The beauty of the battlefield
Battlefield tourists are on the hunt for the beautiful in the ugly. Meaning in the meaningless. And sometime timeless in the past.
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Ghana puts its hope in oil
Norway is helping Africa’s youngest oil nation with a prescription for prosperity – and is finding out that learning goes both ways.
Driller thriller
Drilling an oil well is not what it used to be. The job needs its own special tools, the dexterity of a pilot, and bundles of experience.
Laboratory for advanced sensors
The MiNaLab in SINTEF can boast of having a radiation […]
Lobster baby boom
Researchers have recently succeeded in doubling survival rates among lobster larvae. This could boost populations of a species threatened in the wild.
Diagnosing patients at an early stage
Norske forskere har utviklet den første sensor i verden som kan finne enkeltpartikler i en blodprøve.
The jacket that talks to Facebook
Collision. Fire. Accidents. Chaos. In a rescue operation, it’s no use trying to communicate via a small mobile phone display. But a jacket – now you’re talking!
Surfaces that repair themselves
A ball bearing – or a slide bearing around an […]
Polar perils
Activity in the Arctic is on the increase, but how safe is it to operate there?
Overlooked by aid
Millions of people suffer permanent disabilities simply because they are poor. Norwegian experts say they are overlooked in the fight against poverty.
Design affects patient care
The design of “bed clusters” is important.
The internet of things
Monday morning and you’re in a hurry. On your way out, you check your pockets. Money. Mobile phone. Where are the car keys? A quick text message, and the keys let you know that they are under the papers on the dining table.
Robots in the classroom
The next generation of industrial robots is just around the corner. They will be able to see, remember and make their own decisions.
Low wages = poor working conditions
Price pressure leads to “cowboy” contracts and poor working conditions in service jobs in the construction and cleaning industries.
What in the world is “witch soot?”
You go to bed with white, freshly painted walls and wake the next morning to find the living room black with soot!
No joshing about sloshing
Computational tools help identify the effects of fluids slamming against a structure
Hi-tech skincare from the sea
European researchers and companies aim to microencapsulate minerals from the Dead Sea.
Tears? Forget them!
The first steps have been taken towards rainwear which repairs itself.
Watch out – moose!
An vehicle-based computer alert system that warns of moose on the road causes motorists to react quickly. Roadside warning signs just don’t have the same effect.
Vital channels
These little tubes are in a laboratory at SINTEF Sealab. […]
Ocean prophets
These scientists can predict the direction an oil spill will take, or if salmon lice will infect a neighbouring fish farm.
Digital care
If a car tilts, a sensor beeps, and our mobile phones alert us when the battery gets too low. But who gets notified if grandma falls? Or who checks her blood pressure daily?
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?
A new vessel for the Arctic
A new kind of vessel is being specially designed to tolerate the tough, frigid conditions in the Arctic.