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The Swedish Institute has granted funding to the University of Borås for two projects that will contribute to Ukraine's reconstruction and strengthen the country's close relationship with the EU.

What if a flat piece of fabric could suddenly bloom into a sculptural form? At the Swedish School of Textiles, Kathryn Walters has turned this idea into reality, developing woven textiles that t...

A new research project at the Swedish School of Textiles and the University of Gothenburg, funded by the Swedish Research Council, will investigate how generative design tools a...

Tall oil rosin – a by-product from the pulp industry – may become a key player in the transition to sustainable plastics. A new research project at RISE and the University of Borås is now tar...

A research project within Resource Recovery at the University of Borås explored how valuable substances can be extracted from organic waste – such as animal manure – and how this loop can be closed by produ...

Have you ever asked yourself what happens to your digital self after death? As chatbots mimicking loved ones become more common and digital footprints grow deeper, society faces...

Can textiles that touch the skin relieve long-term pain? This is the core question of the large interdisciplinary research project Touch away the pain, where the University of Borås is one...

Four doctoral students are now working hard towards a common goal: to create and design textiles based on local bio-based raw materials. Their project is financed by...

What if your clothes could sense, respond, and even help you move? That’s the vision behind the doctoral project on “textile nerves” – conductive fibres designed for electronic and iono...