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Norway is ideally suited for exploiting solar energy. The coutry has sufficient light in spite of the winter's long dark nights and freezing temperatures. Illustration: Thinkstock. “This is a...

At Kjøllefjord, Ellinor and Ailu welcome visitors on excursions from the cruise ships, but no-one likes smoke in the traditional 'lavvo' tents, especially while they're eating....

Children and young people with ADHD can find it difficult to keep appointments and easy to forget what they have to bring with them in different situations. Welfare technology can help. Photo:...

SINTEF made an operating profit of NOK 106 million in 2014, and a pre-tax profit of NOK 143 million. A number of one-off items have had a positive effect on the financial result, but profit from...

The enormous CO₂ storage potential of the North Sea offers great industrial development possibilities. Norway could be lucky again if we grasp this opportunity, believes SINTEF’s Director of...

Norway is considering the use of four different kinds of full-scale carbon capturing technologies for cement production. (Illustration: Thinkstock) CARBON CAPTURE — Membrane-based technology...

The use of electrochromic coatings is a controllable technology made possible by applying an electrical voltage to a window. Users will be able to fix the level of solar radiation entering a...

Eirik Bøckmann tests an artificial whale tail in the model ship tank at Tyholt. Photo: Ingvil Snøfugl, Siw Hermanstad, Marintek/SINTEF WAVE FOIL: Researchers from the Norwegian University...

The project combines expertise of 9 partners in 8 countries to foster nanomedicine innovation and facilitate regulatory approval. SINTEF is part of the project "European Nanomedicine...

Kongsberg Maritime’s Amundsen Spirit is one of many ships that have Kongsberg Gruppen’s DP system installed. (Photo: Kongsberg Maritime) MARITIME TECHNOLOGY: Dynamic positioning does not sound...

The growth enterprises provide a number of coaching arenas, both in-house and externally at local companies with whom they have working relationships. Photo: NORIS The task undertaken by the...

Recently SINTEF and UOP, a leading international supplier of catalysts, installed a test system for controlling the gas and liquid feed for in situ catalyst studies using high-energy synchrotron...

SINTEF-scientist Gorm Johansen (right) and Fredrik Lund from Inventas with the new robot. Photo: Inventas The company Breivoll Inspection Technologies has only five employees. Nevertheless, it is...

A Norwegian transformer station in Skien suffered an explosion in June 2000, causing a fire and a serious oil release. Photo: Mads Aas, Statnett “Transformer failures have cost human lives when...

One adult needs between 2 and 2.5 litres of drinking water per day. Dirty water is one of the main causes of disease, and the problem is greatest in poor areas. Photo: Thinkstock Ghana is a...

This is why scientists at SINTEF Energy Research are starting up a research project with the aim of reducing emissions and enhancing the heating comfort provided by our wood-burning stoves. An...

The Brazilian oil company Petrobras relies heavily on floating production storage and offloading units, commonly called FPSOs, to exploit deep water and ultra deep water petroleum fields. SINTEF...

A study carried out at the University of Iowa in the USA has been published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. The website Science Daily reports that a total of 1649 students...

Eleven species of bacteria that create substances that kill cancerous cells and three other bacteria that produce new antibiotics were discovered by scientists at NTNU and SINTEF. In...

In spite of its small size, Singapore has a population of five million, and it is an important communications node for both sea and air. This is why the authorities are now considering moving some...