COVID-19 - August 4, 2020
Swedish researchers develops material to protect us from pandemics
A new material developed by researchers at Chalmers that can kill bacteria has now shown early promise in de-activation of viruses, including certain coronaviruses. The material is now being evaluated against SARS-CoV-2. Microbe-killing peptides are combined with a nanostructured material The novel material, recently presented in a doctoral thesis, has proven to be very effective […]
Uncategorized - June 14, 2019
Sweden’s first female engineer honored with statue
Vera Sandberg was the first woman to receive a bachelor’s degree in engineering in Sweden, in 1917, and therefore Chalmers University of Technology has inaugurated a statue of her. Vera Sandberg studied Chemistry at Chalmers, and the statue called “Vera’s laboration” is four metres high, 400 kilo heavy and has lighting and 15 welded mobile […]