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Invitation to Workshop on Gender, Laughter and Humour Across Cultures and Time, Umeå University, Sweden, December 8-9, 2012
2012-02-07
Laughter, its meaning and propriety have continuously occupied the mind of philosophers, moralists and dramatists since at least Antiquity. In a modern context, laughter is typically associated with humour and joy, but not all laughter is the fruit of the former and even less so the latter.
SvD.se: Umeå study finds Stockholm pollution can cause premature births
2012-02-06
Pregnant women exposed to air pollution are at higher risk than others to give birth prematurely, according to a research study involving a large number of mothers living in Stockholm, reports the news website TheLocal.se. The study was conducted by researchers at the division of Occupational and En...
Call for papers: Feminism in Academia: An Age of Austerity? Current Issues and Future Challenges
2012-01-25
Friday 28th September 2012, The University of Nottingham
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Mary Eagleton (formerly Leeds Metropolitan University)
Professor Mary Evans (Gender Institute, London School of Economics and
Political Science)
Hip size may be the key to link between obesity and premature death
2012-01-22
A research team headed by Associate Professor Stefan Söderberg from Umeå University has for the first time demonstrated that the effect of obesity on the risk of premature death is seriously underestimated unless a person’s hip circumference is taken into account.
Why do smells make some people sick?
2012-01-18
Do you get a headache from the perfume of the lady next to you at the table? Do cleaning solutions at work make your nose itch? If you have symptoms prompted by everyday smells, it does not necessarily mean you are allergic but rather that you suffer from chemical intolerance. According to Linus And...
Major environmental study finds traces of many drugs in Swedish waters
2012-01-10
High levels of the anti-inflammatory substance diclofenac are released from wastewater plants, according to a study from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and Umeå University that was commissioned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
– This is a wake-up call that this substa...
Architectural qualities in housing matters
2012-01-10
What makes a building last year in, year out, and what makes tenants feel happy to stay in the property? In his licentiate thesis Architectural qualities in housing, the architect Ulf Nordwall examines the importance of architectural qualities when the properties are occupied.
Six research projects supported by Heart-Lung Foundation
2012-01-02
Six researchers at Umeå University have been granted SEK 3.9 million in project funding from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation to develop methods and treatments that can help patients with heart, lung and vascular diseases.
Professor Yngve Gustafson named Västerbotten County 'Person of the Year'
2011-12-30
The regional newspaper Västerbotten Kuriren has announced that the winner of the 2011 'Person of the Year" is Umeå University Professor Yngve Gustafson, who had the most votes among the ten candidates.
Biotech Umeå: The quest for a better spruce
2011-12-29
The Norway spruce tree has seven times more genetic material than humans. A huge project at Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) at Umeå University is currently underway in an attempt to decipher every base in the spruce tree’s DNA sequence.
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