...is to create an efficient and cost effective multi-scale simulation platform based on free and open-source codes. This platform will connect models spanning a wide range of scales from the atomic scale through the particle and cluster scales, the industrial equipment scale and the full system scale. To...
There is a massive potential for reducing both traffic noise and fuel consumption linked to conventional cars by combining low-noise tyres and the right kind of road surfacing. This photo is taken during the tests. Photo: SINTEF TRAFFIC NOISE: Current growth in the use of electric cars is providing...
...between aircraft and ground will help deal with the doubling of air traffic in the coming years. Photo: Thinkstock . Today, most communication between an aircraft and air traffic controllers takes place verbally. But aircraft are also able to utilise a data link system for sending and receiving instructions...
...control dashboard for the pharmaceuticals industry. This enables all pharmacies, wholesalers and manufacturers to check where products are in the supply chain, availability, what stocks the neighbouring pharmacy has and the future prognoses. When a packet of pills is scanned at the pharmacy checkout, information...
...the goal of scientists who have joined forces with the salmon farming industry to develop much longed-for support tools that will help fish farmers and the authorities through the important decision-making phases of the struggle against salmon diseases. The multidisciplinary research group that has taken...
On his way to Brussels and the leadership of EERA, Nils Røkke, Executive Vice President Sustainability – SINTEF in Norway. Photo: Thor Nielsen/SINTEF FACTS: What is the EERA? The EERA is a public research alliance that brings together more than 175 research centres and universities, working together...
...practical support tools and systems to transform shopping centres into energy-efficient architectural complexes. This is the future vision of the shopping center City Syd. The outline is designed by ARC architects from Trondheim. We are spending more and more time in shopping centres, and now that autumn is...
...embraced Norwegian research on artificial intelligence in aviation, and a delegation from Bodø recently participated in a workshop in Doha, facilitated by the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority. – The turnout was four times larger than expected and showed how eager the international aviation industry is to use...
...active in working life than Norwegian women, and less than men with an immigrant background. However, this does not mean that Norwegians’ perceptions of immigrant women as a homogeneous, passive group are correct. Data collected by SINTEF researchers Berit Berg and Tove Håpnes show that many immigrant women...
...most levels of the organisation. The 2012 Diversity Award was handed over by Ahmad Ghazinadeh, State Secretary in the Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion, in Oslo on December 4th. “I am very pleased that the Award is going this year to a research institute. SINTEF is a high-competence...
...is a transport boat powered by batteries from solar cells. Over the past five years, researchers and engineers from Norway and Tunisia have worked together on the design, engineering, manufacturing and commissioning of the unique solar-electric boat SOLARIS. The Tunisian-Norwegian cooperation project...
...research is devoted to porous materials and reaction engineering. Over many decades the institute has been leading in tailoring and optimizing micro- and mesoporous materials such as zeolites or metal-organic frameworks for applications in industrial adsorption and catalysis. Catalytic measurements are...
...supplied with energy, oil and gas will remain a critical part of the energy mix during the transition to a more flexible energy system. However, the industry consumes vast quantities of energy and is responsible for one-quarter of Norway's CO2 emissions. That being said, environmental and climate standards...
...– On 11 April, the Research Council of Norway announced an investment of 180 MNOK in a new research centre on carbon capture, transport and storage (CCS) in Norway. gigaCCS is a Centre for Environment-Friendly Energy Research (FME) that will advance Norway’s expertise in CCS, as well as support the...
...quantitative proteomics to generate reference proteome data for B. methanolicus MGA3 and compared the proteome on two different carbon sources (methanol and mannitol) as well as two different growth temperatures (50C and 37C). From a total of approximately 1200 different detected proteins, approximately...
...capital intensive activity. Moreover, resources will be needed to follow the campus development plans of our close university partners in Trondheim and Oslo. The positive results in 2017 are thus not only very welcome, but also essential if we are to realise our vision of 'Technology for a Better Society'"...
...feed, both the forestry and fish feed industries can achieve a more environmentally friendly and high-quality product The forestry industry plays an important role in reducing CO2 emissions. Biomass is a renewable resource and is considered carbon neutral. When materials and products from the industry...
...remote façade maintenance system that will contribute to green change at both a national and international scale. In order for the zero-emission society to be realised, new solutions are needed for buildings and areas. Emission-free buildings are part of the puzzle. Driving sustainability in the façade...
...our employees have made, and pleased that in today's challenging market we are now on the right track. However, we still have some way to go before our revenues reach a level that enables us to invest adequately in the research, commercialisation, competence, laboratories and systems we need to enable...
...of expertise that will enable us to cultivate seaweed and kelp on a large scale Kelp cultivation will mean that we can produce bioethanol fuel in addition to biogas for heating and fuel, without the need to use food crops as a raw material, and without having to utilise agricultural land or freshwater...