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Ben John's research could lead to faster and more energy-efficient computing.
Václava Hazuková, KBC-Kempe postdoc, researches carbon storage in Arctic lakes.
Qi Zhang's research shows how the atmosphere on Mars has evolved over time and may look like in the future.
The yearly KBC Relay took place again, with colourful costumes and competition from SLU's students
Resistant spores can cause food poisoning and infections via, for example, dairy products.
Honored for serving with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics
Project proposals can be submitted until May 19th and an information session is available February 12th.
UCMR Day is an opportunity to increase international visibility by inviting talented keynote speakers.
Jens Zamanian wants to encourage more students to study abroad and take double degrees.
IceLab launches the Stress Response Modeling Graduate Research School with five PhD positions now available.
What are the Northern Lights, how to see them best and some myths about them.
IceLab members turned network science inwards to visualize research overlaps during their annual meeting.
Researchers and staff from infrastructures and industry shared ideas and results under the theme sensing.
Doctoral thesis explains what happens when the solar wind meets other objects with atmospheres.
Researchers combine AI with computational physics in a new project with industry.
Nicolò Maccaferri and his group had the pleasure to host Stefano Corni in the context of UCMR Seminar Series.
Under certain conditions the induced magnetosphere of Mars can degenerate, a study in Nature shows.
The structural changes that occur in graphite during oxidation have puzzled scientists for 50 years.
Novel mechanism in gene regulation uncovered in study exploring the 3-dimensional dynamics of gene elements.
South Korean researchers visited IceLab as part of STINT research exchange in modeling ecology and evolution.
Lakshmi Das receives Marie Curie Fellowship to investigate new material with ultra-fast light pulses.
In a mix of biology and physics, Ben investigates biological reactions and processes with fast lasers.
The AI system has been developed on a supercomputer in several million training steps.
Kickoffen för Stress Response Modeling vid IceLab den 10-11 juni innebar en lovande start för det nya centret.
The Arctic Congress 2024 gathered many researchers from Umeå University who presented their research.
Anne L'Huillier and Ferenc Krausz have worked with researchers at the Department of Physics for many years.
ESWW brings scientists and the space industry together as it takes place in Sweden for the first time.
A new method for measuring efficiency losses gives a breakthrough in the development of new light sources.
Project proposals can be submitted until May 27th and an information session is available April 29th.
Doctoral student Eva Krämer went on a 12 week long research stay at the University Center in Svalbard (UNIS).
Pitches: AI for image processing, understanding breast cancer risk and unravelling plant genome complexity.
In search of collaborators after the March 13 Lunch Pitch.
IceLab seeks faculty for Stress Response Modeling excellence center.
The pitches covered cancer and disease modeling and the role of sphingolipids in metabolic diseases.
Jens Zamanian is awarded the Faculty of Science and Technology's pedagogical prize 2024.
Several postdoc projects receive funding from EU within the ´Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme.
Produces significantly fewer defects compared to the most commonly used method today.
STINT-funded research collaboration with Inha University researchers begins with a visit to Incheon, Korea
See photos from the Nobel Prize winner's visit to Umeå University.
IceLab opens its Lunch Pitch season with pitches related to aging from Verena Kohler and Mattias Forsell
Anne L'Huillier gives a lecture at Umeå University on 15 February.
Nicolò Maccaferri wants to create hard drives that work like 'time machines'.
His research lays the foundation for the light-operated and energy-efficient computers of the future.
Thirteen research projects, ranging from algae to digital merits, can look forward to funding from the EU.
Umeå Postdoc Society with 220 postdocs at campus works successfully to improve the postdoc experience.
The climate crisis demands expertise and knowledge.
Postdoctoral fellow Audrey Schillings and team went to Svalbard to study the Eidembukta lagoon.
Ferenc Krausz's advice to young researchers: "Find the right question for yourself."
Gives an open lecture in Aula Nordica and visits the Umeå physicist's laser laboratory.
Nicolò Maccaferri and André Mateus have been appointed Wallenberg Academy Fellows.
