Umeå, Sweden, 27-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Two African scientists become new honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine at Umeå University,…
Umeå, Sweden, 27-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The plant geneticist and lecturer at the Department of Plant Physiology, Nathaniel Street, is awarded…
Umeå, Sweden, 05-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Jacques Dubochet, one of this year’s three Nobel laureates in Chemistry, is visiting Umeå…
Umeå, Sweden, 02-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Philipp Ochtrop from Umeå University has worked on a project to turn the two enzymes…
Umeå, Sweden, 21-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Bacteria release membrane-derived vesicles (MVs), which are small particles that can transport virulence factors to…
Temperatures are rising, and life on earth changes. The fastest change takes place in the North, in the Arctic. That…
LEICESTERSHIRE, 03-Mar-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — John Anderson, Professor of Physical Geography at Loughborough University’s School of Social, Political and Geographical…
In a collaborative effort, researchers at Uppsala and Umeå University now show that the formation of methylmercury in sediment is…
Umeå, Sweden, 10-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has granted over SEK 94 million to three research…
Umeå, Sweden, 29-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Humans utilise forests and watercourses in a way that depletes ecosystem habitats, biodiversity and ecosystem…
Umeå, Sweden, 14-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as peroxides and superoxides are important signalling molecules in an…
Umeå, Sweden, 14-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — For the first time, researchers at Umeå University and Lund University have estimated the risk…
Umeå, Sweden, 14-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Görel Bohlin Award for prominent gender research is presented to Umeå University lecturers or…
Umeå, Sweden, 19-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor and Vice-Chancellor Lena Gustafsson and Professor Britta Lundgren will be honoured with the Umeå…
Soil frost is a nearly universal process in the Arctic. In a recent dissertation by doctoral student Marina Becher at…
Celiac disease incidence has increased among Swedish children between 2 to 15 years. The significant escalation in celiac disease can…
The implications of terrorist attacks targeting trains are becoming increasingly extensive. The number of casualties has increased and there has…
Running streams are key sources of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, but why is it so? An international team of…
Alexis Nielsen, master’s degree student in geoecology at Umeå University, received the 2015 Global Swede Award at a diploma ceremony…
A researcher at Umeå University has carried out a project to identify messages required for the community in Sierra Leone…
Umeå, Sweden, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The historical past is important when we seek to understand environmental conditions as they…
Umeå, Sweden, 3-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — People who use snus run twice the risk of developing alcohol dependency compared with…
Umeå, Sweden, 18-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Peter Sköld, Professor of History and Director of the Arctic Centre at Umeå University…
Umeå, Sweden, 20-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In this year's Shanghai Jiaotong Academic Ranking of World Universities, Umeå University is again placed among the…
Umeå University has been ranked first in Europe and ninth in the world for student satisfaction according to the latest…
Umeå University advanced seven places globally – from 34 to 27 – in this year’s 'Top 50 under 50' league…