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EDITORS IN CHARGE

Editor-in-chief SINTEF: Gunnar Sand, Director of public relations and strategic planning

Editor-in-chief NTNU: Information Director Anne Katharine Dahl

Editor SINTEF: Åse Dragland Email: Ase.Dragland@sintef.no Tel: +47 73 59 24 76 Fax: +47 73 59 83 50

Reporters: Jan Helstad, Svein Tønseth and Christina B. Winge

Postal address: Gemini, SINTEF, N-7465 Trondheim, Norway

Editors NTNU:Jan Erik Kaarø and Nina E. Tveter Email: nina.tveter@adm.ntnu.no Tel: +47 73 59 53 21 Fax: +47 73 59 54 37

Reporters: Christian Fossen, Beate Horg, Tore Oksholen and Lisa Olstad


Design/production:Raymond Nilsson and Tor Høyden, SINTEF Media Mads Nordtvedt, NTNU Info

Translation and English editing:
Hugh Allen, Gavin Tanguay. The EDIT project at NTNU, Nancy Bazilchuk


  2020: An aquaculture odyssey
Free-range farmed fish. Sea cages that sail off to the south and deliver their fish by themselves. Large autonomous fish farms that float unmoored in the sea. This could be the aquaculture of the future. 
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Illustration: SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture

The tree of knowledge
A pine took root in the early Iron Age and was felled towards the end of the Viking Period. Last year archaeologists rediscovered it – the stuff that an archaeologist’s dreams are made of. More...
Photo: Nina Tveter

À la Jules Verne

A spectacular platform has been designed to drift across the oceans of the world with the aid of the currents and the wind. More...

Illustration: Jacques Rougerie

Encrypted crimes
Criminals have discovered cryptography. By encrypting their messages they can communicate with each other undetected. More...
Foto: Antonio Calanni/AP/Scanpix

Recycling or degradation?
We consciously wash plastic containers and take out the bags for recycling. But is this beneficial? Can the option of an additive that breaks down the plastic be just as good? More...
Photoillustration: Raymond Nilsson, SINTEF Media

Not so ladylike
At first she is shy and reserved, just like a nice girl ought to be. Then she is transformed into a macho chick. More...
Photo: E. Forsgren, NAS, USA

A little piece of Sweden

 

We Norwegians had hoped to pioneer "green" thermal power generation.However,we have been pipped at the post by Sweden,which is about to build the world's first power station with CO2 capture – in Germany. More...

Photo: Svein Tønseth, SINTEF Media

 

 

 

New solar cells see the light

A new generation of more efficient solar cells is on the horizon. More...


Snake robot to the rescue

A snake robot can perform life-saving operations during a fire, an explosion and in other hostile environments. 

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Absorbing sound with hard materials

Sound-absorbing metal plates seem impossible – but they are not.  More...


Versatile plastic chip

A little plastic chip makes it possible to identify recycled bottles, assure the quality of food and measure our blood sugar levels.  More...


Ten thousand years of testing in one year

Which chemicals are best suited to be used as drugs? The use of a computer simulation to find out saves time, money – and animal lives. More..


Energy saving deluxe

Here are Norway’s most energy efficient homes. Total energy consumption? Just over one-third of the national average. More...


Rock hard workouts

Physical activity can help reduce women’s risk of developing osteoporosis. But taking a stroll simply isn’t enough. More...


Cool undershirts

This is the clothing that fire-fighters have been waiting for: an intelligent undershirt that cools overheated bodies. More...


Heart attacks from air pollution

The number of heart attacks increases on days with higher levels of pollution. More...


Measures your walk

The way you walk can reveal a lot of useful information about your health. More...


Zero grip for bacteria

A newly developed surface on implanted catheter may prevent complications from bacteria and infection. More...


Instant success

In the middle of a Hungarian field, peas and corn are dried with a new technology developed in Trondheim. More...

 

 


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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