Coronavirus

Do facial masks have desired effect?

Published September 8, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Coronavirus

With the world’s most powerful supercomputer, Japan simulates spread of airborne droplets which can transmit the Covid-19 between people, and shows that also simpler masks can have an important effect to protect spreading the virus. Japan has...

What have vector-borne diseases to do with Covid-19 and urban planning?

Published August 28, 2020 by Fanny Von Heland in Coronavirus

For this week’s blog post we conducted an interview with the Swedish researcher Dr Johanna Lindahl. Johanna is an Assistant Professor in veterinary epidemiology at both Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and...

New Train Station, New Testbed

Published August 26, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Coronavirus

At a new train station in Tokyo passengers now encounter and interact with robotics and artificial intelligence while passing in the daily commute. The station is used for testing, demonstrating and further developing autonomous systems in...

Back to business and highlights ahead of a digital and intensive autumn

Published August 24, 2020 by Nannan Lundin in Beijing

After a well-needed summer break – with both relaxion and reflections, Office of Science and Innovation (OSI) Beijing is back to business. China never takes summer break and this summer has been more intensive than ever – given the need for a...

Innovation and co-creation never stop – but the blog takes a summer break until August 24

Published June 29, 2020 by Lena Bruce in Coronavirus

The first half of 2020 has been challenging, with the world facing an acute common societal dire challenge. Sweden and the world are in the midst of a time of great change and high conversion rates - we are all adapting to a new reality. The...

Silicon Valley more relevant than ever – and the Nordics have an important role to play

Published June 22, 2020 by Henric Johnson in Coronavirus

The last couple of months we have experienced how COVID-19 accelerated the digital transformation of our daily life. We are living bigger parts of our life online. From one week to the other we find ourselves home schooling our kids and working...

Swedish-Korean research collaboration on Covid-19

Published June 18, 2020 by Anders Hektor in Coronavirus

Sweden and Korea are together seeking collaborations for research that address Covid-19 related issues. A call for proposals for research collaboration is open (until 25 august) in Sweden and Korea, with the aim of exploring direct measures that...