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Heat camera measures circulation disturbance

2017-07-18 Using a thermal camera, scientist Katarina Leijon Sundqvist succeeds, in a quick and simple way, to study differences in blood circulation in the hands of people who suffer from Raynaud's phenomenon, also known as "white fingers", and those who do not suffer from this phenomenon.

Innovations are born in sparsely populated regions

2017-07-11 A new way of measuring the effects of innovations challenges the perception that development is mainly created in major cities. It is one of the results of seven years of research on the prerequisites for innovations in sparsely populated regions.

Space innovations on the agenda

2017-07-05 How can space develop into a new Swedish base industry? That question was in focus at a seminar on Almedalsveckan, where Luleå University of Technology was present among experts, business leaders and other leading space actors.

Future timber bridges in focus

2017-07-04 Timber bridges can in the future begin to be built on a larger scale in Germany. That was one of the news from the international conference on timber bridges, held last week in Skellefteå.

New Honorary Doctors appointed

2017-06-30 A Professor in Rehabilitation, a renowned Norwegian Landscape Architect and an American Professor of Statistics: Jan Lexell, Jenny B Osuldsen and Geoffrey Vining are Luleå University of Technology’s Honorary Doctors of 2017.

Datacenters heat up greenhouses

2017-06-28 Residual heat from data centers can be reused to heat up greenhouses. The Green Power research project recently presented the pros and cons of using low temperature heat from data centers for greenhouse cultivation.

New member of the Royal Academy of Music

2017-06-22 Sverker Jullander, Professor of Musical Instrumentation, was recently elected as a new member of the Royal Academy of Music.

Challenges education on entrepreneurship

2017-06-20 What are successful entrepreneurs doing to succeed? Ida Lindh, Luleå University of Technology, challenges, in her doctoral thesis, the way schools work to increase students' opportunities and interest in becoming entrepreneurs.

Music research on the agenda

2017-06-16 The music school at Luleå University of Technology hosted the ambulatory conference Music Research today for the first time.

Biomethanol tested on dragster

2017-06-16 How is it to drive a 1600 horsepower-dragster on renewable methanol? That has been tested by researchers from Luleå University of Technology together with the drag racing-team Heaven or Hell.

Published:20 December 2013