Scientists Develop the World’s First Transistor Made of Wood
Modulation of electrical current in a wood-based electrochemical transistor. A team of researchers from Linköping University and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have created…
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Causing Heart Disease – Estrogen Negatively Impacts Heartbeat Regulation
According to a study published in Science Advances from Linköping University in Sweden, the sex hormone estrogen has been found to have a detrimental effect…
New Study: Corruption in Sweden May Be More Common Than Thought
A doctoral thesis conducted at Linköping University on corruption in a mature democracy highlights the risk of individuals gaining an advantage by having their relatives…
The Dark Side of Urban Growth: Study Reveals Rampant Inequality in Cities
Urban scaling laws arise from disparities within cities. Urban inequality in Europe and the US is so pronounced that the majority of the benefits from…
Artificial Organic Neurons Created – Almost Like Biological Nerve Cells
Biorealistic organic electrochemical neurons enabled by ion-tunable antiambipolarity in mixed ion-electron conducting polymers. An artificial organic neuron that closely mimics the characteristics of biological nerve…
New Study Casts Doubt on Old Ideas of How Hearing Works
The way humans experience music and speech differs from what was previously thought. This is the finding of a study conducted by researchers from Linköping…
New Research Reveals How Fear Gets Stuck in Brains
A biological mechanism has been identified by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden that increases the strength with which fear memories are stored in the…
Scientists May Have Discovered the Mechanism Behind Mysterious COVID-19 Symptoms
In patients with serious and long-term COVID-19, disrupted blood coagulation has often been observed. Now, researchers at Linköping University (LiU), Sweden, have discovered that the…
New Materials for a Sustainable Future
Six Swedish universities have united in a major initiative focused on functional materials, with approximately EUR 250 million (SEK 2.7 billion) in funding from the…
Brain Mechanism Behind Compulsive Alcohol Use Discovered
A small group of nerve cells in the brain determines whether an individual continues to consume alcohol even when it has negative consequences. This is…
12,000 Scientific Articles a Year – Can They All Be Wrong? XPS Can Give Misleading Analysis Results
The same chemical state of carbon gives rise to two peaks in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is often used to determine the…
Diabetes Vaccine Gives Promising Results in Clinical Study
A clinical study led by Linköping University and financed by pharmaceuticals company Diamyd Medical has investigated whether immunotherapy against type 1 diabetes can preserve the…
Investigative Genetic Genealogy: Solving a Double Murder Arouses International Interest
Getting the conclusive lead with investigative genetic genealogy — A successful case study of a 16 year old double murder in Sweden. The technology using…
Making Renewable Energy From Water With Nanoporous Cubic Silicon Carbide
One prospective source of renewable energy is hydrogen gas produced from water with the aid of sunlight. Researchers at LiU have developed a material, nanoporous…
New Conductive Polymer Ink Paves Way for Next-Generation Printed Electronics
A High-Conductivity N-Type Polymeric Ink for Printed Electronics Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a stable high-conductivity polymer ink. The advance paves the way…
Technology Breakthrough Enables Practical Semiconductor Spintronics
It may be possible in the future to use information technology where electron spin is used to process information in quantum computers. It has long…
The Trojan-Horse Mechanism: How Network-Based Recruitment Can Reduce Gender Segregation
The social science literature has long viewed homophily and network-based job recruitment as crucial drivers of segregation. Researchers at Linköping University and ESADE, Ramon Llull…
The Mystery of the Missing Energy in Singlet Fission Solar Cells – Solved
Competition between triplet pair formation and excimer-like recombination controls singlet fission yield. The efficiency of solar cells can be increased by exploiting a phenomenon known…
