natural sciences

Arvi Jõers
Scientists hope to defeat infections after discovering bacterial espionage
23.01.2020
More accurate marine forecast models will be of direct practical benefit to fishermen whose work depends on the movement of fish herds. Photo credit: Stina Kase.
Advancing marine forecast models
20.01.2020
Within two weeks, young seahorses grow to a length of up to a centimetre.
Seahorses are helping scientists to study the evolution of pregnancy
15.01.2020
The continental contribution to the American populations. Image credit: Linda Ongaro et al. Current Biology.
The genomic impact of European colonization of the Americas
14.01.2020
Land plants are descended from fresh-water algae. Photo credit: Priidu Saart.
How plants colonised land
10.12.2019
Kanna spring fen on the slope of Saaremaa upland
Paleoecologists: biodiversity is an insurance policy for the future of mankind
02.12.2019
Forest sunrise
Forest, science and Estonia: a foreigner’s view from the inside
29.11.2019
brown bear
Estonian bears are still recovering from a century-old genetic bottleneck
28.11.2019
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Climate patterns in Europe are about to change
22.11.2019
FinEstBeAMS beamline
First research results from the Estonian-Finnish FinEstBeAMS beamline
15.11.2019
The depths of the North Sea are home to sharks, hermit crabs as well as fish never seen before (anglerfish and the striped red mullet). Photo credit: Randel Kreitsberg.
Who is living in the depths of the North Sea?
08.11.2019
Hüpessaare study trail_Karl Ander Adami
Drying peatlands are turning into carbon dioxide sources
01.11.2019
P2X4 receptors inside the eosinophil
TalTech immunologists develop new leucocyte markers
31.10.2019
Earth history archives at Tallinn University of Technology
Geologists: anoxia caused biodiversity loss in ancient seas
17.10.2019
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Viruses bring new genes to the human organism
30.09.2019
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What should I eat to make my gut bacteria happy?
26.09.2019
The development of next generation energy storage and conversion technologies is crucial for tackling climate change and securing sustainable energy production in the future. Photo by: Taaniel Malleus
Batteries: could sodium save us from the scarcity of lithium?
20.09.2019
EMBL Heidelberg Campus shot by a drone. Copyright EMBL. License CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Estonia becomes a prospect member of EMBL
16.09.2019
Grave of a Scythian-Sarmatian in Perevolochan, in the southern foothills of the Urals in Russia. Author/source: Nikita Savelev
Geneticists and archaeologists are tracing the belligerent Scythians
11.09.2019
Sampling of methane-derived carbonate crust at 1200 m deep seafloor offshore Svalbard. Photo by: Aivo Lepland, TalTech.
Deep-sea methane emissions and ice ages are linked
10.09.2019
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Getting the data of gene donors on their doctors’ desk
06.09.2019
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Taking the detection of foetal chromosome disorders to the next level
29.08.2019
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Global warming can be seen from the clouds
14.08.2019
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A plant’s success depends on microscopic fungi
02.08.2019

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