Norway leads the way in CO2 capture
This week, scientists from all over the world meet in Trondheim to learn about the technology of CO2 capture.
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Two prestigious awards for research on interfaces
Two international professional organizations recognize PhD research that could improve everything from weather forecasts to the prediction of volcanic eruptions.
Eleven Nobel Prize winners, Buzz Aldrin and Oliver Stone come to Starmus Festival in Trondheim
Forty-six science superstars will gather in Trondheim this 18-23 June for the Starmus Science Festival, a one-of-a-kind event that mixes cool science seminars with red-hot concerts.
Top marks to NTNU and SINTEF for cooperative research
The close relationship between SINTEF and NTNU has catapulted the university to a number one ranking among the world’s universities when it comes to publishing in partnership with a single industry collaborator.
Designing the world’s largest seaweed cultivation vessel
The vessel will be used in commercial seaweed production, and the concept is currently being developed by researchers in Trondheim in close collaboration with business partners from a variety of sectors.
Elevated stress levels among Norway’s youngest in childcare
Researchers measured the stress hormone cortisol in 112 toddlers from 85 different childcare centres in six municipalities, approximately five months after they started attending. Children with the longest childcare days (8-9 hours) showed an increase in cortisol during the day.
Stephen Hawking to come to Trondheim and NTNU
Stephen Hawking will come to Norway this summer as the star speaker at the Starmus Festival, scheduled for 18-23 June in Trondheim.
CO2 capture technology moves closer to the marketplace
One of the world’s leading membrane manufacturers has signed a licensing agreement with NTNU on a new technology that allows for environmentally friendly CO2 capture.
Preventing LNG accidents
Eskil Aursand is working to make marine production and shipping of liquefied natural gas (LNG) safer. His efforts were recently recognized with the award of a Fulbright Scholarship.
Don’t burn your Christmas tree in the fireplace!
Christmas is over and now is the time to get rid of your tree. And I mean GET RID of it! Don’t burn your Christmas tree in your wood-burning stove!
Keeping electric car design on the right road
Pushing nanoscale battery developments in the right direction can help create a sustainable transport sector.
NTNU professor receives book prize in Japan
Professor Odilio Alves-Filho recently received a Japanese research prize for his book on environmentally friendly drying using heat pumps.
A major research effort into tomorrow’s digital power grids
How will a future electricity grid manage the demands of induction cooking, charging electric cars and roof-installed solar panels? The answer is Smart Grids, which involves digitisation of the electricity grid.
Want to end “ghost fishing”
Fish nets that float abandoned in the ocean continue to catch fish long after they have been lost, posing a major environmental challenge. Degradable fishing nets can be part of the solution according to researchers.
Three Arctic researchers at North Pole
Three NTNU researchers have visited the North Pole during a research cruise in their efforts to better understand sea ice.
Ocean acidification bad for cod
Increasing ocean acidification could double the mortality of newly-hatched cod larvae, a study just published in the American online journal PLOS ONE reports.
Salmon and seaweed a golden combination
At least that’s what researchers believes. Now they are building a new research facility for seaweed off SalMar fish farm at Frøya in Norway.
The elderly thinks social media is superficial
A SINTEF study suggests that the older generation takes an active choice regarding whether to be active in social media or not.
Scandinavian experiment receives prestigious sustainable energy award
The EcoGrid EU project, an energy-market concept empowering households to manage renewables, wins one of the EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2016.
Building façades will soon be thinking for themselves
Technology embedded in walls or windows is going to make our homes even smarter.
Prize for e-messaging research
The introduction of e-messaging by the Norwegian municipalities has made communication between health visitors, doctors and hospitals much easier.
SINTEF wins design award
For the sixth time, product designers Ole Petter Næsgaard and Tore Christian B. Storholmen have received the Award for Design Excellence by the Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture.
Surplus heat for Norwegian homes
A district heating grid supplying low temperature heat is set to boost surplus and renewably-sourced heat utilisation.
Nobel Prize exhibition opens
NTNU and St. Olavs Hospital devote a new permanent exhibition to Nobel Laureates May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser.