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Published: 5 December 2023Lack of vision for Swedish schools, an academic reflects on PISA results
The results of the PISA report show a broad decline in knowledge for Swedish students. "I cannot see any planned measures that could change this development," says Anders Jakobsson, a professor at Malmö University.
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Published: 23 November 2023The magnificence of Moomin is in the miniscule
Moomin author Tove Jansson was an expert in exploring the enormous in the minute; Malmö University professor Björn Sundmark has pointed the magnifying glass on the fairytale land and discovered the concept of muminalism.
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Published: 9 November 2023Lack of basic hygiene knowledge detrimental to root canal treatment
Good hygiene is an important factor for root canal surgery to be successful, and that is well known among specialist dentists. However, this is not the case in general dental care, shows new research.
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Published: 2 November 2023The joys of researching next door to two world-renowned largescale facilities
Two academics have high expectations of two largescale research facilities in the Öresund region. Emelie Nilsson and Andrea Scotti, both researchers and university lecturers at the Department of Biomedical Science, have a shared interest in utilising the...
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Published: 31 October 2023Halloween – not as death obsessed as you might think
Halloween is celebrated in many places, but the holiday has not always been about death. Manon Hedenborg White, associate professor of history of religions, explains how it came to be the trick-or-treating, pumpkin-carving holiday that it is today.
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Published: 27 October 2023Malmö University is increasing in popularity
The number of applications to Malmö University has increased by as much as 19 per cent, an increase well above the national average. The sociology programme, which had previously declined in popularity, has seen an increase of nine percent in the number o...
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Published: 18 October 20233D X-ray not always necessary before wisdom teeth removal surgery
It has become increasingly common to use 3D X-rays, known as CBCT, to assess the position of the wisdom tooth in the lower jaw. But lowering the dose of radiation for such X-rays, or using panoramic radiographs, provide at least as good a basis for...
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Published: 13 October 2023Donation for research on driving simulators for police officers
Malmö University will receive 4.8 million SEK (around 416,000 euros) to create a research environment that will develop training programmes, methods and knowledge that contribute to safer police emergency drivers.
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Published: 27 September 2023New smart solutions could replace current infection testing
New technology could pave the way to a future of rapid testing in hospitals and at home for both covid and urinary tract infection. It could also be used to keep track of blood sugar levels during operations and wireless monitoring of various bacterial...
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Published: 31 August 2023Eric Lassiter and Beth Campbell new honorary doctors at the Faculty of Education and Society
Eric Lassiter and Beth Campbell have been awarded honorary doctorates at the Faculty of Education and Society. Their research focuses on ways in which researchers and the people being studied can together contribute to research processes and dissemination...