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'Swedish Research Council'
Can hantavirus infection spread among humans?
— 23 Jan 2008 03:13 | HealthIn connection with last year's epidemic, a research team at Umea University in Sweden has managed for the first time to show that hantavirus exists in human saliva; this raises the…
Computer game from Lund University teaches EU how to save water
— 26 Nov 2007 15:48 | EnvironmentA parlour game, more fun than Monopoly, that increases our understanding for others and helps us create a society that is sustainable both for humans and nature. That's how one might…
Self-organising nanoparticles: a model for future nanofactories
— 31 Oct 2007 22:50 | PhysicsWith inspiration from bacteria and butterflies, researchers at Stockholm University have developed a new method that shows how nanomaterials can be produced in the future. In an article…
Higher sea level may come sooner than expected
— 18 Oct 2007 10:28 | EnvironmentBy studying 120,000-year-old layers in the ice of Greenland, researchers have determined that the ice cover seems to be able to survive a warmer climate better than was previously believed.…
Swedish pasturelands save European butterflies
— 28 Sep 2007 11:51 | BiologyHerb-rich pasturelands in Sweden's woodland areas display a wealth of butterfly species that are dwindling in many other countries in Western Europe, according to a study from Linkoping…
Tardigrades from Sweden first animal in open space conditions
— 22 Sep 2007 13:39 | BiologyExposing organisms to the space environment provides us with knowledge of how living cells are impacted by the stress factors out there. And the few groups of animals that have the…
New discoveries about the interaction between the Sun and the Earth
— 14 Sep 2007 17:24 | PhysicsThe process that opens up the Earth's protective magnetic field to the solar wind is the subject of Lars-Goran Westerberg's research project at Lulea University of Technology in Sweden.…