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EDITORS IN CHARGE

Editor-in-chief SINTEF:
Director of communications Petter Haugan

Editor-in-chief NTNU:
Information Director Christian Fossen

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

Reporters: Svein Tønseth and Christina B. Winge

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

Editors NTNU:
Nina Tveter
Email: nina.tveter@ntnu.no
Tel: +47 73 59 53 21
Fax: +47 73 59 54 37

Reporters: Tore Oksholen, Lisa Olstad and Synnøve Ressem


Translation and English editing:
Hugh Allen, Stewart Clark and Nancy Bazilchuk.

  Golden carbon
Carbon This powder has the colour of our cold northern nights. But it is hot news for everyone who wants to extract more electricity from sunshine. More...
Photo: Geir Mogen © SINTEF Media

Secrets of forgetting
Alzheimers Alzheimer's disease takes you into a deep darkness. But a laser light and a detective molecule will lead you out. More...
Illustration: Line Halsnes

An eye for detail
X-ray

The X-ray detectors of the future are on the way. New technology makes it possible to sort plastics, identify useful minerals in waste and reveal contamination in food and medicines. More...

Photo: Abrams/Lacagnina og Vince Michaels. Illustration: Mats Heide/Raymond Nilsson

The 80 percent solution
Taps By recycling used water, we can live with just a couple of buckets of fresh, clean water a day, while the rest of our water will come from recycled sources. More...
Illustration: Matthias Kulka/Scanpix Norway

Putting a price on green
Glitne The most environmentally friendly product in the building materials store could soon be the cheapest too. More...
Illustration: Raymond Nilsson © SINTEF

Catching rays for supper
Sun Preheat your oven might mean simply putting it out in the sun. More...
Illustration: Mads Nordtvedt/NTNU Info

 

 

A longer life with a Superman bicycle

Bicycle
Photo: Vegard Eggen

A new type of exercise equipment can prevent serious lifestyle illnesses in paraplegic patients.The equipment, which was partly developed at NTNU, was first designed for the American actor Christopher Reeve. More...


Sick of the health system?

Rare disorders
Photo: Resource Centre for Rare Disorders

Norwegians who suffer from rare disorders feel that they are left to face their problems alone. More...


Safer with light metals

Car
Photo: Ahmad Masood/Reuters/Scanpix

A cheap and simple structure made of aluminium can mean the difference between life and death the day that bombs go off. More...


Drugs from the sea

Antibiotics
Photo: Thor Nielsen

For the first time, Norwegian scientists have managed to produce completely new antibiotics from bacteria found in the sea. More...


Threatened language

Kindergarden
Photo: Leif Arne Holme

Only several hundred people currently speak Southern Sámi. But the language refuses to die. More...


Moving underground

Singapore
Photo: Google Maps

Scientists from Trondheim are helping Singapore to move its infrastructure underground. More...


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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