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New research in Resource Recovery will explore how fungi made from juice industry waste, among other food waste, can become filters and membranes. These can be used in brea...

It will now be easier to conduct modern, digitised, and interdisciplinary research in the humanities. The Swedish School of Library and Information Science is one of twelve partners in...

The University of Borås is the node in a new EU project within Resource Recovery. The purpose of the project is to create and promote collaboration and the exchange of knowledge among Eur...

The textile and fashion industry faces a large number of significant challenges. Opportunities for global collaborations in which innovations, different ways of ...

Long-term pain is perhaps the single most important factor that reduces quality of life for older people. New technology based on therapeutic smart textiles can make it easier to manage pain. ...

Fewer men than women choose to study to be nurses, but men often end up in better paid and higher positions in healthcare. Why is this? Lamprini Xiarchi, a doctoral student at the University of Borås, has worke...

Access to products for menstrual hygiene management is an issue of dignity and health – and is a luxury that up to one billion women lack. On the other hand, disposable pads made from plastic contri...

Development is the main driving force for Fredrik Johansson, business developer at FOV Fabrics and newly appointed honorary doctor at the University of Borås: "I...

The desire to make a difference is what drives Andreas Gundberg, a business developer at Lantmännen and new honorary doctor at the University of Borås. And i...

During the last week of April, we will celebrate new professors, doctorate recipients, and honorary doctors at the University of Borås. You are welcome to take part in the lectures, which are open to the public, and ex...

Fredrik Johansson and Andreas Gundberg have now been named honorary doctors at the University of Borås. Both have contributed to developing the research area known as Resource Recovery into the success...

European higher education in textiles and fashion is now better equipped to meet the demands of markets and society. A unique EU collaboration, in which the Swedish School of Textiles i...