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Discovery at Umeå University awarded 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Emmanuelle Charpentier has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation invests in infection medicine

The financial support is included in a national investment into Life Science.

Research news

Virus expert spreads knowledge at the university
Published: 2024-06-04

The UCMR community welcomed professor Emma Thomson to a summer warm Umeå for networking and talk.

Sámi children's right to learn their language in Russia
Published: 2024-06-03

New dissertation by Ekaterina Zmyvalova stems from the need of Sámi childrens right to language education.

Math lecture gave ideas for cooperations
Published: 2024-05-31

Paolo Bientinesi gave a talk on the complexity of linear algebra

New research shows how biofuels affect cement production
Published: 2024-05-23

Doctoral thesis provides important knowledge to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in cement and lime production.

New advanced AI solutions will stop intruders accessing and leaking your data
Published: 2024-05-20

The professor who makes it difficult for attackers to spread sensitive information.

Overlooked coastal marine ecosystems capture carbon dioxide
Published: 2024-05-16

There are many coastal areas whose carbon storage function has been overlooked. These areas must be protected.

AI and Kinship – can a robot be family?
Published: 2024-05-13

Research project analyses how artificial intelligence is a part of family formations in speculative fiction.

Novel chemical tool for understanding membrane remodelling in the cell
Published: 2024-05-03

PNAS study makes a good "case" for using small molecules as chemical tools to understand complex biology.

Life’s insiders: Decoding endosymbiosis with mathematics
Published: 2024-05-02

Mathematical modelling advances research in endosymbiosis, according to a research group in Umeå.

How will AI affect writing and the teaching of writing?
Published: 2024-05-02

New research project investigates the impact of AI on the writing processes of 13–15 year olds.

Deep-learning models provides relevant ads without tracking users
Published: 2024-05-02

New thesis shows how AI can be used to categorise news articles and improve contextual advertising.

Key bacterium discovered – maintains the protective intestinal mucus barrier
Published: 2024-04-29

Dietary fibre is vital for our intestinal flora, where the bacteria Blautia is important to the mucus barrier.

Umeå has been chosen to host the European Space Weather Week in 2025
Published: 2024-04-24

ESWW brings scientists and the space industry together as it takes place in Sweden for the first time.

Finalist for prestigious climate research prize
Published: 2024-04-23

For the second year in a row, a Umeå University researcher is a finalist for the Frontiers Planet Prize.

Wants to revolutionize real-time video analytics
Published: 2024-04-23

Ali Rahmanian shows how to improve the performance of systems that handle real-time video data.