Research News

Singapore is considering moving its power stations, water reservoirs, harbour warehouses and waste combustion plants below ground. Scientists from Trondheim are helping to shape the first systematic use of underground area in the world.

Fire researchers are sounding the alarm: without innovative thinking on the fire prevention front, more and more old people will die in house fires.

Embedding sperm cells in a gel for artificial insemination increases the fertilisation period for cattle and pigs and give more babies.

The world’s first induction heater with super conductors is based on a Trondheim invention. This technology can generate large savings for the aluminium industry.

Research scientists at SINTEF have developed a 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.

There is to be a change of management at SINTEF Building Research

- Invitation to international conference on waste and biomass combustion

A dark blue Audi with green technology under its bonnet aroused a great deal of attention in Trondheim in May 2006. At the head of the queue of eager sightseers was Børge Brende, the UN’s former “minister of the environment”.

Petroleum activities and marine transport in the Arctic demand a high level of know-how and efficient contingency planning. Around twenty international scientists spent the month of May in finding out how an oil spill behaves, and how it can be dealt with under Arctic conditions.

A robot that can move forward and inspect complicated pipe systems is currently under development. The robot can twist its way vertically up pipe walls.

Norwegian scientists will remove sulphur compounds from Indian petrol utilising custom made, porous materials in the refineries.

Based on an initiative from SINTEF Marine Environmental Technology, StatoilHydro has entered into and financed the construction of an oil spill laboratory in Murmansk.

If something hits you on the head while you are wearing this safety helmet, its soft flexible inner layer will instantly turn into a rock-hard shock-absorbent material.

A model of the Oseberg ship – the oldest and most beautiful Viking ship in the world – has just been tested in Ship Model Tank at Marintek, SINTEF.

Unni Steinsmo, President of the SINTEF Group, has been elected to membership of the European Research Area Board (ERAB).

The most elaborate travel-wear in Norway keeps the body cool in hot helicopter cabins, but will turn into a heat-retaining suit if the helicopter should fall into the sea.

The leading research organizations TNO (the Netherlands) and SINTEF (Norway) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and market their joint services on a number of fields of technology.

The fish-processing industry grades salmon manually into various quality classes. If sensors took over this job, costs could be cut and Norwegian companies could avoid having to set up shop abroad.

The building industry has not taken on board the idea of adapting to local climatic conditions, and is mainly supplying identically designed houses all over the country.

SINTEF scientists are currently helping two major US cities to manage “buried treasure” worth billions of dollars. It may sound like “The Sopranos”, but in this case, they are the “good guys”, who are making water supplies cheaper for everyone.

(Oslo/Trondheim, 9 January, 2008) SINTEF Venture III AS – a SINTEF investment company—and Ignis ASA has entered into an agreement in which SINTEF Venture III acquires 8 million of Ignis ASA’s 25 million shares in poLight AS (formerly Ignis Display AS) for NOK 4.0 million. Following the purchase, SIN...

It's about to become easier to practise for your driving test. A little hand-held PC with GPS can guide both pupil and instructor around the streets.

A Norwegian environmental project for China's cement industry could lead to cuts in CO2 that are equivalent to twice Norway's total emissions of greenhouse gases.

Their day job is to keep trees upright. But now the forest's tiniest building blocks are on their way into fancy products for the future.