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Stockholm - A natural compound hidden away in spinach has been shown to reduce food cravings between meals and could help prevent obesity, a Swedish scientist said on Monday.Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson, a professor of appetite regulation at Lund University, foun...

Stockholm - Facebook, the world's largest social network, said Friday it planned to expand its Swedish data centre, which it describes as "one of the greenest, most cutting-edge facilities" in the world.The Baltic port city of Luleaa in northern Sweden was chosen ...

Stockholm - Music streaming service Spotify announced Thursday it had acquired The Echo Nest, a company behind technology to suggest songs to listeners.Sweden-based Spotify did not disclose how much it had paid for the US company, whose technology is used by numer...

Stockholm - Two-year-old Mia traces out a letter on the screen with her forefinger, then claps with joy when the computer chants "wonderful!" and emits a slightly metallic round of applause.

Stockholm - Four Swedish women with transplanted uteruses have received test-tube embryos in a cutting-edge bid to fall pregnant, Swedish researchers said Monday."I cannot verify if any of them are pregnant or not," Mats Braennstroem, head of the research team at ...

Washington - A massive study of more than two million people in Sweden has found that those with older dads faced a higher risk of psychiatric problems, autism and attention disorders, researchers said.Compared to people whose fathers were between the ages of 20 an...

Washington - A massive study of more than two million people in Sweden has found that those with older dads faced a higher risk of psychiatric problems, autism and attention disorders, researchers said Wednesday.Compared to people whose fathers were between the age...

Stockholm - Sweden threatened Wednesday to sue the European Commission over a delay in identifying harmful chemicals in everyday products.

A young boy in eastern Sweden called police and reported that parents assaulted him. Police took his claims seriously and several officers rushed to the scene. It was later discovered the boy was upset with his parents.

The absence of Nicklas Backstrom from the gold medal game against Canada derailed Sweden's hopes as they went down 3-0 in Sochi on Sunday, with the center missing the game due to a failed dope t...