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News

Advantageous preparation of movement via independent control of muscle sensors

A novel function of the preparatory neural activity, highlights another mechanism the nervous system use.

Small-scale X-rays challenge the large electron accelerators

Physicist László Veisz, significantly reduces the divergence of laser-driven X-ray radiation

A better understanding of how soil carbon is distributed in the Arctic

Two new studies emphasize the variability of soil organic carbon in the Arctic permafrost region.

A new way to uncover targets for future antibiotics

Maria Fällman and Kemal Avican made their idea into a interdisciplinary project together with Icelab.

Report on supplementary feeding in reindeer husbandry

The report that 'UAS Feb 2021: Supplementary feeding in reindeer husbandry' was based on is available here

The distribution of vertebrate animals redefines temperate and cold climate regions

Umeå researchers establish climate regions based on vertebrates' distribution in a new study in eLife.