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Collaboration forms the future of care

2018-04-26 The number of elderly is increasing and the workforce in healthcare is decreasing. In a newly launched project, companies, healthcare, researchers, and citizens will test and evaluate new working methods and technologies.

Unique lab was inaugurated

2018-04-20 The inauguration of Luleå University of Technology's MCE Laboratory was well attended. MCE stands for Mining and Civil Engineering Lab and Housing and The Minister for Housing and Digital Development Peter Eriksson was invited as a guest of honor.

E85 cars can drive on biomethanol made from forest industry residues

2018-04-12 An E85 vehicle, a Saab 9-5 BioPower with more than 120 000 km on the meter has been driven more than 10 000 km on a mixture of 56% Swedish-made renewable methanol and gasoline. No changes were made to the engine control system or in any other way, still the engine worked as well as with pure gasolin...

An innovative technology to measure fuel in spacecrafts’ tanks

2018-04-11 A team of Ph.D. students, supervised by Professor Maria-Paz Zorzano, from Luleå University of Technology is developing a small size technology demonstrator for an improved gauging method to measure propellant content in spacecrafts’ tanks throughout their operational lifetime. This instrument will b...

Stereotypes about entrepreneurs not supported by performance data

2018-03-27 In a new study, researchers at Luleå University of Technology have observed that venture capitalists adopt markedly different stereotypical notions of female and male entrepreneurs during their decision-making processes. But these notions are not supported by venture performance data from annual rep...

March for Science on Saturday

2018-03-26 Luleå is one of the cities participating in March for Science 2018 – a worldwide celebration of science Throughout April, Luleå University of Technology has seminars and talks as a part of March for Science. On April 14 at 12.00 a manifestation will be held in central Luleå, followed by a debate in ...

Teachers dissatisfied with working conditions

2018-03-23 There is a widespread dissatisfaction among Swedish teachers with their working conditions. Four of ten teachers consider changing jobs, according to a new report from Luleå University of Technology, which includes a survey with nearly 2400 Swedish teachers.

National research center to the university

2018-03-22 Luleå University of Technology starts a national research center – Cloudberry Datacenters – within energy and resource-efficient data centers. The goal is to become a hub for research, development, knowledge and implementation in the data center area.

Railway researchers get a patent on wear instrument

2018-03-15 A railway researcher at Luleå University of Technology has got patent on his measuring instrument capable of measuring wear and friction on all railways. The portable instrument takes into account, for example, snow and ice on the track and significantly reduces the cost of rail maintenance.

The whole of Sweden could fly green thanks to Swedish forests

2018-03-12 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology, working in collaboration with, among others, associates from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, have conducted a preliminary study which shows that fossil-based aviation fuels used for Swedish domestic flights can be replaced by biofuels prod...