Research In Estonia

natural sciences

Native speakers of the Uralic languages are geographically located in very different areas.

Does language relation equal actual relation? Genes provide the answer

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Scholars: Estonian soil is surprisingly rich in species

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Researchers have assembled Eurasian perch genome

Linnaea borealis, also known as twinflower, was Carl von Linné's favourite plant and is thus named after him. Author/source: CC/Flickr

DOI codes will be used parallel to species names

Closed and open stomata on the surface of a plant. Author: PS MicroGraphs

Research by scientists from Tartu explains how to influence the opening of a plant’s “mouth”

Fieldwork on Ellesmere Island, Canada: Measuring the size of individual plants. The study combines over 50,000 individual plant measurements with 30 years of plant community monitoring to understand how tundra ecosystems are responding to warmer temperatures.
Photo: Anne Bjorkman, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, Germany.

New plants on the block: Taller species are taking over in a warming Arctic

A Formica ant milking sweet nectar from a Plebejus idas caterpillar. Ants are willing to protect butterfly larvae for the sake of this juice. Author/source: Margus Vilbas

Butterflies that eat ants

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Silver nanoparticles for antibacterial use: an interplay between a noble metal and bacteria-particle interface

Tapeworm (Echinococcus granulosus). Author/source: Chelsea L. Wood/Flickr

Tapeworms cause global health problems and economic damage

Skull of the cave bear. Cave bears were much larger than the present day brown bears. Author/Source: Andrei Posmoșanu

Researchers have discovered the ice age cave bear is not totally extinct

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Global Soil War Discovered Thanks to UT Scientists

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Suicide is unique to humans and sets us apart from other animal species

Photographs of shatter cone carrying granitic boulders found southeast of Lake Summanen. Shatter cones are features that can form be meteorite impact processes only.

With the help of Estonian researchers an ancient meteorite impact crater was found in central Finland

After determining the humic and fulvic acid content in peat and conducting the XRD analysis of elements and minerals, the possible test mixtures were modelled and small test pieces printed. On the photo, Toomas Tenno is showing these test pieces. Author/source: Merilyn Merisalu

A house could be printed in a day using a novel peat material created in Estonia

Unfortunately, global warming will not stop – that’s the main message. Author/source: pixabay.com

Global warming will continue even after carbon emissions are reduced

The feathers of a young house finch were used to measure the level of corticosterone, which indicates difficulties during childhood growth. Author/source: Tuul Sepp

How does childhood stress influence the life of chicks?

Illustrative photo. Photo by Wes Hicks on Unsplash

PhD Thesis Explored Possibilities to Improve VoIP Services

Photo by Becca Romine on Unsplash

Nature conservation and restoration requires landscape-scale planning

Research station SMEAR located at Järvselja in Tartu County is one of the stations in an international network of stations measuring the atmosphere.

Environmental physicists discovered the mechanism forests use to create rain for themselves

Carbon nanotubes doped with nitrogen and transition metals. Photo by: Rando Saar

UT master’s student is a big step closer to making hydrogen fuel cell vehicles more affordable

Human habitation, highways and migration barriers might be significant factors in dividing populations. Author/source: Creative Commons Flickr/Larry Lamsa

Zoologists at the University of Tartu solved the mystery of Scandinavian bears

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TTÜ best research article of the year is seeking solutions for combating nervous diseases

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Enabling geographic search for scientific papers through text mining and geocoding: How to better find environmental research articles via location

Electron microscope image of a “fish” swimming in rock salt (NaCl), whose head consists of magnesite (Mg carbonate), body of anhydrite (Ca sulphate) and dorsal fin of K-Mg sulphate, OPH drillcorecore, depth 2,902 metres. The colored image in the lower left corner is an element map showing the distribution of different minerals. Author/source: Kalle Kirsimäe

Earth’s oldest salts tell the tale of atmosphere’s oxygenation

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