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For four weeks, the University of Borås has hosted Professor Thallada Bhaskar from a research institute in northern India, the Materials Resource Efficiency Division at CSIR-...

By utilizing fatty acids from organic waste, we can reduce the dependence on fossil carbon sources like methanol and ethanol. Tuğba Sapmaz Wikström’s doctoral thesis in biotechnology contribu...

Sawmills generate large amounts of by-products that are today considered to have a low value. Through a new process, these by-products can become a valuable raw material for sustainable fish feed. The Swedis...

A new generation of concrete elements with much less environmental impact than those currently used is being developed in a research project at the University of Borås. In these concrete ...

It has now been announced who will be honoured with the title of Honorary Doctor: Former Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, entrepreneur and investor Staffan Hillberg, and Professor Xianyi Zeng of ENSAIT, Uni...

For 20 years now, the University of Borås has conducted research, innovation, and education in Resource Recovery and Sustainable Development. Purposeful, significant steps forward ...

In a world where sustainable solutions are gaining ever-increasing importance, a new doctoral dissertation has illuminated a path toward a greener future. By delvin...

Several of the university's researchers have once again been included in a prestigious international ranking of the most cited researchers in the world. This list was drawn up by researchers at Stanford ...

In 2009, Danay Carrillo Nieves came from Cuba to the University of Borås as an exchange student within a Linnaeus-Palme project to do her degree project in biotechnology. This week she is on a return v...

They are sustainable and healthy – filamentous edible fungi that are fed with, for example, oats. The latest addition to the world-leading research at the Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery is Neda Rousta's...

Nearly 150 researchers and representatives from business and industry from 35 countries gathered in Istanbul in mid-September to network and share research results within Resource Recovery.

Beer is the most consumed beverage in the world after water and tea, and beer brewing generates large amounts of grain waste, which today has a low value. But now a research project shows ho...

The plastic bag of the future can be made from food waste – and recycled again. Hoang Danh Vu has shown in his doctoral thesis how this is possible, using volatile fatty acids.

What makes people interested in fungi-based food as an alternative to other protein sources such as meat? A new doctoral thesis explains how it is possible to create sustainab...

Take the chance to learn about the exciting research on new materials! On 20 June, Associate Professor Pooria Khalili will give an open lecture about natural fibre composites, which ha...