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2024-04-02

Research Collaboration in Resource Recovery with a research institute in India

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...

2024-03-25

Waste becomes a resource for sustainable wastewater treatment

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...

2024-03-19

Syngas becomes a raw material for fish feed

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...

2024-03-01

Recycled concrete and glass can replace cement in prefab elements

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...

2024-02-28

New honorary doctors at the University of Borås

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,...

2023-12-14

Resource Recovery – the concept that has been adopted all over the world

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

2023-10-20

A new doctoral thesis unlocks the potential of fast pyrolysis to tackle waste management

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...

2023-10-16

UB researchers among the world's most influential

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...

2023-10-03

Alumnus on visit to initiate research collaboration

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...

2023-09-25

Fungi – A sustainable and tasty alternative

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...

2023-09-25

Large international presence at Resource Recovery conference

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.

2023-06-26

Waste from beer brewing valuable raw material for new products

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...

2023-06-21

Circular bioplastics – it's now possible

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.

2023-06-20

Interest in fungi-based food can increase with a nudge in the right direction

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...

2023-06-09

New materials paves the way to a greener and more sustainable future

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...

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