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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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NorrSam kick-off gathers early career researchers in Sámi topics
Published: 2023-06-22

Around 30 researchers working with Sámi related topics discussed the development of the NorrSam-network.

Northern Lights peak season - space physicist explains the phenomenon
Published: 2024-11-27

What are the Northern Lights, how to see them best and some myths about them.

Not only temperature controls the nutrient cycle in the Arctic
Published: 2020-04-14

Nature Communcations: Absence of earthworms can explain why Arctic plants are starving for nitrogen.

Novel chemical tool for understanding membrane remodelling in the cell
Published: 2024-05-03

PNAS study makes a good "case" for using small molecules as chemical tools to understand complex biology.

Novel strategy to analyse biomarkers in exhaled breath
Published: 2018-10-15

In his dissertation, Ramin Ghorbani presents a novel methodology for the analysis of real-time breath data.

Novel structural mechanism of membrane remodelling
Published: 2022-02-08

A pH-induced structural mechanism of membrane remodelling caused by the protein MakA has been discovered.

Nutrients affect Arctic freshwater responses to global warming
Published: 2021-01-20

Maria Myrstener shows that this has the potential to decrease primary productivity of these ecosystems.

Ny webb för forskning inom digital och experimentell humaniora
Published: 2023-01-26

The research infrastructure Huminfra is now taking physical form through the information platform huminfra.se.

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.

One single rule helps explain life from ocean depths to open savannas
Published: 2025-06-04

The discovery will help to understand why species are spread the way they are across the planet.

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.

Overlooked coastal marine ecosystems capture carbon dioxide
Published: 2024-05-16

There are many coastal areas whose carbon storage function has been overlooked. These areas must be protected.

Parents in dual-earner households reports fewer depressive symptoms
Published: 2022-10-18

New research adds to the understanding of the long-term consequences of parental division of paid labor.

Per-Erik Johansson retires as Director of The European CBRNE Center
Published: 2024-12-16

After almost a decade as director of the European CBRNE Center, Per-Erik Johansson retires.

Permafrost thaw threatens up to three million people in the Arctic
Published: 2025-01-16

Climate change is expected to have far-reaching implications for livelihoods, infrastructure and environment.