Persons who experience a great amount of stress at work involve in less physical activities during their spare time. The risk of becoming physically inactive was 20 times higher among those who...
Researchers from Sportstech Additive Manufacturing Group at Mid Sweden University have verified the patented technology of the Swedish company Exmet AB by succeeding in making the world first sampl...
The vampire themed The Twilight Saga opens up for new opportunities in tourism. More than a quarter of a million visitors from all over the world have travelled to the small town of Forks, situated...
Social experiences are more important for events and festivals that what has been previously assumed, according to researchers at the Tourism Research Institute of Mid Sweden University, ETOUR....
Four out of ten Muslim communities in Sweden have experienced different types of hate crimes. At the same time, there is a broad tolerance in the Swedish society, according to a knowledge overview...
Researchers at Mid Sweden University have investigated environmentally friendly ways to extract antioxidants from ordinary pine bark. Bark is a common decay product in the pulp industry and could...
Fear of childbirth can be ”cured” by a positive experience during delivery, by a feeling of being in control of the situation and by receiving more information about the process of the childbirth....
In the future, you may not have to carry bulky chargers for your computer and your mobile. Now the first isolated voltage converter operating at more than 3 MHz with sufficiently high efficiency is...
Pupils in classes with high school-related demands are at a higher risk to develop ill health than pupils in classes with lower demands. Also, the girls’ health is affected in a more negative way b...
Media keep getting more room for interpretation in different political scandals, claims Lars Nord, Professor of Political communication at Mid Sweden University, in a new book. The latest example o...
One fourth of all Swedish fathers perceive the childbirth as stressful, horrible or even grotesque. Negative feelings about the delivery is most common in cases where the fathers have taken part of...
During the winter sports holiday, sportlovet, Swedes get active outdoors. A survey conducted by the research programme Friluftsliv i förändring (Changing outdoor habits) shows that 46 % of the Swed...
Hikers can be divided into two groups – one group looks for silence, peace and quiet and the other wants adventurous activities, helicopter traffic and service in the mountain lodges. There is an...
So far, only elite skiers have been able to test it – a roller ski that can adjust grip and glide, which makes the movement similar to that of classical cross-country skiing on snow. Bulk productio...
