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EXTENSIVE research activity is going on in Sweden, in order to find substitutes for products which can no longer be imported owing to the War, One of the most important centres for this research is the Physical-Chemical Institute, Uppsala, headed by Prof. The Svedberg. The Institute has now lost all the foreign research workers who used to study there, with the exception of one Swiss ; nevertheless the staff has been doubled. Extensions have in particular been made to departments dealing with the many present supply problems, of which the chemical aspects fall within Prof. Svedberg's own department, namely, the giant molecules. The work with different kinds of synthetic rosins and cellulose-derivatives is now progressing on a large scale. Among other objects of research may be mentioned bread. Experiments are being made to find a means of replacing imported hard wheat, which was formerly used to improve the baking qualities of bread made from Swedish native soft wheat. Investigations are also being carried out on synthetic rubber. The work has proceeded so far that the product has been evolved in the laboratories of the Institute, although it is too early yet to say whether domestic production can be started and its probable extent.
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Scientific Research in Sweden. Nature 149, 407–408 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149407c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/149407c0