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20 latest news in research

Standard for residual current device needs to be changed

2021-03-05 New types of electrical equipment can spread different types of currents, frequencies and waveforms that are not currently measured according to current standards. Therefore, the standard must be updated, according to an ongoing research project on residual current device at Luleå University of Tech...

Smart tool measures snow quality

2021-03-01 It is called Bevameter and is a mini version of a larger variant intended for measurements of snow. Researchers and students at Luleå University of Technology have continued to work on the supervisor and scaled it down significantly. Above all, because it should be easy to take in the field and gene...

Competence building for environmental classification of rock mass

2021-02-26 The Swedish Transport Administration has granted the research group in Applied Geochemistry at Luleå University of Technology 16.7 million SEK for research for development of environmental classification of rock mass.

Design and AI will increase diversity at work

2021-02-25 Corporate recruitment campaigns often contain unknowingly exclusionary terms that can lead some people to refrain from applying for the job in question. In an ongoing research project, design and AI technology will be integrated to develop an attractive digital service that analyzes and corrects exc...

AI agenda will bring Sweden forward

2021-02-23 The AI agenda for Sweden will strengthen the country's competitiveness and competence. – The University has a strong profile in industrial and applied AI research and education and plays an important role in Sweden's competence supply, says Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, Vice-Chancellor of Luleå Univer...

Carbon quantum dots promotes development of building-integrated solar cells

2021-02-22 An article written by researchers at Luleå University of Technology was recently published as a cover story in the journal Energy & Environmental Science (EES). The groundbreaking study is about the potential of Carbon quantum dots (C-dots) in luminescent solar concentrators (LSC). Something that ca...

New ski and snow lab aims to generate Swedish medals

2021-02-08 Luleå University of Technology and The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) initiate a collaboration on technical research for performance development in sports.
– In a first step, we create a new innovative and dynamic ski and snow lab to produce the world's fastest skis, says HC Holmberg, SOC's head ...

"An important investment to keep Sweden at the forefront"

2021-02-08 The new collaboration between Luleå University of Technology and the Swedish Olympic Committee receives positive reactions from the sports world and the University's partners.

Luleå University of Technology celebrates the Sami National Day

2021-02-05 Luleå University of Technology celebrates the day by hoisting the Sami flag at all university locations: Luleå, Skellefteå, Piteå and Kiruna. Luleå University of Technology is the northernmost university within Sápmi in Sweden and is located on old winter pasture.

Digital research conference on children and movement

10 Feb. 2021 14:00 – 18:00 , Zoom:

2021-02-04 A completely digital research conference, it is now arranged by Anna-Karin Lindqvist and Stina Rutberg, who run the research project Sustainable Innovation for Children Transporting Actively 2.0, SICTA.
– It is impossible to travel anywhere now during the pandemic. So we decided arrange a smaller ...

Patched and repaired; the new high-tech

2021-02-04 The wear and tear era is over. What increases the competitiveness of the industry of the future is to succeed in designing a product, for example a car that can be recycled, upgraded and reused over and over again. Luleå University of Technology's 28-million investment CREATERNITY with 100s of resea...

Application to IVA's 100 list is open

2021-02-02 The 2021 application to the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' (IVA) 100 list is open until 22 March.
This year, IVA is calling for research with a focus on emergency preparedness.

World-leading ski professor to Luleå University of Technology

2021-02-01 HC Holmberg is ranked as the world's foremost researcher in skiing. Luleå University of Technology is proud to welcome him as adjunct professor.

New project for development in preschool and school

2021-01-29 To promote development in preschool and school, Luleå University of Technology is starting a series of seminars with different themes. So far, eight seminars are planned.
– It is a new collaboration with preschools and schools in the county, and the organisation Norrbottens Kommuner, says Ulrika B...

Northern Sweden will become world-leading in the climate transition of basic industry

2021-01-29 Northern Sweden has the potential to globally show the way for a successful restructuring of the basic industry. A new focus at Luleå University of Technology in close collaboration with Swedish industry will develop the natural resource-based basic industry towards the UN's Sustainability Goals – w...

Large investment in a sustainable financial market

2021-01-28 Vinnova will invest SEK 47 million during the coming five-year period in the Sustainable Finance Lab, which will conduct research for modernisation of the financial market from a sustainability perspective. One of the directors of the Sustainable Finance Lab is Malin Malmström, professor of entrepre...

Increased load capacity for Europe's bridges

2021-01-28 Research at Luleå University of Technology is now gaining more and more practical applications including increased load capacity for two bridges in southern Norway, Fidge and Sagstu. Europe's old steel bridges need increased load capacity, and one way to do this is to create composite action in the ...

Sound waves are tested for degradation of PFAS

2021-01-27 Researchers in Waste Science and Technology at Luleå University of Technology are testing various techniques for the degradation of the toxic substance PFAS. Researchers within Engineering Acoustics investigates if hydrodynamic and acoustic cavitation can give an efficient degradation of PFAS.

The work environment in e-commerce will be explored

2021-01-22 E-commerce is an increasing part of the total retail trade. But knowledge about the work environment in e-commerce is limited. In a new project in work science, the significance of gender and country of birth for working conditions in e-commerce with groceries will be investigated.

Develops green coal for industry

2021-01-19 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology are investigating how the production of fossil-free green coal can be adapted for the steel industry. Demand is high. Green coal produced from forest biomass is crucial for the long-term success of fossil-free steel production.

Published:7 April 2020
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