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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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AI Professor hits international reading list
Published: 2019-12-15

AI Professor Virginia Dignum on international book list.

Porous polymers show remarkable stability at high pressure
Published: 2019-12-10

Umeå physicists are the first to show high stability of the porous nanomaterial COF-1.

New insights into regulation of root initiation
Published: 2019-12-05

Abdellah Lakehal has studied how the initiation of adventitious roots is regulated at the molecular level.

Ellen will find targets for a malaria vaccine
Published: 2019-12-03

Wallenberg Academy Fellow Ellen Bushell will map the ways a variant of the malaria infects.

Autonomous forestry and farming: how close we are?
Published: 2019-12-02

Ahmad Ostovar has developed methods and algorithms for automatic detection and recognition of objects.

Multicultural school context – a buffer against potential parental prejudice
Published: 2019-12-02

New research shows that multicultural school context can offset the negative effects of parental bias.

Kempe funds 10 postdocs in AI and software for international leadership
Published: 2019-12-02

The Kempe Foundations have issued a grant for 10 postdoctoral fellows in AI and software.

Doctoral thesis: Growth factor signaling cross-talk contribute to cancer progression
Published: 2019-11-26

In cancer the synergistic cross-talk between the proteins contributes to cancer progression.

Political distrust a major barrier to climate action
Published: 2019-11-26

Distrust in politicians is preventing people from supporting increased taxes on fossil fuels.

Bright and efficient light without rare metals
Published: 2019-11-25

Umeå Physicists show environmental friendly alternatives for efficient light-emitting electrochemical cells.

Umeå researchers in scientific breakthrough for malaria research
Published: 2019-11-14

Research team publishes in Cell seven metabolic pathsways that the malaria parasite to infect the liver.

The UN trains weapons inspectors in Umeå
Published: 2019-10-03

The European CBRNE Center hosts leadership course for UN weapons inspectors

Western Siberian rivers and lakes emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere
Published: 2019-09-11

Thesis shows warmer climate and permafrost thawing increase greenhouse gas emissions from Siberian waters.

New leadership at Umeå School of Architecture
Published: 2019-09-04

Mikael Henningsson, Sara Thor, Michael Gruber and Amalia Katapodis will lead Umeå School of Architecture.

Power-hungry Clouds: How to (Res)train Your Dragon
Published: 2019-09-03

Jakub Krzywda develops models to control cloud power infrastructures consumption and hosted applications.