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Silent risks start early.
New research from Linköping University shows that high blood pressure in teenagers can leave traces in the arteries — paving the way for cardiovascular disease later in life. 🫀

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November 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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From lab benches in Sweden to shaping global breakthroughs — several researchers from Linköping University are included in this year’s list from @clarivateag.bsky.social of the world’s most cited researchers.

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#AcademicSky
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Wastewater treatment plants are leaking more than we thought. 💨

New research from LiU reveals that greenhouse gas emissions from Swedish treatment plants are up to 2.5x higher than previously estimated — and it took drones to uncover the truth. 🧪

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A drone in the air, with specially manufactured sensors to measure methane and nitrous oxide emissions. Magnus Gålfalk, researcher at Tema M – Environmental Change, adjusting the drone. A wastewater treatment plant in Linköping, Sweden.
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Men’s lifestyles may impact their grandchildren’s health⚕️

Our eating and smoking habits as well as health issues, can contribute to a biological memory that can be passed on to future children and even grandchildren, ackording to a review paper by LiU researchers. 🧪

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An older man holding a child in his arms, smiling to each other.
October 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Using magnetic cameras, researchers at Linköping University have examined blood flow in an artificial heart in real time. 🧪🫀
The results make it possible to design the heart in a way to reduce the risk of blood clots and red blood cells breakdown.

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Researchers with a full-scale model of the human circulatory system. Close up of the model of the human circulatory system. Twan Bakker and Tino Ebbers infront of an MRI-machine at CMIV.
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Plastic neurons? Yes, really. 🧠
LiU researchers have created artificial nerve cells that are smaller, smarter, and simpler – a breakthrough for neurotech, medtech, and robotics.

👉 Dive into the future of bioelectronics:
liu.se/en/news-item/nervceller-av-plast-blir-mer-avancerade-och-enklare 🩺🧪
Junpeng Ji at the Laboratory of organic electronics working with developing artificial neurons made from conjugated polymers. Artificial neurons mounted in lab equipment. Deyu Tu, Dace Gao and Junpeng Ji, part of the research team developing artificial neurons, walking and smiling in protective clothing in the lab.
September 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Ancient DNA, modern impact! 🌱
Researchers at LiU traced lentils in the Canary Islands back 2,000 years – and these hardy crops could help us tackle climate change today.

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Lentil cultivation on Fuerteventura - two women in sunhats in a field. Modern-day lentil varieties from Fuerteventura. Jenny Hagenblad, senior associate professor at Linköping University.
September 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Linköping University and Region Östergötland are joining forces to accelerate research and innovation in AI and precision health.
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The initiative strengthens Sweden’s position in data-driven healthcare and opens new doors for collaborations.

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#AI #HCI #AcademicSky
August 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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A new study involving Linköping University reveals that up to 60% of the carbon dioxide and methane emitted from rivers and streams comes from ancient soil carbon — not just recently decayed plants, as previously thought.
A new study published in @nature.com details the recent findings. #reserach
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A river in mountain landscape.
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Researchers followed people who successfully stopped using snus and found something surprising - both blood pressure and body weight increased. 🧪
The study is published in Harm Reduction Journal.
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Fredrik Nyström, professor at the Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences at Linköping University and senior physician in internal medicine at the University Hospital in Linköping.
May 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Global emissions of carbon dioxide from industry can be reduced by 5%.
But that requires companies and policy makers to not solely focus on technological development. This is the conclusion of researchers, including from Linköping University, in the journal
@natcomms.nature.com
🧪 #Climate
Industry complex with smoke from chimneys. Patrik Thollander, professor in Energy Systems at Linköping University.
May 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Today marks the grand opening of Linköping University’s brand-new Cybersecurity Lab! 🛡️
Step into a state‑of‑the‑art facility featuring two computer suites, a central control room, and a fully isolated server environment for hands‑on exercises.
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#AcademicSky
The cybersecurity lab at LiU. The control room in the cybersecurity lab at LiU. The cybersecurity lab at LiU.
May 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Gustaf Hendeby conducts research in signal processing and sensor fusion. His research can be used in both civilian and military applications, and Linköping University now wants to strengthen its position in defence research.
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April 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Heard about @eciu.bsky.social?
A network of 13 universities with much in common. All are known as innovators within higher education, while entrepreneurship and collaboration with the society around is central for all.
A strategically important network for LiU.

