20 latest news in research

Strengthened Nordic hydrogen cooperation

2023-01-27 Over two days, 150 experts, investors and decision-makers from above all Sweden and Finland gathered at Luleå University of Technology to increase cooperation within the Nordic hydrogen industry. At the conference, a number of action points were developed which will form the basis of a joint action ...

Luleå University of Technology hosts world leading publication about mineral economics

2023-01-12 The research subject economics at Luleå University of Technology has been publishing the scientific journal Mineral Economics – Raw Materials Report since 1998 in collaboration with Råvarugruppen (The Raw Material Group). It is one of the leading journals in the world in the field of economic and po...

Precision health at Luleå University of Technology taking shape

2022-12-27 At the third workshop for the future area PRECISE, researchers gathered to summarize 2022 and take part of the planning for 2023. Precision health at Luleå University of Technology is beginning to take shape. A few of the ongoing start-up projects were presented, as well as new plans and funding for...

Professor Roland Larsson elected to IVA

2022-12-20 The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, (IVA), has elected new members. One of them is Roland Larsson, professor of Machine Elements at Luleå University of Technology. He becomes a member of IVA's Mechanical Engineering department.

Erik Westberg's Vocal Ensemble explores interactive technologies

2022-12-14 Erik Westberg's Vocal Ensemble has been awarded funds of SEK 982,000 from the JC Kempe and Seth M. Kempe Foundations for a period of three years starting on January 1, 2023.

New method calculates pressure distribution between ski and snow

2022-12-13 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology have developed a new AI-based method to simulate the contact between the ski's tension curve and virtual snow. With the new method, it is possible to calculate the pressure distribution between ski and snow, which is so important to skiing.

Research project: Creating music on remote-controlled organs

2022-12-08 Today's technology makes it possible for musicians to play instruments and with musicians who are on the other side of the globe. An artistic research project at Luleå University of Technology examines how the music and the interaction between musicians are affected by the new technological possibil...

Eclipse Arrowhead for cheaper and greener digitalization

2022-12-07 Reduced engineering costs, significant time savings, and less use of environmental resources. The Arrowhead Tools project has achieved game changing results after three years of research and extensive collaboration with industry.

Ten new research projects granted funding

2022-12-07 A total of eight research projects at Luleå University of Technology have been granted funding from the Swedish Research Council in a decision made in November. A project in music has also been granted funding. One additional project in pedagogy was granted funding from the Swedish Institute for Edu...

Autonomous soil preparation and planting tested in the field

2022-12-05 In the collaboration project Autoplant, participating parties have now demonstrated that it is possible to prepare land and plant completely autonomously. In September, the various partial solutions developed in the project were integrated on Luleå University of Technology's autonomous research plat...

Material projects awarded grants in record investment

2022-11-30 Luleå University of Technology is awarded research grants for three new doctoral and postdoctoral projects in the first call within WISE (The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability). WISE is the largest ever investment in materials science in Sweden and will be conducted at seven...

Luleå University of Technology leads ESA study of space mission to land on dwarf planet Ceres

2022-11-30 As part of the selection process for the next M7-mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), the mission CALICO, led by Luleå University of Technology, was selected for further study. CALICO (Ceres Autonomous Lander Into Crater Occator) is a proposal for a mission that aims to land on dwarf planet C...

Next generation mobile network will revive the countryside

2022-11-29 Rural regions in northern Sweden and Finland have for decades struggled with a secure and reliable connection and because of that cannot utilise digital services and take part of critical societal information. The new project, Arctic 6G, coordinated by Luleå University of Technology, will develop ne...

New research to promote reading among children

2022-11-25 How can teachers promote students' reading engagement and reading competence? This will be studiet by researchers in education in close collaboration with teachers in Piteå. The project “The power of reading” has received a grant from the Swedish Institute for Educational Research of a total of SEK ...

Capture carbon dioxide using biotechnology

2022-11-22 Carbon Capture Utilization (CCU) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) are among the most important technologies to decarbonise the industry and help our economy to move away from fossil fuel, as described in the report recently published by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chan...

Proposal for a new Swedish research center for innovation-critical metals and minerals

2022-11-09 In a new investigation on behalf of the government, it is proposed to build a Swedish research center for innovation-critical metals and minerals at Luleå University of Technology. The focus is on primary and secondary extraction and enrichment of metals and minerals and with the task of also workin...

Innovators of the Year 2022

2022-11-08 The award Student Innovator of the year at Luleå University of Technology 2022 goes to Sofie Zätterqvist who developed "Don't be an asshole brewery" and created a creative concept for alcohol-free beer with the aim to challenge, educate and engage young people around gender and (in)equality. The Res...

Farid Akhtar receives Nordea's scientific award

2022-11-02 Farid Akhtar, professor of Engineering Materials at Luleå University of Technology, is the 2022 recipient of Nordea's scientific award.

Vattenfall's award for the best doctoral thesis in 2022

2022-11-01 Joel Andersson, researcher and assistant university lecturer in ore geology at Luleå University of Technology, is awarded Vattenfall's prize for the best doctoral thesis in 2022.

To find life in space with NASA/JPL

2022-10-31 Luleå University of Technology is among the few to be part in a prestigious collaboration with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with the aim of exploring signs of life in other planets. This collaboration might prove itself to answer the frequently asked question: “Is there life in other planets...

Published:7 April 2020
Updated: 5 May 2021
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