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Tech Company Replaces Plastic On Fruit And Veg With Edible Plant-Based Coating
A tech company has developed an edible plant-based coating for fruit and veg. Swedish startup Saveggy’s plant-based coating could help replace plastic in the produce aisle by protecting fresh fruit and vegetables and extending their natural shelf...

Matteo Berrettini vs Ugo Humbert preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds and betting tips | Stockholm Open 2025
Match Details Fixture: Matteo Berrettini vs (4) Ugo Humbert Date: October 16, 2025 Tournament: 2025 Stockholm Open Round: Second Round (Round of 16) Venue: Kanglila Tennis Halem, Stockholm, Sweden Category: ATP 250 Surface: Hard Prize Money:...

Whitefish resident wins Nobel Prize for research on immune system
Part-time Whitefish resident Dr. Fred Ramsdell last week was named a winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discoveries about how the immune system works. Ramsdell's research uncovered a key pathway the body uses to keep the...

Voiced by Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Lee Curtis and Brian Cox, True Crime Doc Feature ‘Raoul Wallenberg: Missing Inaction,’ Closes First Sales to Australia, Sweden, Israel (EXCLUSIVE)
CANNES, France — Featuring voiceovers by Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Lee Curtis and Brian Cox – reading out letters from Raoul Wallenberg, his mother Maj von Dardel and grandfather Gustaf Wallenberg – true crime doc feature “Raoul Wallenberg: Missing...

M Series step lifts: Enhanced engineering specifications meets contemporary design
Level Access Lifts, the leading UK distributor for Swedish engineering specialist Tech Line AB, announces design enhancements to its M Series step lift range which now features a seamless glazed door and comes in aluminium silver as a standard...

Unraveling The Nature & Genesis of Technological Innovation
For 2025, three laureates have won the Prize for work unraveling the nature and genesis of technological innovation and its role in fostering sustained economic growth. Image: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ via Wikimedia...

Isak, Gyokeres and Bergvall’s blunder: How Sweden’s World Cup qualifying campaign turned to disaster
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Liquid Wind Wins €3.6 Million Grant for Swedish E-Methanol Project
The e-methanol produced will be supplied to the shipping industry and other sectors. Image Credit: Liquid Wind Technology firm Liquid Wind has won a €3.6 million ($4.19 million) grant from Swedish agency Industriklivet to support pre-engineering...

Capital Cities and Foreign Legal Research
Recently, I was tasked with a particularly complicated legal research question which involved one of my favorite topics: capital cities. The information and analysis we needed was only available to us once we managed to see the pieces through the...
Brown University professor wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Brown University professor emeritus Peter Howitt has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Howitt shares the prize with Philippe Aghion and Joel Mokyr for their work on sustained economic growth. This marks the third Nobel laureate...
Skanska tops out $350M UVA higher ed biotech facility
This story was originally published on Construction Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Construction Dive newsletter. Sweden-based builder and developer Skanska topped out a $350 million biotech facility at the...

Lee meets Swedish crown princess to discuss bilateral ties
By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung met with Swedish Crown Princess Victoria on Wednesday to discuss ways to deepen bilateral ties, the presidential office said. Lee met Victoria, the eldest child of King Carl XVI...

Revolutionizing Energy Efficiency in the Paper Industry
A calculation method enabling energy benchmarking in the pulp and paper industry: Adopting a methodology that bridge the research-policy implementation gap The pulp and paper industry consumes large amounts of energy. But despite stricter EU...

Sweden extends future fighter system study deal with Saab through 2027
Saab has been awarded a contract to continue concept study work on future fighter technology for Sweden, extending an activity which commenced in March 2024. Announced on 14 October and placed by Stockholm’s Defence Materiel Administration (FMV),...

Saab: books order from Swedish Government Administration worth about SEK 2.6bn
Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) for the continuation of conceptual studies for future fighter systems. The order is worth approximately SEK 2.6bn in a contract from 2025 to 2027. Saab will continue...

Encube Raises $23M to Help Manufacturers Cut Costs by 30%
Stockholm-based Encube has raised $23 million to expand its AI-powered design platform across Europe and the US. The round was backed by Kinnevik, Promus Ventures, and Inventure, with the company planning to use the capital to grow its commercial...

Saab expands work on Sweden’s Future Combat Aviation Concept under new FMV order
Saab has received an order worth approximately SEK 2.6 billion ($238 million) from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for continued conceptual studies on future fighter systems. The new contract, covering the 2025–2027 period,...

ITMA Asia + CITME 2025: Swedish companies will unveil a portfolio of innovations reflecting both technological leadership and a deep commitment to sustainability
The Swedish Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association (TMAS) will be exhibiting a range of exciting new developments at the upcoming ITMA Asia + CITME textile machinery exhibition in Singapore, scheduled for October 28-31, 2024. With a focus on...

Nobel economics prize goes to 3 researchers who probed business innovation
Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth and human welfare, even as they leave older companies in the...

Researchers test 250-year-old heart medicine in patients with deadly pancreatic cancer
Researchers in Sweden are testing a 250-year-old medicine in patients with one of the world's deadliest cancers. A heart medicine first prescribed in the 18th century is now being tested as a potential treatment for pancreatic cancer — one of the...