High number of applicants to Summer Academy 2017

The LiU year in review

The peace of Christmas finally descended onto LiU. It’s time for a pictorial review of some of the events during the LiU year, 2018.

New light shed on intensely studied material

The organic polymer PEDOT is probably one of the world’s most intensely studied materials. Despite this, LiU researchers have now demonstrated that the material functions in a completely different manner than previously believed.

A view into a blood clot

What really happens inside a blood clot as it forms? To investigate this question in detail, researchers developed a method that enables 3-dimensional images of how blood clots form. Applications of the method include studies of how anticoagulant drugs work.

Drop-in healthcare good for patients

At the healthcare centre in the Hageby district of Norrköping, patients can be seen on a drop-in basis – without ringing to make an appointment.

Drug development – not only in industry

Neuroscientists obtain support from SciLifeLab when working to develop new drugs against epilepsy. The project is the first from Linköping University that has been accepted as a full program for the Drug Discovery and Development Platform (DDD).

Getting the most out of spinach

Eat your spinach in the form of a smoothie or juice – this is the best way to obtain the antioxidant lutein. High levels of lutein are found in dark green vegetables, and researchers at LiU have compared different ways of preparing fresh spinach in order to maximise the levels of lutein in finished food.

Reactions to 21st-century mining policy

Sweden is once again a leading mining nation – but at what cost? Researchers have analysed the transformation of Swedish mining policy, and the many conflicts the policy has caused. 

Visions for rural areas

How can rural areas develop in an age of urbanisation? A new book raises questions and presents visions about the future of sparsely populated areas.

Police shootings: “Smart tactics better than tough tactics”

Six people have been fatally shot in Sweden by police officers in 2018. Could these deaths have been avoided? A new report highlights major structural deficiencies in the police that lead to mistakes and the use of excessive force.

Top marks for COP24 negotiators

Climate researcher Mathias Fridahl from the Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change awards top marks to the negotiators at COP24. At the last minute, a rulebook was adopted for the global work towards achieving the climate objectives set in the Paris Agreement, 2015.

Antonios Pantazis looks at our biophysics in high resolution

How do you measure protein motion? Can you see protein molecules moving at high resolution? Antonios Pantazis is the most recently recruited research fellow at the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, and he has developed a method that he believes will advance research into ion channels.

LiU researcher to be awarded SEK 1.7 million for her doctoral thesis

Kinga Barrafrem’s doctoral thesis on behavioural economics has been deemed so outstanding that it has been awarded the Wallander Grant.

Pioneers in structured common sense

Developed by LiU and other universities, CDIO is the framework for an updated engineering programme that is currently used at universities worldwide. Now LiU is first to implement CDIO in medical education, in its first international BSc programme.

“Lecturing – so inefficient”

Lectures in the Linköping University course in evolution have given way to active work in small groups. Future biologists and students planning to become upper secondary teachers study together.

Four-legged robot brings help in disasters

In a recently concluded project in Horizon 2020, researchers and developers from three European countries have created new technology for a disaster-response robot. The robot is intended for use in dangerous environments.

Exchange of ideas at the third WCMM symposium

International invited speakers and researchers from several Wallenberg centres presented and discussed research results at the third symposium arranged by the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at LiU.

Food for thought

Once a week the kitchens at Campus Valla operate at full pressure. This is the day for cooking 30 litres of food for several thousand, rather picky, dinner guests. 

LiU researchers severely critical of economics prize-winner

A catastrophe for work with climate. The macroeconomic models that William Nordhaus, one of this year’s prize-winners in economics, has developed have drawn severe criticism from researchers. 

They found impossible silica structures

An international research group has discovered previously unknown phases of silica, with structures that should not be possible in nature. The theoretical foundation of the work has been calculated under the leadership of Igor Abrikosov.

Prize for AI algorithm

How can units collaborate to complete a task in the best possible manner? Fredrik Präntare has been awarded the Lilla Polhemspris for his degree project that answers the question, solving an optimisation problem that has engaged engineers for years.

Researcher criticised for research misconduct

The board of the Faculty of Science and Engineering has levelled serious criticism against a previous LiU researcher, considering that he can be held accountable for misconduct in at least three scientific articles. The researcher is criticised also for giving misleading information about his role and activities in several contexts.

Two new projects on segregation

What role do bridges, roads and parks have for the segregation in a city? And is it possible to create a computer model of a whole housing market? Those are two main questions in two new research projects at IAS.

AI advancing on a broad front

Artificial intelligence is a hot topic and target for investment around the world. AI has taken the step out from the research laboratory and we are experiencing the second generation AI systems. The third generation will place people in the centre.

Collaboration to promote human rights

A newly established collaboration between LiU Innovation and the human rights group Civil Rights Defenders is to use social innovations to reinforce work with human rights around the world. LiU students will play a central role in the work.