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New way of visualizing young hearts can save lives
A new kind of ultrasound technology easily shows how blood flows through the heart in foetuses, newborns and children. It’s a tool that can save lives.
The hidden companies
They are the companies you’ve never heard of, but they help grease the wheels of international trade.
Saving energy through environmentally friendly design
Have you ever used a water boiler to make yourself a cup of tea, but boiled enough water for two cups? Then you wasted energy. But good design can help.
It’s called a goat boat, but it’s no goat
Are older, classical boat designs really better? High-tech testing in the Ship Towing Tank at the Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute in Trondheim pits a 16th century classical rowboat against its newer, easier-to-build cousin.
Premiere for intensive production of Atlantic Bluefin tuna
The start-feed for “baby” tuna now being produced in Trondheim has given a Norwegian aquaculture company complete faith in the possibility of mass-producing one of the world’s most valuable fish species.
Saving Africa’s wily wild dogs – with pee
The endangered African wild dog is increasingly coming into conflict with humans, partly because it is difficult to fence them out. But an unusual approach may offer hope.
A reactor’s secret life
What happens inside chemical reactors and furnaces has always been a well-kept secret. Until now.
Drastic cut in electricity bill for supermarket
A Trondheim supermarket gets by with just over two-thirds of the electricity used by similar stores.
How your brain works during meditation
Your brain processes more thoughts and feelings during meditation than when you are simply relaxing.
Why your nose can be a pathfinder
May-Britt and Edvard I. Moser have won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2014. This is part of their work.
Cool climate – clean planet
Ever-rising greenhouse gas emissions and the potential need to deploy untested and expensive climate engineering technologies are just two of the many bits of bad news in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s new report on “Mitigation of Climate Change”, released on 13 April.
Key findings from IPCC
Professors from NTNU present key findings from IPPC on how we can mitigate climate change.
They bake with sunshine
Ethiopians may soon be able to bake their own traditional bread, called injera, with help from the sun.
Passive houses save lots of energy
Housing is the easiest sector to change if we are to reach the climate targets.
We all have to make sacrifices
Greenhouse gas emissions from today will greatly affect our descendants for at least 1000 years.
A better life for the elderly
So-called ‘evryday-rehabilitation’ is intended to help elderly patients manage everyday life at home after discharge from hospital. The scheme has been well received by its users, but research has revealed some teething problems.
Sharks contain more pollutants than polar bears
The polar bear is known for having alarmingly high concentrations of PCB and other pollutants. But researchers have discovered that Greenland sharks store even more of these contaminants in their bodies.
Wind power could cover Norway’s energy needs 20 times
In order to protect nature, we must accept that wind farms reduce the experience of natural areas for some, according to a professor at NTNU.
Build floating wind turbines in the open ocean
Norway ought to put more effort into building floating wind turbines in the ocean, says Professor Lars Sætran at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
One of 830 scientists behind the climate report
When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its new report on “Mitigation of Climate Change” on 13 April, NTNU Professor Edgar Hertwich’s contribution as one of the lead authors of the Energy Systems chapter will amount to exactly 5 pages.
Carbon capture and storage essential to reach climate target
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is essential if the EU’s climate target is to be reached in a cost effective way. Extensive governmental support in the form of subsidies is necessary to support early implementation of this technology.
Silicon carbide puzzle solved
No one has ever been able to process silicon carbide in such a way that it can be thermally sprayed as a lightweight, extremely durable coating on machine parts. That was before Fahmi Mubarok began his doctoral research.
Water-mist prevents rain of sparks
Fire researchers have shown that sparks from a burning house can be prevented from spreading if the loft is fitted with an extinguishing system based on water-mist, i.e. tiny water droplets that turn into steam.