Previous Research News

• Ledaflow and Kongsberg Maritime agree on potential co-operation, 22.10.2008 SINTEF Press release
  
  
• Good news for pigs, Gemini no. 4, 2008
  Embedding sperm cells in a gel for artificial insemination increases the fertilization period for cattle and pigs and means more offspring.
  
  
• Major research programme for CO2-capture, 15.08.2008
  A scientific research and development programme worth more than NOK 300 million is being launched in Norway with the aim of generating more cost effective technology for CO2-capture. The project is one of the biggest of its kind to date.
  
  
• Successful field trials off Svalbard, 10.07.2008
  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.
  
  
• Less sulphur in Indian petrol, 19.06.2008
  Norwegian scientists will remove sulphur compounds from Indian petrol utilising custom made, porous materials in the refineries.
  
  
• Oil spill laboratory opens in Murmansk , 18.06.2008
  Based on an initiative from SINTEF Marine Environmental Technology, StatoilHydro has entered into and financed the construction of an oil spill laboratory in Murmansk.
  
  
• From Nature's nanolaboratory,12.12 2007
  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
  
  
• Gas plus ore equals new industry, 26.11.2007
  The Arctic has huge resources of natural gas and iron ore. Material-producing industrial clusters in this region could be worth a great deal.
  
  
• Nordic consortium for fuel cell development and demonstration, 09.10.2007
  Five Nordic partners are now joining forces to further develop and demonstrate proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology suitable for operation in cold Nordic climate. The 2 year project is supported by the Nordic Energy Research through a 4.4MNOK grant
  
  
• Recycling or degradation?
  GEMINI 2005
  We consciously wash plastic containers and take out the bags for recycling. But is this beneficial? Can the option of an additive that breaks down the plastic be just as good?
  
  
• Zero grip for bacteria
  GEMINI 2005
  A newly developed surface on implanted catheter may prevent complications from bacteria and infection.
  
  
• SINTEF/NTNU able to mass-produce super-material
  June 23, 2005
  Scientists at SINTEF Materials and Chemistry are among the first groups in the world have developed a process for large-scale production of carbon nanotubes.
  
  
• Your daily dose
  GEMINI 2004/2005
  The days of the scalpel may soon be numbered – at least when it comes to examining areas in the upper layers of the skin.
  
  
• Super net keeps Pharaohs in place
  GEMINI NR.05/2004
  Several of the world’s best known cultural treasures are located in areas prone to earthquakes. A new metal alloy will secure their existence.