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Latest news from SINTEF: Archive 2009

Relief for PC users on the move

When a PC user changes his location, his environment also changes and problems often arise. However, with the aid of the appropriate software the computer’s software can be modified automatically to match the changed situation.

Dropping anchor in deep waters

Maybe it looks like a giant arrow or a rocket, but this 13 metre-long, 80-tonne anchor is currently being tested as a new mooring concept for offshore installations.

New approach to offshore anchors

New approach to offshore anchors

Maybe it looks like a giant arrow or a rocket, but this 13 metre-long, 80-tonne anchor is currently being tested as a new mooring concept for offshore installations.

Fire and ice?

Fire and ice?

No, this isn’t ice, but hydrates, ice-like crystals that are […]

More rapid micro-optics inspections

The EU’s SMARTIEHS project will enable MEMS structures to be tested one hundred times as fast as they can today. This will mean cheaper and more reliable electronic equipment for people you us.

Pleased solar-cell scientists

The EU’s three-year FoXy programme has come to an end. The research group is very satisfied, and the EU Commission is handing out praise.

Better level measurement in oil separators

Scientists at SINTEF and StatoilHydro have developed a level-gauge staff that uses pressure differences to measure the levels of water, oil and gas in oil separators.

Kelp in the tank

Jorunn Skjermo is doing her best to ensure that cars will obtain green fuel from the sea

The invisible technology

Nanoproducts have entered our lives, almost without being noticed. Artificial particles end up in the atmosphere, earth and water. What happens to them?

Dramatic pressure on Norwegian hospitals

If we continue to use our hospitals in the same way as we do now, the health service in 2030 will need to employ every second young person in the country and increase hospital bed capacity by 5000.

The invisible technology

The invisible technology

Nanoproducts have slipped into our lives, almost without being noticed. Man-made particles end up in the air, soil and water. What happens to them?

Robot kids

Robot kids

Their brains are still no more advanced than that of a one-year-old, but scientists want robots to be as smart as teenagers – at least.

Super bed sheet

Super bed sheet

A specially modified, millimetre-thick, super-absorbent bed sheet solves delivery-room problems.

Nurses open to idea of robots

Front-line staff in the nursing and care sector would welcome sensor and robot technology in nursing homes and the homes of elderly people.

SINTEF agreement in South Africa

SINTEF has signed a memorandum of understanding with Stellenbosch University, which is recognised as one of the four best research-driven universities in South Africa.

Technology for the health challenges of tomorrow

Medical sensors and sensor systems, personal health systems and smart textiles: the pHealth workshop that will be held in Oslo on June 24 – 26 will show off the latest advances on the technology front for home-based healthcare.

SINTEF in international aviation technology alliance

SINTEF ICT and a group of industrial companies from Ireland, Sweden and Norway are currently forming an alliance that will help to give the aviation industry greener and more rapid routes across Europe.

Revolutionizing the reuse of experience

Using open international standards and new technology will contribute substantially to a sustainable development of the Norwegian construction industry.

Kelp in the tank

Jorunn Skjermo is doing her best to ensure that cars can be powered by green fuel from the sea.

Good results for SINTEF in 2008

SINTEF produced good scientific and financial results in 2008. The result for the year was NOK 137 million. Our repeatedly good results have enabled us to make new investments in laboratories and scientific research. In 2008, SINTEF invested MNOK...

Energy firms join CO2 research programme

The international energy companies E.ON, ScottishPower and Statkraft have underlined their commitment to meeting the climate challenges by joining SOLVit - a pioneering R&D programme into carbon capture technology, led by Aker Clean Carbon, the...

Medicines from the Sea

For the first time, Norwegian scientists have managed to produce completely new antibiotics from bacteria found in the sea

Putting a price on green

The most environmentally friendly product in the building materials store could soon be the cheapest too.

Facing mistrust and lack of dignified treatment

Norwegians who suffer from rare disorders feel that they are left to face their problems alone. Since they often fall outwith the conceptual universes of the experts, they find it difficult to explain their situation.

Medicines from the Sea

For the first time, Norwegian scientists have managed to produce completely new antibiotics from bacteria found in the sea

Putting a price on green

Putting a price on green

The most environmentally friendly product in the building materials store could soon be the cheapest too.

An eye for detail

An eye for detail

The X-ray detectors of the future are on the way. New technology makes it possible to sort plastics, identify useful minerals in waste and reveal contamination in food and medicines.

Sick of the health system?

Sick of the health system?

Norwegians who suffer from rare disorders feel that they are left to face their problems alone.

Drugs from the sea

Drugs from the sea

For the first time, Norwegian scientists have managed to produce completely new antibiotics from bacteria found in the sea.

Trondheim to host five CO2 laboratories

Europe is to invest NOK 730 million in joint European laboratories for CO2 capture and storage – and will use almost a third of the total in Norway. NTNU and SINTEF will coordinate the international effort, which will involve building five CO...