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Here is a list of web pages, including news and events, that are related to research at SLU.


There are 845 pages tagged with Research:

Recovered phosphorus as feed phosphate to pigs and avians

EasyMining, the Swedish University of Agricultural Services (SLU) and Lantmännen have started an innovative project testing the precipitated calcium phosphate (PCP) recovered in the Ash2Phos-project

reed feed

Reed is now turned into animal feed with an extra environmental benefit – reed harvest can also reduce eutrophication in our waters, according to researchers at SLU. Several measures, as for example

Wind damages expected to increase in a warmer climate

In spite of elks, spruce beetles and pathogenic fungi, wind is probably the largest cause of economic loss for European forestry. A number of reports in recent years investigates how the risk of wind

Dissertation Petter Öhrn

Carbon castles vs. beetle-fungus armies: phenology of the spruce bark beetle and Norway spruce resistance in times of climate change charlotta.bergstrom@slu.se Petter Öhrn defends his thesis "

ExpoFiber

The Swedish forest industry has a key role in the transition toward a biobased circular economy. Fiber materials can substitute fossil plastics, thereby mitigating global warming. It is therefore

Resource-efficient and non-toxic material flows from wood waste

Abstract With increasing focus on recycling, wood waste can increase its potential to generate secondary raw materials instead of incineration and landfilling. The quality of wood waste, as

Nature Refines

The project focuses on transforming biomasses, that today are considered waste and are mostly used as fuel in heat and power plants, into added-value products such as activated biochar. The project

Let me sleep

Young chicks, including broilers, need to rest frequently. In the natural situation resting is synchronised by the mother hen, however in the commercial situation no cues synchronise resting.

SLU researchers track giant deep-sea sharks – an important step towards conservation

For the first time, researchers track the threatened deep-sea shark, the Greenland shark, in Swedish waters. These sharks can live for hundreds of years and they are threatened by both fishing and

Francisco X Aguilar

Francisco Xavier Aguilar Cabezas is a professor of forest economics since 1 september 2019. His inauguration lecture has the title "Forest economics: a 'lagom' response to sustainability aspirations"

Soil health Living Labs

markmiljo-webb@slu.se How can Sweden contribute to creating Living Labs with a focus on soil health to meet regional challenges? Welcome on 24 April to find partners and learn about the EU's Mission

ReiGN reindeer husbandry in a globalizing North

Resilience, adaptations and pathways for actions ReiGN is a Nordic Centre of Excellence, funded by NordForsk, that covers a wide range of expertise, spanning from genomic, evolutionary theory, life

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