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SINTEF has taken a big step towards technological solutions that will prevent large individual catches by floating trawl fishery. Catches that are so large that they are difficult to handle on...

Who is successful in, and what is achieved by, step-by-step software development, the IT industry’s countermeasure against fiascos? A review article by two SINTEF researchers has become a “bible”...

When hospitals group patient rooms into small clusters, nurses have more time for their patients. But the design of these ‘bed clusters’ is important. This has emerged from a new report from...

What happens if an oil installation experiences a process upset, a gas alarm and a vessel collision all at the same time? And what do you do if a platform originally designed for a lifetime of 20...

In order to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, we need renewable feedstocks – seaweed represents one such alternative biomass source that could make a difference on a global scale. Norway and...

Twenty per cent of hearing aid users in Norway use the equipment for only an hour each day. The reason is often poor fitting and inadequate support. Now all this could change.   By Åse Dragland...

SINTEF scientists are helping to develop a tool for surgical operations that will allow tumours in internal moving organs to be eliminated with the aid of high-intensity focused ultrasound. The...

Where do the water-pipes and electric cables lie? Could valuable cultural artefacts be hidden here? And how high is the salt concentration on the road today? A georadar can reveal what lies below...

SINTEF achieved good financial results in 2010. The group’s operating profit was NOK 139 million, compared with NOK 107 million in 2009. Good earnings over a period of several years have made it...

They can predict the direction an oil spill will take, or if salmon lice will infect a neighbouring fish farm. April 22, 2010: It's been two days since the disaster alarm has gone off in the...

The world’s smallest autofocus lens for mobile devices is ready, and Apple and Nokia are among the companies interested in introducing it. Six years ago a group of SINTEF research scientists at...

Could European air traffic controllers manage more flights with the help of modern productivity gains? Experts from Austria and Norway intend to answer that question. Frequentis – an Austrian...

The Research Council of Norway has granted NOK 24 million to the four-year project NEXT-Drill, in which scientists and industry will develop the technology and tools needed to produce geothermal...

Researchers are developing data systems which can adapt in the face of virus and hacker attacks. If software components are attacked they will be replaced automatically without any inconvenience...

Nine out of ten Norwegian fish-processing plants have closed, and a great deal of fish leave the country without being processed. However, according to a recent SINTEF report, the Norwegian...

The Norwegian climate has always placed heavy demands on building design. Global warming is putting it under even more strain. Norwegian buildings are to be made more robust against climatic...

Until recently, platforms were an essential element of offshore petroleum production; but no longer, thanks to Norwegian  multiphase technology.    In rural surroundings at Tiller,...

Three-quarters of all the disabled persons in the world live in low-income countries. They have missed out on measures aimed at relieving poverty   Collecting data on the living conditions...

The first Norwegian field developers found it sufficient to copy the steel platforms used in the Gulf of Mexico. The foundations of the next stage in the North Sea saga were laid entirely in...

Contact person: Åge Gellein Larsen  A wood fibre only 100 nanometres thick will help to give us tomorrow’s plastic food packaging, if SINTEF and its partners are successful. Cellulose can...