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Faculty of Science and Technology

Our Faculty has 3 300 full-time students, 1 000 employees, and a strong research. The eleven departments of the faculty comprises research and education within architecture, biology, chemistry, computing science, industrial design, mathematics, physics, educational science, and technology.

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7.5 million for Umeå University in new Nordic cryo-EM network

NCX expands Nordic cryo-EM collaboration, making advanced methods and expertise more accessible.

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Virginia Dignum joins Nobel laureates for a discussion on AI

Researchers and experts gather at the Nobel Week Dialogue, focusing on artificial intelligence this year.

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Building research instruments with 3D printers

A doctoral thesis shows that ordinary 3D printers can build advanced scientific equipment right in the lab.

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New AI research strengthens privacy protection in healthcare

How can we make use of sensitive data without revealing more information than is necessary?

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Under stress, bacterial RNA and proteins tell different stories

Researchers at Umeå University show when RNA and protein levels diverge in disease-causing bacteria.

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Bacteria can help each other survive in persistent infections

New thesis shows why stubborn infections may need to be understood as bacterial communities.

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Curiosity became a career

What is it like to be a doctoral student? Meet Julia, whose research takes her all the way to Jupiter's moons.

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Newly appointed professor wants to make AI less overconfident

Johanna Björklund aims to make today’s AI systems understand their own limitations.

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Predicting how plants respond to their environment

How do genetic differences shape plant responses to the environment? Yanjun Zan aims to predict them.

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