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Professor of Clinical Genetics of the University of Tartu Katrin Õunap. Photo credit: University of Tartu
Examination of an Estonian patient helped discover a new form of muscular dystrophy
The Sangal peat extraction area in Estonia. Photo credit: Kuno Kasak
University of Tartu Project Aims at Restoring Wetlands to Mitigate Climate Change
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Cannabis tends to affect the mental health of ever younger people
Excavation site Grotta La Sassa. Photo credit: Angelica Ferracci
Bronze Age migrations changed societal organization, genomic landscape in Italy
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Apocalypse-free robots
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A Nematode Transmitted from Dogs by Mosquitoes to Humans is Gaining a Foothold in the Baltic States
GOF 2.0 aims to safely integrate manned and unmanned aircraft in urban airspace. Photo credit: EANS
New EANS-Led Project to Set Rules for Conventional Aircraft, Drones to Share Airspace
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Gas Plasma May Help Cure Cancer in the Future
Astronaut in space
Microbial Treatment applied to Soviet Astronauts May Also Be Useful Today
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Silence Is Not Golden: Interactive Talk Promotes Children’s Speech Development
Employees of the University of Tartu Autonomous Driving Lab and Bolt representatives at the presentation of the lab’s test car running the Tallinn demo track. Photo credit: Mathis Bogens/Bolt
UT and Bolt expand collaboration to develop IT solutions for self-driving vehicles
Imagine if you could choose to feel soft as a cloud one moment and hard as a rock the next. This research project proved it's possible. Photo credit: Iris Kivisalu and the authors of the project
This Smart Dress Will Play With Your Mind
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In the Future, Marine Pollution Could Be Monitored by Drones Looking Like Seaweed
Professor of Cryptography Dominique Unruh (on the left) and Dan Bogdanov, Head of the Information Security Research Institute at Cybernetica. Photos: Anni Suvi and Jake Farra
University of Tartu and Cybernetica cooperate to study quantum-safe cryptography
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Innovative Coatings Clean the Air of Harmful Viruses and Bacteria
CoTrack uses a facial recognition programme to detect students’ emotions and collects data on the written and oral contributions to group work. Photo credit: Unsplash, Alexis Brown
New Smart Assistant Notices Idlers and Enhances Group Work Among Students
Virtual model of the hemimandible Tagliente2. In the latter, the presenceo of cementoma is visible (in red). Credit: G. Oxilia
Recolonization of Europe after the last ice age started earlier than previously thought
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Pharmaceutical researchers create new research-based food supplements
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The Future Will Bring Yellow Mealworms, House Crickets and Grasshoppers to the Table
PHOTO: Jaak Vilo, head of the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Tartu. CREDIT: Henry Narits
University of Tartu’s Jaak Vilo on Meeting Estonia, and the World’s, Computer Science Needs
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Photovoltaic Glass Makes Windows a Source of Electricity
As people are getting their COVID-19 vaccinations, the airports will be soon buzzing. For many, though, the future will bring even more isolation. Photo credit: Pixabay
Vaccine passports will end the lockdown, but not for everyone
Beetles. Photo credit: Estonian University of Life Sciences
Breakthrough in plant protection: RNAi pesticides affect only one pest species
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Researchers are Looking for the Key to Making Estonian Cows Happy

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