The quality of life of an aging population is increasingly important. How the touch sense is affected by age is relatively unknown today. A multidisciplinary team of researchers from RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and L’Oréal Research and Innovation have therefore developed a specific method allowing measurement and understanding of the reasons for reduced tactile acuity with age.
In a newly launched research project, RISE, together with Södra, AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals and BillerudKorsnäs, with the support of the Swedish Energy Agency, investigates the opportunities for the Swedish pulp, chemical and paper industry to increase the production of renewable fuels while taking a more active role in the electricity market by producing so-called electrofuels.
Most people can relate to baker’s yeast and what it can be used for. However, a recent feasibility study carried out by EcoBuild and RISE has shown there might be more areas of application to the yeast than previously thought.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and power utility Skellefteå Kraft are about to establish a test centre where the global wind industry can test their equipment in cold and icy conditions. The site is Uljabuouda in the municipality of Arjeplog in the northern part of Sweden.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Efectis Group has signed a mutual Memorandum of Understanding in order to jointly support sustainable fire safety and fire research in society contributing with top-level expertise and innovation to industry, regulators, universities and other stakeholders on a worldwide basis.
We’ve seen a number of examples of the circular economy on a small scale across many areas of society. Around 30 players in the sphere of public furniture are now joining forces to encourage the entire industry to embrace this approach.
Sweden can be one step closer to a fossil-free fleet. This since the BioLi2.0 research project on a pilot scale managed to produce lignin-based biofuels that could work in common engines and be produced in existing oil refineries.
With conventional rear-view mirrors, truck drivers struggle with limited fields of view and large blind spots around their trucks. A recently completed research project, DREAMS, conducted by Stoneridge Electronics AB, Scania, and RISE shows that digital rear-view mirror systems on trucks can reduce blind spots and add views that are difficult to obtain with conventional mirrors.
By using the latest mobile network technology, Swedish companies, universities and research institutes have collaborated to make it possible to remote control and automate activities in the mine. The participating partners in PIMM DMA, the Digitalized Mining Arena, are ABB, Atlas Copco, Boliden, Ericsson, InfoVista, RISE, Telia, Volvo Construction Equipment and Wolfit.
