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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

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.

Umeå scientists in US initiative to combat antibiotic resistance
Published: 2021-06-29

Fredrik Almqvist's research group assists with design and synthesis of new antibacterial substances.

Can AI prevent the effects of a pandemic?
Published: 2021-06-21

A new book on how AI can prevent the effects of a crisis.

Postdocs in Umeå stick together in Umeå Postdoc Society
Published: 2021-06-21

The aim of the society is to attain an attractive environment for postdocs, both socially and academically.

The Pollen Hunt starts and a week is dedicated to pollinators
Published: 2021-06-21

School pupils begin the Pollen Hunt and the Pollination week is dedicated to pollinating insects.

Aphids don’t spit in the glass, but preferably in plant sap
Published: 2021-06-18

The gene SLI1 protects arabidopsis and makes aphids spit 20 times before absorbing sugar juice from the plant.

Forestry has little impact on the genetic diversity of the spruce
Published: 2021-06-18

Genetic variation in spruce does not differ significantly between cultivated and old forest in Västerbotten.

Highly fluorinated chemicals can enter the environment via our household waste
Published: 2021-06-17

The leaking substances that Sofie Björklund studied, PFAS, are very stable and do not break down in nature.

Unique baby food project sparks huge media interest
Published: 2021-06-17

What we eat as babies is of great importance for long-term health. But how do we make kids like veggies?