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Charge your mobile phone with formic acid?
2013-05-27
Surprisingly the answer is yes. With the technology of today it is possible to use environmental friendly formic acid in fuel cell powering your mobile phone or laptop. Physicist Florian Nitze, Umeå University, has in his thesis developed new catalys...
Sharp increase in international master’s students expected
2013-05-23
The number of international students that have been admitted for master’s degree programmes starting in autumn 2013 has risen dramatically in comparison with the prior year. Some of the most popular programmes are in the areas of public health, finan...
The Norway spruce genome sequenced
2013-05-22
Swedish scientists have mapped the gene sequence of Norway spruce (the Christmas tree) – a species with huge economic and ecological importance - and that is the largest genome to have ever been mapped. The genome is complex and seven times larger th...
Jacob Hashimoto / Superabundant Atmosphere
2013-05-21
On Sunday 2 June at 14:00 Bildmuseet opens the exhibition Jacob Hashimoto / Superabundant Atmosphere. Welcome to the press preview Thursday 30 May at 10:00.
Agnès Varda at Bildmuseet
2013-05-21
On Sunday June 2 at 14:00 Bildmuseet opens a major exhibition with the work by film director and artist Agnès Varda. The exhibition, which fills three museum's floors, shows the breadth of Varda's oeuvre in which both documentary films and installati...
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