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Swedish hemp could replace fibreglass insulation or oil-based textiles in cars. “By using industrial hemp, we can actually earn money for something that would otherwise be thrown away, and t...

During the science festival ForskarFredag, or Researchers’ Friday in English, students from all over Sweden met a researcher from the University of Borås, and unsuspecting customers at ICA...

Equality, democratisation, and social inclusion: those are the goals of the EU project MuseIT. In the project, new technology and methods will facilitate and enable access t...

Collaboration with the business community is important to the University of Borås. In the Knitting Technology Lab at the Swedish School of Textiles, the vehicle comp...

Vincent Nierstrasz, Professor of Textile Materials Technology at the Swedish School of Textiles, has been appointed new Vice-President of AUTEX, the Association...

How can artificial intelligence help Volvo AB find the right workers and effectively manage the skills that employees have? This is the question researchers from the University of Borås...

Researchers from 33 countries are working together to solve the question of how we can better utilise the planet's resources. The last week of May, about 90 researchers an...

When Christer Axelsson signed up to become a firefighter, he didn't know that half the job involved driving an ambulance. It turned out to be a happy surprise – 40 years later he is still workin...

The success story of Smart Textiles continues. An approved ECEI SILVER Label “Dedicated to Cluster Excellence” audit under the European Clusters Labelling Excellence Structure is the...

What happened at the University of Borås in 2021? We had a large number of applicants in relation to the number of spots available; the students were satisfied; and the volume of education ...

Kathleen Galvin, Professor of Nursing Practice at the University of Brighton, UK, will be honoured for her efforts to strengthen and develop research and education in the field of Car...

Lindex is investing in Spacerpad, the sustainable menstrual sanitary pad developed by researchers at the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås. This innovation is now leaving the world of academia and moving i...