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In Nya Remonthagen in Östersund, housing will be integrated with research, meeting places and cultivation - all with a focus on sustainability. Now the district has a new website where anyone who...
Methane gas accounts for one-fifth of global warming. Bakhram Gaynullin, industrial doctoral student at Mid Sweden University and Senseair, has developed a measurement method to distinguish methane...
On 11-12 May 2022 we participated in Treesearch Progress at Vildmarkshotellet in Kolmården.
On July 13th – 15th this year, Mid Sweden University will host the 27th annual ISDRS international research conference. The conference will bring together more than 500 researchers from all over of...
What are the preconditions for long-term sustainable development given the ongoing climate change? This is the key question underpinning the degree programme on climate change, politics and societa...
Welcome to the third annual symposium with focus on the emergy concept and method in Sweden and Scandinavia.
The project members and partner companies of the research project Plasticized nanocellulose cellulose composites gathered at Mid Sweden University.
Bruno Medronho is a new visiting professor at FSCN research centre. Bruno is an assistant researcher at Plant Biotechnology laboratory of the University of Algarve, Portugal.
On May 7-8 2019 we participated in Treesearch Progress at Vildmarkshotellet in Kolmården.
På hösten 2015 bestämde sig Sven Forsberg för att satsa helhjärtat på utveckling av sitt företag 2D fab som producerar och säljer grafén. Det har varit en krokig men framgångsrik resa hittills.
On April 2-4 we arranged the 11th Fundamental Mechanical Pulp Research seminar in Norrköping together with our partner companies ÅF, Valmet, Holmen and Treesearch. Approx. 90 persons from academia...
The PhD students and supervisors in FORIC research school gathers for General Assembly in Örnsköldsviks, MoRe Research, Aditya Domsjö Fabriker and RISE Processum facilities.
Rizan Rahmani defended her Doctoral Thesis in chemistry today.
Amanda Mattsson has been awarded the Alf de Ruvo scholarship of 500 000 SEK for her work on Characterisation of time-dependent, statistical failure of cellulose fibre networks at Mid Sweden...
Under SM veckan bjöd vi på varm blåbärssoppa, mjukglass och päronsorbet gjord på flytande kväve i vår monter. Våra besökare fick också testa att göra såpbubblor som renar vatten!
Ana-Paola Vilches defended her Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry today. And she got approved. Congratulations Ana-Paola!
Naturvårdsverket will fund a research project at Mid Sweden University on Coping with the loss of the last: indicators for forest landscape biodiversity. The project is a cooperation with researche...
A new steel belt has been inaugurated at MoRe in which strong packaging material from high yield pulp can be developed.
Six of our researchers in FSCN research centre presented their research results on Science & Innovation Day 2018.
In the GreenPro project we study and develop green products from the forest industry in a lab scale. The goal is to transform different residues from forest to biofuels and fatty acids with higher...
Professor Håkan Edlund meets Fredrik Birging from SR Västernorrland and talks about research for water cleaning with bubble blower or in academic words chelating surfactants. See the news on SR...
A new type of measurement equipment can make it easier for water companies to detect vents in the sewers and reduce environmental impact when extremely high water flows cause overload of the sewage...
On March 22 Hafizur Rahman presented his Licentiate Thesis called Modified Kraft Pulping to Produce a Softwood Pulp Requiring Less Energy in Tissue Paper Production.
“The Swedish mountains are not a landscape of wilderness - humans have left their mark and people still use the landscape in various ways”, says Sandra Wall-Reinius, senior lecturer in human...
Mid Sweden University becomes a core partner in Treesearch, a platform for collaboration on research and competence building in the field of new materials and specialty chemicals from forest raw...
At the Sports Tech Research Centre's Materials Testing Lab companies can come and test their products. Gneis, who specialise in outdoor wear for children, come several times a year. In the lab they...
Is it possible to communicate with a 5 mm long creature by means of odour? Is it possible to make elks eat only a certain part of young pine trees? If you ask the researchers in the Beska project,...
Movement is a three-year research project that is developing tomorrow's technology for studying wind power's impact on birds. The research can contribute to bird life being spared at the same time ...
Oil spillages can cause serious harm to lakes and other bodies of water and there are unfortunately often no tools to detect a spillage at an early stage. By means of on-line sensors placed in drai...
You have probably heard a great many alarming reports about gigantic "garbage patches" in the seas and oceans, bags that end up in the natural environment and that will not degrade over five hundre...
RISE PFI, Mid Sweden University and MoRe Research are the main actors of the newly launched Interreg project PlastiCel. The project aims to develop nanocellulose and cellulose composites with barri...
Welcome to STC Dr. Patrik Jonsson! As from November 1 he is our new Adjunct Assistant Professor from our partner company Combitech. Patrik has a PhD in Electronics from Mid Sweden University and wi...
Employees in the tourism sector are often young, immigrants and women. And they are subjected to more sexism than workers in many other industries. Senior lecturer Kristina Zampoukos at ETOUR is...
How can tourism and heritage support peace-building efforts? Daniel Laven, Associate Professor in Human Geography and senior lecturer at ETOUR, asked himself just that question. Now he has had a...
Ten years ago, Mid Sweden University acquired a 3D-printer for SEK 7 million. It provided researchers with unique opportunities and an advantage over the rest of the world that continues to this day.
We like to congratulate PhD-student Staffan Rydblom who presented his licentate thesis "Measuring Water Droplets to Detect Atmospheric Icing" today. Opponent to the thesis was Prof. Anssi Mäkynen...
Ran Duan, researcher at FSCN research centre and BioBusiness Arena talks about his demonstrators in the research project Paper to replace plastic.
On September 19-20 2017 we gathered with partner companies and funders to discuss and evaluate results from the research program e2mp - energy efficiency in mechanical pulping.
Paper-based, environmentally friendly supercapacitors reduce material costs by 90 percent compared to today's technology. This shows a new Doctoral Thesis by Britta Andres at Mid Sweden University´...
A unique study shows energy savings of 25 percent using smart process optimization. Our research group High yield pulping technology is now finalizing the research profile e2mp - energy effiency in...
On February 21 we had a delegation of researchers from India, Central Pulp & paper Research Institute, UNIDO and PFI, visiting Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall. Here are some photos from the day.
A unique manufacturing method for reinforcing paper packaging could mea new opportunities for the forestry industry.
The Swedish mountains are popular destinations for tourists, and the mountain region is attractive to many other industries and stakeholders. But how can these interests be reconciled with the...
Our industry-employed PhD Student Erik Nelsson, Holmen, will defend his Doctoral Thesis in Chemical Engineering on April 21. We send a press release to discribe his research today. Read more in...
Projects
The forest is a key natural resource for the region and is expected to be an important component of the transition to a bio-based economy.
In Sweden, about 1.2 TWh biogas vehicle fuel is produced each year. Biogas as a vehicle fuel has been commercialized well in Sweden.
Within the BioRem Fiber research project, the goal is to develop market-adapted environmental technology to clean up fiber banks along the coast of Västernorrland with the help of fungi, plants and...
BioChange will create conditions for companies to more easily change from fossil based plastics to more biobased plastics by offering quick comparative testing on the raw material before production.
What is the significance of different sitting positions when cycling on an arm bike? A new study is expected to give trainers and athletes increased knowledge about the advantages and disadvantages...
In our project, new innovative renewable products from the Swedish forest are being developed in a green, modern and sustainable way.