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The project plans to support research and innovation across five domains – data, governance, mobility (transport), energy and the built environment.
Science|Business: Can smart city tech go global?
17.02.2020
High Performance Computing Center of the University of Tartu
Estonia Joined the Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration Initiative
12.02.2020
The scientists will use data from the Estonian Biobank and cell line experiments to investigate the biological function of genetic variants.
New research centre combines genomics, evolution and personalised medicine
11.02.2020
Computer-based environment and virtual reality is one of the most novel possibilities for paediatric neurorehabilitation available today.
Computer-based programmes support children’s neurorehabilitation
10.02.2020
Ornithologists have so far believed that birds do not make any stops when crossing deserts.
Bird migration over the desert – with or without intermediate stops?
07.02.2020
People in Europe and the Nordic countries are at a higher risk of developing skin cancer due to their predominantly light and sun-sensitive skin type. Photo credit: Stina Kase.
A new hope for melanoma patients
30.01.2020
Estonian teachers and schools are very open to innovation.
Cooperation contributes to innovation in education
28.01.2020
Arvi Jõers
Scientists hope to defeat infections after discovering bacterial espionage
23.01.2020
University of Tartu. Photo credit: Riina Varol.
ERA Chairs bring excellence to Estonian universities
21.01.2020
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
53,3% of Estonian land territory is covered by forests. Photo credit: Visit Estonia/Raul Mee.
Measured by the alternative method, the area of Estonian forests turned out to be larger
16.01.2020
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
Developing diagnostic biomarkers creates possibilities for their daily use, which in more complicated cases would allow diseases to be diagnosed more accurately and faster. Photo credit: Renee Altrov.
Towards biomarker-based diagnosis of psoriasis
18.12.2019
Mozilla Firefox
University of Tartu researchers are developing a translation programme with Mozilla Firefox
16.12.2019
learning
Estonian university leads an international innovation project
13.12.2019
solar panels
Silver improves the efficiency of monograin layer solar cells
12.12.2019
Land plants are descended from fresh-water algae. Photo credit: Priidu Saart.
How plants colonised land
10.12.2019
Power Plants and Oil Plants of Eesti Energia in Auvere
Co-firing wood and oil-shale reduces carbon emissions
09.12.2019
The kind of intervention developed by Prof. Harro and his team could prompt more people to drive within the speed limits or take traffic regulations more seriously. Photo credit: Taaniel Malleus.
Science|Business: Keeping drivers’ impulses in check
05.12.2019
Nine Estonian scientists are among the world’s top 1% highly cited researchers for their field. Photo credit: EAS.
Nine influential Estonian researchers among the world’s top 1%
04.12.2019
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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