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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

9 million to cancer research from the Sjöberg Foundation
Published: 2018-12-21

Researchers Per Fransson and Daniel Öhlund receive 9 million SEK from for research in pancreatic cancer.

A bacterial toxin that acts as a mediator rather than a killer
Published: 2021-04-06

Umeå researchers have discovered that bacterial toxins can act as modulators of the host immune response.

A new way to detect infection
Published: 2022-08-10

The detection of physical forces produced by bacterial infection can initiate the immune response.

A pulse of light makes polaritons disappear
Published: 2023-07-06

Umeå researchers publish study on what causes polaritons (a light-matter mixture) to collapse.

A research vessel with double missions presented on 6 June
Published: 2022-06-01

Open ship onboard the research vessel KBV 181 on 6 June. Umeå University and KBV present their work on board.

A step closer towards cheap hydrogen
Published: 2023-06-08

New method prevents expensive precious metals from breaking down in the process when hydrogen gas is made.

A step towards better understanding of bacterial diseases
Published: 2020-09-10

Chemists together with German researchers have captured and identified bacterial toxin target substrates.

Action to save bees and other insects in Northern Sweden!
Published: 2019-07-23

The University draws attention to the crisis situation and starts research on insects in Northern Sweden.

Adolescent perspectives on artificial intelligence
Published: 2021-03-02

Students from a local school and Umeå researchers contributed to a global study led by UNICEF.

Aesthetic experiences in the gallery of mathematics
Published: 2014-10-23

Manya Raman-Sundström and Lars-Daniel Öhman are tackling beauty in mathematics with great enthusiasm.

AI accelerates the development of the 5G network
Published: 2023-04-14

Artificial intelligence can troubleshoot the 5G network much faster than humans, according to a new thesis.

AI and Kinship – can a robot be family?
Published: 2024-05-13

Research project analyses how artificial intelligence is a part of family formations in speculative fiction.

AI in future grading, yes or no?
Published: 2022-02-02

Students from different disciplines got together to discuss if, and how, AI can be used in future grading.

AI Policy Lab starts at Umeå University
Published: 2024-01-18

Towards the responsible implementation and use of artificial intelligence.