Improved safety and billions more in petroleum revenues
Just before Christmas, the Centre for Drilling and Wells for […]
From the brittle to ductile
Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how the element […]
False feeling of safety
Many elderly people who live alone at home have installed […]
Efficiency before personal data protection
A recent SINTEF report describes how various actors perceive the […]
Disabilities raise risk of HIV
A study of disabled people in South Africa surveyed their […]
Delicacies for the East
SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture Research believe that it should be […]
Better electric cars
Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and NTNU are creating […]
Antibiotics and allergies
Respiratory infections and the use of antibiotics in children in […]
An old pig returns home
The wild pig is returning to Norway at full speed […]
See me! Feel me! Touch me!
What exactly happens when we send an SMS or enlarge or shrink images on a mobile screen? And why doesn’t it work if we wear gloves?
The secrets of Little grey birds
Researchers at NTNU’s Centre for Conservation Biology (CCB) have studied large populations […]
A new vessel for the Arctic
A new kind of vessel is being specially designed to tolerate the tough, frigid conditions in the Arctic.
Is artificial turf better than we think?
DOCTORAL WORK – David McGhie: Friction and shock absorption in artificial turf – what are the most important factors in the choice of artificial turf and soccer/football boots?
Ingenious design
Synthetic biology has arrived. At a stroke, gene technologists have become the world’s most significant and controversial designers.
A flounder in fizzy water
It is all well and good to store CO2 under the seabed. But what if the CO2 starts to leak?
A most unusual cancer patient
One of humankind’s genetic cousins is baker’s yeast. That makes this humble yeast a perfect guinea pig for cancer research.
The thin film
Plant photosynthesis depends on membranes, and human beings would be unable to hear without the eardrum. Could yet another membrane help rescue us from a climatic catastrophe?
Smarter prostheses using iPhone technology
Simple, cheap microtechnology paves the way for a new generation of prostheses.
Little chip – instant diagnoses
Soon, your family doctor will no longer have to send blood or cancer cell samples to the laboratory.
Skeleton greenhouse
Artificial hips would not be quite so artificial, if researchers succeed in developing living bone mass.
Finding faults in exhaust gas systems
New technology can measure soot particles in the exhaust of diesel engines.
Looks to Norway
For years, the whole world has looked up to the Japanese industry. Now, Toyota wants to learn about evaluating team organization from Norwegian researchers.
The bottomless drain
Can industrialized countries conserve their way out of an energy crisis?
Explosive chemistry in the night sky
How can you cram trickling sprays of gold and a rotating flaming wheel into a little tiny tube – and much later, set it loose to explode in the sky?
Norwegian radiation sensors help find Higgs boson
CERN is known for its subterranean tunnel in which protons circulate […]
From poison to palatable
Every night millions of people go to bed hungry. New genetic technology can help us feed the world by making inedible seeds more edible.
The future factory
A one-hundred-year old institution is celebrating its centennial. But what’s the larger historical significance of this milestone?
Energy underfoot
There is a solution for the world’s insatiable energy needs. It is CO2-free and safe. And it’s located right under our feet.
The force from nowhere
NEW PROJECT: New knowledge about Casimir energy, including how the energy changes when the surrounding temperature changes.
A toolbox out of the ordinary
This “hacker’s toolbox” contains equipment that can be used to […]
The health army
They are not professionals, but they are specially trained: A ‘health army’ of foot soldiers saves the lives of children in areas without doctors.
Lead-free electronics
A new approach may get the lead out of consumer electronics.