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News and events
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SLU improves global sustainability ranking among higher education institutions
SLU is climbing in rankings, making the top 101–200 of the 2,526 higher education institutions evaluated in The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025. This ranking focuses on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. For goal 13, Climate Action, SLU is ranked 3rd. -
SLU and the forest sector in new collaboration to train future experts
SLU is now announcing eight new PhD positions as part of a collaboration with the forest sector. The positions are part of the research programme Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research (WIFORCE), aimed at meeting future knowledge needs for the sustainable management and conservation of forests. -
Microphones reveal when trees suffer from drought stress
Trees exposed to drought emit sounds – and with the help of microphones, researchers can now listen in as their water transport systems begin to fail. A new study from SLU shows that ultrasound from the forest can reveal whether trees are suffering from permanent drought damage.
Research
Most recently published projects
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Improved and objective diagnostic tool for digital dermatitis in cattle and footrot/contagious ovine digital dermatitis in sheep
Contagious claw diseases, which cause significant pain, affect both cattle and sheep. Currently, diagnosis relies on subjective clinical examination due to the lack of a reliable laboratory diagnostic method. -
Validating the introdution of Kernza in the Nordic-Baltic region (Viking)
This project aim to develop a strong research platform for perennial cereal production systems in Scandinavia, Finland and the Baltic, henceforward referred to as the Northern countries. -
Are Swedish cows cool enough?
Heat stress in dairy cows affects health, fertility and production – as shown in studies from warmer countries. But we lack knowledge from countries with a temperate climate and there’s need for support and guidance about decisions on, and use of, different types of cooling in Swedish conditions.
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Prevalence of orthopedic diagnoses in insured Swedish warmblood riding horses
Lameness is by far the most common health problem in Swedish warmblooded riding horses (SWB). Researchers at SLU have investigated the proportion of orthopedic problems in different groups of the SWB population, including differences between jumping and dressage horses, conducted for the first time. -
Wind damages expected to increase in a warmer climate
In spite of elks, spruce beetles and pathogenic fungi, wind is probably the largest cause of economic loss for European forestry. A number of reports in recent years investigates how the risk of wind damage can be expected to develop during the rest of the century, -
Cronartium pini in Sweden - an overview
Cronartium pini is a very serious fungal disease that attacks pine trees throughout Sweden, with particularly extensive outbreaks in the north. It causes millions of Swedish kronor worth of damage to forestry each year.
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