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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

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

Reporters: Anne Sliper Midling, Lisa Olstad, Synnøve Ressem and Hege Tunstad.


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

  Membranes:
The thin film
Membrane Plant photosynthesis depends on membranes, and human beings would be unable to hear without the eardrum. Could yet another membrane help rescue us from a climatic catastrophe? More...
Illustration: Line Halsnes

Cancer research:
A most unusual cancer patient
Bakers yeast One of humankind's genetic cousins is baker's yeast. That makes this humble yeast a perfect guinea pig for cancer research. More...
Photo: Geir Mogen

Energy efficiency:
The bottomless drain
Oslo

Can industrialized countries conserve their way out of an energy crisis? More...

Photo: Scanpix

Synthetic biology:
Ingenious design
Gen Synthetic biology has arrived. At a stroke, gene technologists have become the world's most significant and controversial designers. More...
Photo/illustration: Geir Mogen/
Raymond Nilsson

Genetic engineering:
From poison to palatable
Rape Every night millions of people go to bed hungry. New genetic technology can help us feed the world by making inedible seeds more edible. More...
Photo: photos.com

The force from nowhere
Beginnings NEW PROJECT: New knowledge about Casimir energy, including how the energy changes when the surrounding temperature changes. More...
Illustration: Line Halsnes


 

 

 

 

Lead-free electronics

Lead free A new approach may get the lead out of consumer electronics. More...
Photo: Getty Images

Little chip – instant diagnoses

Chip Soon, your family doctor will no longer have to send blood or cancer cell samples to the laboratory. More...
Photo: Werner Juvik

Skeleton greenhouse

Alginates Artificial hips would not be quite so artificial, if researchers succeed in developing living bone mass. More...
Photo: Magnus Ø. Olderøy and Minli Xie, IFY NTNU

Looks to Norway

Toyota For years, the whole world has looked up to the Japanese industry. Now, Toyota wants to learn about evaluating team organization from Norwegian researchers. More...
Photo: Reuters

Finding faults in exhaust gas systems

New technology can measure soot particles in the exhaust of diesel engines. More...


Smarter prostheses using iPhone technology

Phrostetes Simple, cheap micro­technology paves the way for a new generation of prostheses. More...
Photo: Bebionics


A new vessel for the Arctic

Arctic vessel A new kind of vessel is being specially designed to tolerate the tough, frigid conditions in the Arctic. More...
Illustration: STX OSV

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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