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The project partners believe that this innovation can develop into a simple and effective tool. Trawler fishermen have computer monitors in their vessels, and the idea is that in the near future...

How much damage can sun storms cause? Norwegian researchers are now going to find out. Illustration: Shutterstock. One particular feature of sun storms which makes it important to be prepared is...

The daily energy saving using the new system is 20 MWh, which is equivalent to 18 month’s consumption by an average Norwegian household. For all the platforms on the continental shelf, the daily...

Mental health is gradually becoming a more important cause of work disability, and in OECD countries they currently account for between a third and half of all cases. Researchers at SINTEF and...

The Christmas tree is to be put outdoor and not into the stove. Most municipalities provide collecting washed up Christmas trees. Please contact your local waste department for more info. Photo:...

With the new climate agreement which comes into effect on Friday 4 November, the world is committed to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions. All countries must create their own national plans for...

Photo: Nacre It is 1989, and at SINTEF’s Department of Acoustics, research scientist Odd Kr. Pettersen is struggling over a letter. A Danish company wonders whether Norwegian acoustics scientists...

DEGRADATION: An additive based on natural ingredients helps to break down plastics faster than a fallen apple. SHOW MORE Nor-X Industry AS, a company located in Sunnmøre, has launched the...

The shipping companies that are contributing to the Smart Maritime SFI have great hopes of this major research effort: they are anticipating solutions that will lead to reduced emissions from...

No fewer than nine Centres for Research-based Innovation (SFI) were opened by NTNU and SINTEF recently. The Smart Maritime centre is led by MARINTEK, and it alone has been awarded NOK 192 million...

Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, the Norwegian Minister of Research and Education, promised greater funding for his sector, emphasising that the Ocean Space Centre needs to be built to enable us to...

MARINTEK has just received NOK 50 million from the Research Council of Norway’s Large-scale Infrastructure Fund. The Institute won in fact 10 per cent of the total of MNOK 500 made available....

The 1st Ocean Technology Summit took place June 4th 2013, during Nor-Shipping 2013. The conference proved to be a huge success, both in terms of the chosen topics (green shipping and arctic...

Welcome to the 6th Conference on Learning Factories, arranged by NTNU Gjøvik and SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing, the 29th and 30th of June at Gjøvik. The conference is sponsored...

Eli Aamot is appointed as the new Executive Vice-President at SINTEF Materials and Chemistry. Eli Aamot comes to us from Statoil and her position as Manager Plant Integrity for the Heidrun field....

Professor Vincent Eijsink, NMBU (Norwegian University of Life Sciences), received this year’s Bioenergy Innovation Award under “CenBio day” 17 to 19 March 2015. Eijsink receives the price for his...

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 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...

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...