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Alexandre Bartel i kort hår och skägg, står vid fönstret i ljusblå skjorta
Alexandre Bartel awarded Nordea’s Scientific Prize for research on cybersecurity

Reveals vulnerabilities in software and develops tools that prevent attacks on digital systems.

Erik Elmroth
Erik Elmroth receives innovation prize for utilisation of research

Nordea awards research on cloud technology delivering reliable solutions for critical societal functions.

Bild på flod omgiven av berg, en man sitter på en stenig strand.
Rock weathering can counteract river carbon dioxide emissions

As permafrost thaws, rivers may absorb carbon dioxide by increased rock weathering, a study in Nature shows.

Person som gräver upp potatisar ur jorden.
Potatoes benefit when two soil bacteria team up

Combinations of beneficial soil bacteria could become a valuable tool for potato growers in the future.

Anders Johansson
Professor at Umeå University appointed Sweden’s new State Epidemiologist

Professor at Umeå University appointed the new State Epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Sweden.

Anders Lindström, forskare vid Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt
International experts gather in Umeå for course on mosquito-borne diseases in a warming climate

Could dengue and West Nile become more common in Europe? How is climate change affecting their spread?

Silvia Remeseiro, Universitetslektor och docent på Institutionen för medicinsk och translationell biologi
Fernström Research Prize awarded to brain tumour researcher

Silvia Remeseiro is awarded the prize for groundbreaking research on how neurons drive glioblastoma growth.

Postdoktor Yu-Cheng Qian arbetar med en specialanpassad vibrationsplattform som möjliggör noggrann kontroll och övervakning av vibrationsfrekvens och amplitud i cellbaserade experiment.
How vibrations induced by snoring may contribute to sleep apnea

Umeå researchers show vibrations weaken upper airway muscles, making them collapse during sleep.

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Research to help create fairer electricity network tariffs

New effect-based electricity network tariffs may hit some households harder.