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Nursing researchers in predatory journals

2021-01-14 Researchers in nursing who publish their results in so-called predatory journals are often experienced researchers, a new research study shows.
– It is a circumstance that risks trust in nursing research. For the individual researcher, this may mean that a published article becomes a burden instea...

Great interest in climate tools

2021-01-08 A recently completed analysis at Luleå University of Technology, in order to support municipalities' work to achieve the transport sector's climate goals, has already aroused interest in several places. The research project has been carried out in collaboration with the County Administrative Board o...

Several shortcomings in coordinated care planning

2020-12-28 Elderly people and relatives who participate in coordinated care planning do not always know why it takes place.
– They do not participate on the same terms as the staff, says Ingela Jobe, whose doctoral dissertation shows shortcomings in the coordinated care planning between municipalities and re...

New Centre of Excellence in space

2020-12-22 Luleå University of Technology and Swedish Space Corporation, SSC, deepens their collaboration. Thanks to a cooperation agreement with SSC, the university starts a Centre of Excellence within space, Centre for Space Technology.

Carbon dioxide capture for storage in the bedrock

2020-12-20 Luleå University of Technology has been granted ten million by the Swedish Energy Agency to, in collaboration with the packaging company BillerudKorsnäs, develop a technique that captures carbon dioxide from the industry for future storage in the Swedish bedrock.

Unique research project on the pandemic in Norrbotten

2020-12-17 The corona virus has changed a lot in our lives. In a new project, researchers in history and nursing at Luleå University of Technology – together with a large number of other stakeholders – will gather knowledge and experience from the ongoing pandemic.

Vice-Chancellor Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn new member of IVA

2020-12-10 Kungl. The Royal Academy of Sciences (IVA) strengthens its competence and know-how with 42 new members, seven of whom are international. Among those elected are Johan Kuylenstierna, Deputy Chairman of the Swedish Climate Policy Council, Johan Forssell, CEO of Investors, Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, V...

AI or human – who makes the smartest investments?

2020-12-08 Do algorithms make better and fairer investments in start-ups than human angel investors do? Luleå University of Technology professor Malin Malmström has investigated this together with colleagues from Hanken School of Economics in Finland and St Gallen University in Switzerland. The results have no...

Uses AI to examine balance

2020-11-30 The system involved in human balance is a complex one. To be able to investigate it properly, Mascha Pauelsen uses artificial intelligence, AI.
– I have used machine learning, which can analyse many variables simultaneously, she says.

Examines how climate change affects industries in the Arctic

2020-11-26 Maria Petterson, Professor of Law, participates in an interdisciplinary EU project on the future effects of climate change on small-scale, traditional industries. The project, which requires national co-financing, has been granted funding from Formas of more than SEK 3 million for the period 2020 - ...