News at Linköping University

Practical tasks and closemonitoring improve engineering education

The use of physical items in teaching and digital monitoring of student performance are two ways to improve engineering education. Studies must change to keep pace with changes in the industry. These are conclusions of a new thesis.

Robots aid in remanufacturing

Remanufacturing is a way to preserve the value of products that have already been manufactured. Researchers at Linköping University, LiU, have shown the potential of automation in repair and remanufacturing.

Men obstructed from entering female-dominated occupations

Job applications from men are disfavoured when they apply for work in female-dominated occupations. Reaching the interview stage was most difficult for men applying for jobs as cleaners.

Doctoral students a vulnerable group during pandemic

Reduced productivity, social isolation and anxiety about one’s career. Many doctoral students are suffering during the pandemic. The result, from a study conducted at LiU, is in line with experiences from other universities.

Aeronautical engineering of the future

The control systems in aircraft have been essentially unchanged for over 50 years. Now, however, the future of aeronautical engineering is taking shape at LiU. Researchers here are using an “iron bird” from Saab, equipped with the latest technology.

A rude robot designed by students

A group of LiU students has built a prototype of a robot intended to help visitors to the Östergötland Museum. The students gave it one friendly personality and one slightly unpleasant one.

Children who became researchers – their stories in a new book

The children’s book “Forskardrömmar” (“Dreams of Research”) opens the door to the university and tells the stories of children who became professional researchers. Two researchers from LiU describe their childhood and how they ended up as researchers

Return trips of adopted children fill a need for the adoptive parents as well

It used to be common that adopted children made return trips to their birth countries. Today such trips are made where the entire family travels. A doctoral thesis has studied return trips and found that in many ways the focus is also on the parents.

IT support helps volunteersincrease security

Citizen responders can make a big difference to increase security and safety in sparsely populated areas. Also, the initiative has positive side effects. But there are major challenges, not least with respect to IT support for the volunteers.

Big increase in exam cheating

During 2020, the pandemic year, the number of students found guilty of cheating almost doubled – from 149 in 2019 to 292 in 2020.

mix of pictures Forum Scientium 25th anniversary.

Let´s celebrate Forum Scientium!

In the year of 1996 Forum Scientium was founded. That we would like to celebrate during 2021. On this web page we will publish news, events and interviews with Forum members from then and now.

Health survey conveys messages on how we should live

The questions in a health survey aimed at young people raise issues of status and convey norms about what people should own and how they should be. This is according to a study from Linköping University.

Implantable organic electrochemical transistor sensor implanted in a tree.

Biosensors monitor plant well-being in real time

Researchers at LiU have developed biosensors that make it possible to monitor sugar levels in real time deep in the plant tissues. The information from the sensors may help agriculture to adapt production as the world faces climate change.

Good supply of student housing

The supply of student housing is unusually good, both in Linköping and Norrköping. One reason is the pandemic, which has led to far fewer international students coming to Linköping University.

Older man with chest pain during running.

Long-term stress linked to increased risk of heart attack

Can stress lead to heart attacks? Most people would probably answer in the affirmative, but the scientific evidence of this is scarce. A new study, measuring a stress hormone in hair, suggests that long-term stress is a risk factor for heart attacks.

Malmstens mirrors contrasts in central Stockholm

A rare thing these days: a physical indoor event that is actually being held! The final-year students at Malmstens Linköping University have packed up their best work and taken it from the quiet Lidingö campus to Sergels torg in central Stockholm.

Possible models for a sustainable economy

What are the factors that influence the introduction of a circular economy? How would such a conversion affect the environment and business? And how can you make such predictions – is it even possible? These questions are the focus of a new thesis.

SEK 12 million for research into serious eye disease

Neil Lagali coordinates a research project that has received SEK 12.5 million from the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases. The researchers will evaluate experimental treatments for a rare eye disease that affects sight directly from birth.

Design for a more sustainable lifestyle

His own experiences growingup in Wuhan in China and case studies of astronauts and exchange students formthe basis of Chu Wanjun’s doctoral thesis. The central question: how can designbest make it easier for people to live in a sustainable manner?

Two droplets, one yellow and one clear, on circuits.

Accurate drug dosages with proton traps

Researchers at LiU have developed a proton trap that makes organic electronic ion pumps more precise when delivering drugs. In the long term, the ion pumps may help patients with symptoms of neurological diseases.

LiU student gets important child rights appointment

LiU student Rita Riadh-Issa, 23 years old, is a new board member for theWorld’s Children’s Prize Foundation, which manages the world’s largest educational programme for children’s rights and democracy.

DNA networks in research into autoimmune renal diseases

Daniel Appelgren is investigating a type of renal disease in which the immune system attacks and damages the kidneys. He has been awarded a grant of SEK 1.25 million from the Ingrid Asp Foundation to carry out renal research at LiU.

Woman by a wall full of golden-coloured shoes.

From LiU-research to LEAD-business

Many researchers and students have ideas that can grow into companies of benefit to society.But how do you determine whether an idea is good?A tip from the business incubator LEAD is to dare to talk about it early, and to assess interest.

Immune cells are behind the depression experienced in inflammation

The findings from a new study on mice suggest that special immune cells found in the brain, microglial cells, contribute to the negative mood experienced during several neurological diseases, and maybe also depression.