https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Auditoriums at the university and nearby street names named after racist researchers active in Sweden's eugenics movement will be renamed, announced the president of the Karolinska Institute (KI) Ole Petter Ottersen on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20211103/swedish-university-karolinska-institute-to-remove-racists-names-from-campus Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:10:56 +0100 swedish-university-karolinska-institute-to-remove-racists-names-from-campus Three Swedish universities have again made the top 100 in a prestigious global ranking, with 14 Swedish universities in the top 1000. https://www.thelocal.se/20200817/three-swedish-universities-make-top-100-world-ranking Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:20:09 +0200 three-swedish-universities-make-top-100-world-ranking Sweden's Karolinska Institute (KI) has tumbled in a prestigious international reputation ranking released on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20180531/stockholms-karolinska-institute-suffers-fall-in-reputation-ranking Thu, 31 May 2018 13:34:51 +0200 stockholms-karolinska-institute-suffers-fall-in-reputation-ranking The Swedish Public Prosecution Authority is to re-examine manslaughter and related charges against former Karolinska surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, following a new appeal by plaintiffs. https://www.thelocal.se/20171219/dropped-manslaughter-probe-of-karolinska-surgeon-macchiarini-to-be-reviewed Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:23:52 +0100 dropped-manslaughter-probe-of-karolinska-surgeon-macchiarini-to-be-reviewed The Italian government has expressed alarm about the fate of a Stockholm-based academic detained in Tehran for nearly a year and reportedly sentenced to death for espionage. https://www.thelocal.se/20170213/extreme-concern-for-stockholm-academic-who-could-face-death-penalty Mon, 13 Feb 2017 18:14:46 +0100 extreme-concern-for-stockholm-academic-who-could-face-death-penalty Living beside an airport can make your stomach bigger, a Swedish study revealed on Wednesday, due to an increase in stress hormones which can often expand the stomach. https://www.thelocal.se/20140507/swedish-study-aircraft-noise-makes-you-fat Wed, 07 May 2014 12:08:00 +0200 swedish-study-aircraft-noise-makes-you-fat Swedish universities continue to draw vast amounts of applicants with the number of prospective students seeking a third level education increasing for the seventh year in a row. https://www.thelocal.se/20140418/university-applications-rocket-to-new-high Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:49:00 +0200 university-applications-rocket-to-new-high Five Swedish universities are among the top 200 globally, according to the latest Times Higher Education ranking, including one that cracked the top 40 for the first time since 2011. https://www.thelocal.se/20131003/50568 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:53:00 +0200 50568 A ranking of the best 500 universities around the world saw three institutions from Sweden inside the top hundred, with Stockholm's Karolinska Institute finishing the highest of the three at 44th place. https://www.thelocal.se/20130816/49692 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:06:00 +0200 49692 Men who take vitamin C supplements run a higher risk of developing kidney stones, according to a new Swedish study, with researchers suggesting that the "wisest thing might be not to take them at all." https://www.thelocal.se/20130205/46014 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:06:00 +0100 46014 A Stockholm-area professor charged with cutting off and eating his wife's lower lip has told investigators he planned to kill himself after the attack and that the decision to eat his wife's lip was made "spontaneously". https://www.thelocal.se/20120626/41650 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:52:00 +0200 41650 Women sleep worse than men and often wake up several times nightly, a new study from Karolinska Institute and Stockholm University shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20120309/39586 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:04:00 +0100 39586 Over the next two to three years, 100,000 Swedish women will be recruited for a new national study of breast cancer led by a professor at Solna's Karolinska Institute. https://www.thelocal.se/20110204/31834 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:06:00 +0100 31834 Swedish researchers at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute have determined that the attractiveness of a person is far more influenced by a good night's rest than previously thought. https://www.thelocal.se/20101216/30890 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:00:00 +0100 30890 Young criminals often feel worse mentally compared to other young people, new statistics show. Despite this there is no specialized forensic care for young people in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20080810/13600 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:28:00 +0200 13600 Sweden's top medical university, the Karolinska Institute, has expelled a medical student with a prior conviction for murder. https://www.thelocal.se/20080124/9763 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:35:00 +0100 9763 Male babies born shorter than average run over twice the risk of violent death by suicide later in life, a new study suggests. https://www.thelocal.se/20080124/9760 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:21:00 +0100 9760