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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

Teachers are important in supporting pupils' motivation
Published: 2020-12-18

Teachers can support motivation through the culture they create in the classroom, Anders Hofverberg shows.

How to combine economic growth with climate sustainability
Published: 2020-12-17

New project searches for policies that will reduce emissions without harming the economy.

New chipping method leads to more efficient use of wood material
Published: 2020-12-17

The first steps can be important to increase the yield from forest raw material, says Jessica Gard Timmerfors.

New book on Life in extreme environments
Published: 2020-12-14

Arcum affiliate Natuschka Lee is the editor and author of a new book about life in extreme environments

Cells work together preparing cell walls for water transport
Published: 2020-12-14

Bernadette Sztojka has identified three new regulators involved in this process.

Virginia Dignum is elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Published: 2020-12-10

Virginia Dignum is elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Online ceremony celebrating the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Published: 2020-12-03

Lecture, broadcasts, articles. There is a lot of digital to take part in before the Nobel Prize ceremony.

Exotic microbes stimulate carbon emissions from permafrost soil
Published: 2020-11-30

In the study in Nature Geoscience, nearly 40 per cent increase in carbon dioxide emissions was observed.

New advanced treatment technology improves wastewater quality
Published: 2020-11-26

Majid studies the electro-peroxone process by which increased removal of pollutants in wastewater is achieved.

Unique Nobel program with Swedish and Korean researchers
Published: 2020-11-24

The Sweden-Korea Nobel Memorial Program 2020 will take place on 1 December.

How do Swedish industry respond to improved energy efficiency?
Published: 2020-11-24

New thesis studies how energy efficiency and environmental regulation affect the Swedish industrial sector.

KBC awards the Best Video Research Pitch presentations from the KBC DAYS 2020
Published: 2020-11-20

Congratulations to Lill Eilersten and Lena Lassinantti for winning the Best PhD Student Presentation Awards!

Four questions to Joacim on Icelab and the way to a new covid-19 project
Published: 2020-11-19

How does an idea sparked in a casual discussion move to a funded project?

Seven spin-of companies from Umeå university on international AI map
Published: 2020-11-19

Seven spin-off companies from Umeå university on the first European AI Startup Landscape Map.

New knowledge on how climate affects pendulous lichens in northern forests
Published: 2020-11-17

Research from Umeå University explains how traits in pale lichens allow them to thrive in wet climates.