AI could become the healthcare system’s own medicine
AI has become a tool that more and more people are using to create both text and images. But AI can also help a pressured healthcare system.
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COVID-19: five years since lockdown – what has Norway learned?
How did COVID-19 impact Norway and our lives? Researchers know a lot about what changed, and about what remained exactly the same afterwards.
A four-week opportunity for young people experiencing social exclusion
Young adults with reduced work capacity benefited greatly from the four-week interdisciplinary rehabilitation stay. The key: an individually tailored programme and a supportive community.
New Norwegian investment in quantum technology research
Quantum technology makes it possible to solve far more complex computational challenges than conventional computers can, including in areas such as material development, medicine and optimization.
How hot does a firefighter get?
Firefighters do hard physical work while being exposed to great heat strain. Now we know more about what happens to their body temperature during a smoke dive.
Our breath holds more secrets than we realize
SINTEF experts on microchip technology are working on a method to detect biomarkers in our breath and to miniaturize a monitoring device. The project can help to discover symptoms of COPD earlier and change the lives of millions of people suffering from this disease.
Deepfake is threatening trust in society
Will we be able to trust text and images in the future? Deepfake is being used not just for innocent fun, but also to influence voters in the world’s most powerful countries.
Aiming to improve the results of home training with an AI app
Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson’s can get better if they train at a high intensity, because high-intensity exercise activates the nervous system and helps to boost strength. Researchers are now developing an app to make training at home more effective, using a mobile phone as a personal trainer.
Should you warm up before you go for a run?
Have you been bitten by the running bug? If so, perhaps you’ve been asking yourself this very question. Well, we have the answer!
Protects hearing while preserving sound quality
A new earplug can now serve as hearing protection, a music player, and a microphone – all at once! At the heart of this technology is a MEMS chip developed at SINTEF in collaboration with Minuendo.
A walk in the woods in the middle of your working day can boost your performance
Research indicates that workplaces which encourage a healthy integration between their employees’ work and personal lives have a happier and better performing workforce.
Are you looking to test new AI tools? Make sure you avoid the ‘Tesla trap’
If only techno-optimists get to test AI tools, the results simply aren’t good enough. This is where Tesla made a big mistake – a lesson that the health sector will do well to learn.
Norwegian boys dislike school more than any other group
For the most part, Norwegian girls enjoy going to school, whereas boys exhibit a marked dislike of the school setting. One of the problems is that boys experience school as unfair.
Research is helping us to develop healthier and more climate-friendly protective footwear
Protective shoes are stiff and heavy and made primarily for protection. Many people feel they’re more trouble than they’re worth. But research is coming to the rescue, with better ergonomics and a reduced climate footprint.
Children in the welfare system are not getting the health care they need
A recent report from SINTEF reveals that children and young people in the welfare system attend more out-patient mental health service appointments than other children. However, both they and their parents think that the help they are getting is inadequate.
What should we be using our electricity for?
Norwegian politicians should not be sponsoring the race to expand the use of AI. The process is wasting too much energy.
Organs grown on microchips may offer a quantum leap for women’s health
Women’s bodies and their health in general have for too long been assigned low priority in the field of research. But an innovative and extraordinary technology may now offer us new treatments for conditions such as endometriosis.
Ability to identify bone fractures tells us something important about AI
One of Norway’s biggest achievements to date in the practical application of artificial intelligence is in identifying bone fractures. The secret of this success may be of benefit to many of our business leaders.
Football may become the game where everyone loses
Match load in international football is becoming so high that it is threatening the health of our players. So much so, that the product itself may also be under threat.
It’s about time we looked into other aspects of AI
If artificial intelligence (AI) is to offer us the societal benefits that many people are dreaming of and believe in, we need to develop technologies that are a lot smarter than those we have today.
Aid efforts focused on the poorest often miss their targets
It is not enough simply to target aid efforts at the poorest. We also have to combat discrimination and inequality both within and between countries.
We develop new technologies that may reduce the need for animal testing in medical research
Every organism needs to breathe – including cells that we use in in vitro microphysiological systems. We now have promising results with a material that enhances the quality of our experiments.
One in five Norwegians has tinnitus – but treatment provision is very poor
Researchers have concluded that many people are suffering unnecessarily and that treatment provision offered to patients is failing at many levels.
Employees are using ChatGPT for advice, but is this a good thing?
Recent data on people’s habits in the workplace are giving us reason to look into whether the use of artificial intelligence (AI) may be hampering collaboration and knowledge sharing.