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Vinnova: Umeå Plant Science Centre is one of the top forest biotechnology research establishments in the world

PRESS RELEASE -- 19, March 2013

19-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Sweden’s governmental innovation agency, Vinnova, has evaluated its four Berzelii Centres, and has given a spectacular review for the one at Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC). The evaluation team concluded that it “is one of the top … Read the full press release

Umeå University researchers: Is technology really too fast for society?

PRESS RELEASE -- 19, March 2013

19-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Two researchers and historians of ideas at Umeå Studies in Science, Technology and Environment (USSTE), Umeå University, has newly published an article in the prestigious journal History and Technology. We often hear that technology is advancing so … Read the full press release

Umeå University: How chronic stress accelerates Alzheimer’s disease

PRESS RELEASE -- 18, March 2013

18-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Why does chronic stress lead to increased risk for dementia? The answer may lie in the elevation of stress steroids that is seen in the brain during stress, Sara K. Bengtsson suggests in the thesis she is … Read the full press release