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#EduSky
Students at an ECIU event at LiU.
April 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Researchers at LiU have developed a new method for rapid and safe diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases. Once fully developed, the method will be able to save lives, reduce suffering and save money worldwide.
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#research #medicine
Anders Persson is Professor of Medical Imaging. He wants to get doctors around the world to use the new method for diagnosing cardiovascular diseases.
April 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Using electrodes in a fluid form, researchers have developed a battery that can take any shape. This soft and conformable battery can be integrated into future technology in a completely new way.
#Research supported by @kawresearch.bsky.social.
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April 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Today’s modern society rests on cyber security and the ability to be one step ahead of hackers and foreign powers.
In recent years, a new threat has emerged – artificial intelligence.
However, according to researchers Elisa Bertino and Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, #AI could also be part of the solution.
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Two womean facing each other in the shadows in a corridor.
April 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Almost seven years ago, they left LiU to start a company in #Nairobi.
Today, Roam produces several hundred self-built electric motorcycles a month. And the journey has only just begun.
“Our goal is to supply motorcycles to the entire African market,” says CEO Filip Lövstrom.
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Roam’s CEO Filip Lövström and Sales Manager Mikael Gånge in their company building in Kenya.
March 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Congratulations to LiU student Amanda Sternberg on being named Tech Girl of the Year by @microsoft.com! 🎉
She is in her fourth year of the Master's Programme in Information Technology and is passionate about getting more women to choose a career in tech.
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#EduSky #WomenInSTEM
March 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Eiko Yasui, Associate Professor of Humanities at @en.nagoya-u.ac.jp, has been researching language, grammar, and movements at Linköping University for a year.
Her work has provided new insights into how we communicate and interact. 👇
#AcademicSky #socialpsyc
Eiko Yasui from Japan has been working a year at The Language and Culture research environment. Photo: Karin Midner
March 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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#Radioactive releases from the last decades can be traced in the seabed.
Per Törnquist has mapped radioactivity in the marine environment at the Studsvik research facility in the Baltic sea.

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#SciNews #research 🧪
Per Törnquist in the lab with a container of radioactive material. The researchers have taken long test cores from the seabed outside Studsvik to track when in time different radioactive substances got there. Cover of the paper: "Tracing Radioactive Contamination: A Case Study of a Research Facility and its Surrounding Marine Environment"
March 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Curious about PhD life? A few weeks before her thesis defense, Helena Iacobaeus looks back at her journey towards a finished thesis and deals with collected listeners’ questions on #PhD life.
Tune in the LiU #podcast "Aspects of Democracy" ⬇️ #academicsky
Dr. Helena Iacobeus in her podcast studio.
March 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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For the first time, Linköping University has made it onto the British Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings list. (@timeshighered.bsky.social)
The list contains 300 universities considered to have the strongest brands.
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#AcademicSky
Flower buds on one of the campuses of Linköping University.
March 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Sweden’s radioactive nuclear waste will be stored in a sealed bedrock repository for 100,000 years. So how can we ensure that humanity does not forget that it is there?

Researchers have come up with a proposal for how to keep the memory alive over generations.

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The Key Information File that will keep the memory of the spent fuel repository alive.
March 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Once upon a time, Linköping University was just an idea. Today, we stand as living proof of what courage, curiosity and free thoughts can achieve.
It has been 50 years of free thinking shaping the future - follow us as LiU celebrates throughout the year! 🥳🎉
March 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM