. The obvious alternative is to adopt road pricing and a system...
Lo/Reuters/NTB Viewpoints As a researcher into learning technologies in schools, and a former teacher at an upper secondary school myself, I have been following the debate surrounding the use of artificial intelligence and conversational agents, such as ChatGPT, with great interest. In my opinion, the...
Girls do better and enjoy school more than boys. Researchers now believe that we should be taking targeted action to restore the balance. Stock photo: iStock Standard SINTEF has been responsible for the Norwegian part of a study that has been looking into how school children in grades 4 to 7 experience...
Norwegian invention since 1980. The technology enables us to transport oil, gas and water in one and the same pipeline, and has contributed to enormous value creation by the Norwegian petroleum sector. Research groups at IFE and SINTEF have played central roles in the development of multiphase technology...
Rune Petter Ness “To put it very simply, you could say that we are trying to produce fish feed and dietary supplements from seawater”, says SINTEF’s Jose Rainuzzo. More precisely, the Peruvian scientist and his colleagues are exploring the properties of a micro-organism that lives everywhere in the ocean...