New textiles can make the clothing industry more sustainable
Many of the textiles produced today have a huge impact on the environment. Consequently, Beyond e-Textiles has now developed prototypes of what could become the sustainable textiles of tomorrow.
Opposites attract - or do they?
The Network Dynamics of Ethnic Integration has studied how Nordic citizens with a foreign background interact with each other, also when it comes to choosing a life partner. The results show that most people choose someone with the same national background.
Narwhal tusks are a tale with a twist
The narwhal’s spiral tusk has annual rings, and they can reveal changes in the climate. Researchers from Narwhal tusks: A tale with a twist have just discovered that there also appear to be rings within the annual rings, which can provide even more details about living conditions in the Arctic.
With experience comes confidence, not necessarily safety
How can you make the best decision when assessing risk in hazardous environments? The research project GUESSED shows that experience isn’t necessarily an advantage and can have disastrous consequences.
Games could teach children to speak the Nordic Languages
Over the past few years, many immigrant children have come to the Nordic Region. New digital games could help these children learn the Nordic languages because it’s crucial that they become part of the Nordic societies, explains the project leader from Technology-enhanced foreign and second-language learning of Nordic languages (TEFLON).
What do pencils, Egyptian mummies and water have in common
New study from the research project Graphene-based drug delivery systems for treating MRSA infections (GraMI) shows that all three components contain something that together could be a future defence against antibiotic resistance.
Want to boost creativity? Invite a robot to join your Group
Social robots can be a great help to us. Especially if they are polite and have enthusiastic voices. This is according to the research project Facilitation Robotics for Teams Foundational Research on Group Processes in Human-Robot Ensembles with Social Robots (S-FACTOR), which also points to several dilemmas.
Central Asia was a migration corridor for the human species
For hundreds of thousands of years, human species have migrated across the globe. The project The timing and ecology of the human occupation of Central Asia (THOCA) has found stone tools used by early humans in Tajikistan and is looking into how our ancestors lived to understand our evolutionary past.
Nordic health data offers unique insight into pandemics
What can we learn about COVID-19 by studying the 18th-century smallpox epidemics and other past pandemics? The Nordic research project NORDEMICS have made use of Nordic health data to study pandemics from a historical perspective.
Nordic data can explain why the Nordic countries’ asylum practices differ
Is it simply a lottery when the Nordic countries grant asylum? Why are the differences between the countries so significant? These are just two of the questions that Nordic Refugee Determination: Advancing Data Science in Migration Law (NoRDASiL)has tried to answer.
How much path lighting do we really need in urban green areas?
To orientate ourselves and navigate for commuting and recreation we need startlingly less path lighting than we think. NorDark has inspired wildlife-conscious outdoor lighting.
Policies can help minimise conflicts of interests in forestry
Forests are home to a rich variety of flora and fauna, and are important for climate change mitigation and a large timber industry. How do you design a forest policy that takes all these considerations into account? Finland is a pioneer
Interdisciplinary research necessary for solving Nordic Challenges
Interdisciplinary research projects on everything from narwhal tusks to asylum policy and pandemic history are delivering game-changing results for the Nordics. This is the conclusion from committee head Jan Philip Solovej.