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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.

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Top International AI expert Joanna Bryson to Umeå
Published: 2021-10-04

–Is there an AI Cold War?

MIMS Spotlight Series: Nóra meets post doctor Barbara Forró
Published: 2021-09-30

Barbaras goal was to work with bioinformatics, programming, sequence data analyses.

Teaching assistants help in education - and develop personally
Published: 2021-09-16

The Faculty of Science and Technology employs teaching assistants at more departments than before.

New tool for finding green solvents for printed electronics
Published: 2021-08-19

Physics researchers have developed and published an open web tool for the identification of green solvents.

Unique insight into the interior of the Arabidopsis photosynthesis machine
Published: 2021-08-17

Using cryoelectron microscopy, Umeå researchers succeed to produce a high-resolution image of photosystem II.

International Malaria Day – outstanding research is ongoing at Umeå University
Published: 2021-08-03

Dr Ellen Bushell and Professor Oliver Billker are prominent malaria researchers with exciting goals in mind.

Martian landslides caused by salts and melting ice?
Published: 2021-08-03

Research shows that small-scale melting of ice near the ground surface causes landslides.

Umeå University participates in the Gothenburg Science Festival
Published: 2021-08-02

In April, Gothenburg bursts with popular science activities. Natuschka Lee will give a lecture on pollinators

Kungliga Skytteanska Samfundet’s award to membrane chemist
Published: 2021-07-02

The award-winning researcher Naser Tavajohi has worked at the Department of Chemistry for just over two years.

Molecules produced that trick viruses into attaching
Published: 2021-07-01

Emil Johansson makes molecules that bind to viruses and block them from infecting cells and causing disease.

Old lessons in chemometry can improve modern AI - and vice versa
Published: 2021-06-30

With increased use of automatic systems, it is important to understand limitations in the whole chain.

New evaluation model for more sustainable cities
Published: 2021-06-30

Includes two life cycle tools and takes into account the effect of the city's services in water-waste-energy.

Rules must be broken when computers are to learn human language
Published: 2021-06-30

Anna Jonsson has developed her own model for semantic analysis.

New initiative in research in the growing field of Media AI
Published: 2021-06-30

Automatic analysis of combined media in text, image and sound is becoming increasingly important.

Prohibition of zero tapping in hydropower plants has benefits
Published: 2021-06-29

More environmentally friendly flows in regulated rivers only lead to small losses in hydropower production.