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For many women, fitness on social media is likely to prompt anxiety rather than activity

A new year often means renewed resolutions to get fit, and images of ripped and honed bodies on social media might give you that extra push. However, among young women, observing such images often leads to anxiety and poor body image.

Adding to the arsenal to fight oral bacteria

Gum disease and tooth decay are two of the most prevalent human diseases, affecting around three billion worldwide. These afflictions of the mouth are caused by the build-up of oral bacteria biofilms, commonly known as plaque. Left untreated, these...

Important step for research in applied physics

This autumn, three doctoral students have defended their licentiate thesis in the subject of applied physics at Malmö University. A milestone for this research field, according to Henrik Hartman, who is responsible for the doctoral programme in applied...

Shedding light on propaganda and enemy images

What happens when a negative image of ‘the other’ takes hold in society? What happens to our morals and our way of thinking? Questions that Kristian Steiner poses in his book about how images of the enemy are created and how we can counter them.

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New model to better anticipate refugee patterns

More sources and unconventional data can make it better to predict and calculate refugee flows and researchers at Malmö University have helped develop a model that can be applied at both national and local levels.

It takes more than good cycle paths to get people cycling

Getting people to cycle isn't just about building more and better cycle lanes, to include more demographics, urban planners need to consider factors other than infrastructure, says researcher Zahra Hamidi.

Is the joy of education in the unknown?

Not knowing what the goal is can be crucial to getting started, says Johan Dahlbeck, who has written a book on the concept of fictionalism where he explores the idea of teaching without fully knowing or explaining what the knowledge will lead to.

The 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...