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Your daily dose
The P-plaster needs to last the whole week and not just one day. And if my hair smelled like my nice shampoo for a few more days it would be wonderful. The controlled release of substances is a subject...
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Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
DEGRADATION: An additive based on natural ingredients helps to break down plastics faster than afallen apple. Nor-X Industry AS, a company located in Sunnmøre, has launched the additive that makes...
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Ten thousand years of testing in one year
Developing new medicines is usually a long and costly process. Now, methods are being developed that allow some of the testing required in drug development that normally take years to complete to be...
View ArticleZero grip for bacteria
Patients suffering from kidney problems cannot filter the blood to remove body wastes. Some even have to go to the hospital several times a week to undergo haemodialysis (cleansing of the blood) –...
View ArticleRecycling or degradation?
Two research teams are working side by side at SINTEF on totally different solutions about what we should do with our plastic waste. While one team is trying to come up with the best possible recycling...
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Making the invisible visible
Photo: Thor Nielsen Scene 1: A patient has come for an exam of a malignant melanoma – a cancerous mole. The question is whether or not the spots on his face have developed into malignant cancer. This...
View ArticleOne centimetre is enough
Blond or dark, long or short, curly or straight: Hair is far more than just an ornament on top of your head. In fact, a single strand of hair amounts to an entire biological information bank. And the...
View ArticleGood news for pigs
There are currently two methods for artificial insemination: bull semen that can be frozen to a temperature of -172 oC and stored indefinitely. However, pig semen must be diluted and stored as a...
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Secrets of forgetting
The mouse will die. It has Alzheimer’s, which means that some protein mol- ecules, slowly and without mercy, will change their structure and become fibrils – useless, thin threads. This process creates...
View ArticleHazardous fumes
Your Saturday night steak might not taste quite so good after you read this article. Or you might think more carefully about how you prepare it – and perhaps consider replacing your ventilation fan....
View ArticleDrugs from the sea
Eleven species of bacteria that create substances that kill cancerous cells and three other bacteria that produce new antibiotics were discovered by scientists at NTNU and SINTEF. In collaboration with...
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Cheese that will please
Household bacteria thrive on the walls and ceilings of dairies, and can also be found in raw milk and cheese-making equipment. These bacteria are among the causes of minor differences in the taste of a...
View ArticleExplosive chemistry in the night sky
Around about a thousand years ago, the Chinese knew how to mix saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal to create a big bang. Black powder was first put to religious use in the East, but was later also used by...
View ArticleHi-tech skincare from the sea
The Dead Sea contains 21 different minerals that have long been known to have positive effects on ailments such as psoriasis, acne, and skin damaged by allergies and the sun. A major cosmetics company,...
View ArticleAncient microbes with industrial potential
Microorganisms that live in the depths of an oil reservoir can withstand such extreme conditions they can be used in harsh chemical processes.
View ArticleSmall capsules, big potential
A conversation between two physicists in a Paris café led to the invention of a novel form of capsules that could be used in medicine, food, household products, cosmetics and paints. Their find has...
View Article“Super bacteria” cleaning up after oil spills
Researchers in Trondheim have achieved surprising results by exploiting nature's own ability to clean up after oil spills.
View ArticleCapturing false hormones
They damage our ability to reproduce, and they pollute the natural environment. Yet chemicals known as hormone mimics can be found in consumer goods. Eventually they end up in our water. But we now...
View ArticleOne step closer to quantum computing
NTNU researchers have made a discovery that can be key to the development of faster computers that use less energy.
View ArticleBig discoveries about teeny tiny particles
Space elevators, more effective solar cells, super-fast computers. All of these technologies are dependent on new information about the characteristics of nanoparticles. Researchers in Norway are...
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