By pressure cooking birch leaves scientists obtained carbon particles for use in organic semiconductors.
As a young woman in Poland, Aleksandra Foltynowicz broke the norms when she followed her passion for physics.
With optical tweezers, Magnus Andersson can measure the forces that act when a bacterium attaches.
Accurate measuring is crucial when for example dosing medicines and handling dangerous gases.
The great interest highlights the need for meeting platforms focusing specifically on postdocs and PhDs.
Congratulated his colleagues after the announcement: "I was sure this time would come."
Ludvig Edman was the first in the world to print a light source and describes himself as extremely stubborn.
Receives the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for his research on the technology behind a flexible light source.
Pine cones can be a cheap raw material for supercapacitors, according to a new thesis.
A celebration of the official opening of the most northern SciLifelab’s national site - in Umeå.
Four doctoral students and postdocs at Umeå University were selected after the Arctic Five Fellows call.
Umeå researchers publish study on what causes polaritons (a light-matter mixture) to collapse.
The Swedish Research Council investigates millions in ground-breaking research environments.
New discovery using data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft.
New method prevents expensive precious metals from breaking down in the process when hydrogen gas is made.
Eco-friendly light sources and climate-smart buildings recognized by Swedish academy.
Nicolò Maccaferri builds bridges between physics, biochemistry and medicine to explore new intersection areas.
International expert panel highlights research at Umeå University in new report.
"CU4 a Life Science Shake-Up" meeting took place on 7-8 February 2023 in Sollefteå
Hermann Opgenoorth has been doing space research for 50 years.
Interdisciplinary project brings together research groups from all over Europe.
The conference encourages researchers to network and initiate interdisciplinary collaborations.
Overexploitation negatively affects the majority of the island's animals and plants.
KBC celebrated its 15th anniversary with a scientific conference with many interactive opportunities
Umeå physicists have designed a laser that can make it possible to study completely new phenomena.
Information flows, the research infrastructures are important and the “we-feeling” is growing stronger at KBC.
Umeå physicist's industrial doctoral project one of twelve selected in the country.
Edward Egelman is known for his work on the structure and function of protein and nucleoprotein polymers.
Maria Hamrin, docent in space plasma physics, is chair of the Swedish Space Scientists' Collaboration Group.
Infection researchers show in Nature structure and mechanism of bacterium A. baumannii attaching pilis.
The instrument will measure ions and electrons in the Jupiter system aboard a European spacecraft.
Angèle Pontoni has contributed to the development of a particle instrument for a mission to Jupiter.
The study is published in Advanced Materials.
On Tuesday March 1st Merve Yesilbas and Signe Lundqvist pitch about water on Mars and molecule motion.
A collaboration with students on the Design-Build-Test course leads to an interactive CRISPR-Cas9 exhibition.
On the second of four special weekends at Curiosum, December 4-5, the dome theater and space is in focus.
Sofia Bergman's thesis gives scientists new possibilities to study low-energy ions in space.
Physics researchers have developed and published an open web tool for the identification of green solvents.
15 PhD students have honed their messages during the course Science Communication.
Not all major faunal transitions are related to abrupt global perturbations that triggered mass extinctions.
Physicist László Veisz, significantly reduces the divergence of laser-driven X-ray radiation
Umeå researchers establish climate regions based on vertebrates' distribution in a new study in eLife.
The research focuses on accurate data of highly excited energy levels of important molecules in astrophysics.
Algoryx, Infobaleen, Prediktera and Shimmercat are all among the brightest startups within AI in Sweden.
Algoryx has been awarded for implementation of industry grade physics simulation in Unreal Engine.
SSF supports a hydrogen research centre led by KTH and including Umeå researchers.
Martin Rosvall is professor of theoretical physics with a specialization in computational science
The key agent is graphene oxide. The authors have applied for patent for the method to prepare dispersions.
The unexpected ecological pattern is the conclusion of a study about biodiversity in competitive environments.
Umeå physicists are the first to show high stability of the porous nanomaterial COF-1.