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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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Large grant to Umeå Institute of Design for research on how we are affected by our digital things
Published: 2018-01-29

Since we can’t exactly ‘look under the hood’ anymore on all the digital things we use in everyday...

Largest study to date shows pharmaceutical pollution alters migration in Atlantic salmon
Published: 2025-04-10

Pharmaceutical used for sleep disorders influences the migration success of juvenile salmon in the wild.

Laser spectroscopy for more efficient biomass combustion
Published: 2023-05-17

New method paves the way for green energy and improves understanding of complex chemical processes.

László Veisz has worked with this year's Nobel Prize winner in physics
Published: 2023-10-04

Congratulated his colleagues after the announcement: "I was sure this time would come."

Laura Bacete Cano becomes a member of the Young Academy of Sweden
Published: 2025-05-23

Assistant Professor Laura Bacete Cano is one of eight new members elected to the Young Academy of Sweden.

Law, ethics and AI in focus at digital forensic conference
Published: 2021-01-27

Researchers discuss how digital crime can be combated by digital forensics and artificial intelligence.

Leading AI researcher to Umeå University
Published: 2019-12-18

Diego Calvanese, Italy, is employed as a Wallenberg visiting Professor at the Department of Computing Science.

Licentiate thesis on socially intelligent systems
Published: 2020-05-27

Timotheus Kampik has defended his Licentiate Thesis.

Life at the limits: Meet the lab that hunts for life on Mars
Published: 2025-08-27

Microorganisms are exposed to UV, cold, and high salinity. The goal? To find biosignatures on Mars.

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

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

Long Covid Awareness Day – an occasion for sharing knowledge
Published: 2024-03-15

Johan Normark tells about current knowledge on symptoms, causes, treatment, and prognosis of post-COVID.

Ludvig Edman rewarded for his bright ideas in research
Published: 2023-09-28

Receives the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for his research on the technology behind a flexible light source.

Major European grant to newly recruited Umeå researcher
Published: 2018-08-30

The European Research Council grants an ERC Starting Grant of 1.5 million euro to the group leade...

Major grant will put Umeå at the forefront of tropical climate research
Published: 2023-10-23

Daniel Metcalfe tries to understand the impacts of climate change on the unique biodiversity of cloud forests.

Major security flaws in Java applications – European researchers warn
Published: 2023-12-27

Weaknesses in one of the world's most widely used programming languages can cause significant costs.