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Clean water is essential for human survival.
The scientists of TalTech are developing a technology for water purification by electric discharges
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Could using Open Data be the next big leap for E-estonia?
Iseauto - self-driving car. Source: TalTech and Aalto University
€32 million funding boost for Smart Cities Research to TalTech and Aalto University
Marlon Dumas
University of Tartu professor to develop AI for improving business processes
Figure 1. Modern South Asians can be seen as a mixture between former inhabitants of the region (in red) and West Asians (in blue). In this study, modern South Asians have been used to reconstruct the genetic makeup of ancient populations living in South Asia before the admixture event.
Credits: Burak Yelmen
Digging ancient signals out of modern human genomes
Photo by JJ Jordan on Unsplash
Chemists warn against unreasonable wastage upon acquisition of scientific equipment
University of Tartu’s plasma device. 
Photo by Indrek Jõgi
Plasma physicists are developing a technology that will help clean air
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DNA sequencing improves treatment of babies but the truth might be uncomfortable
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Ready for utopia? How Estonians see citizen’s income discussion
Fish react quickly to large and sudden changes in the flow. Photo by Jeffrey Andrew Tuhtan
Scientists study fish to learn how to adapt to the impacts of climate change
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TalTech and EuroTech formed a consortium for European University initiative
Bacterial cell. Author/source: Pixabay
Assembling a living machine
The developers of a research-based start-up company discovered a molecule that can efficiently fix dye onto the surface of hair. Author/source: Pixabay
Cancer biologists are planning a revolution in the beauty industry
During four years, congenital metabolic disorders have been identified in 29 newborns. By now, all of the children have received necessary treatment, lack complaints referring to congenital metabolic disorders, and their development is age appropriate. 
Photo by: Pixabay
Diagnosing congenital metabolic disorders in newborns improved in Estonia
The sensor developed by researchers at the University of Tartu is located inside the small white box, which holds the sensor matrix. The sensor is also covered by a protective Teflon filter. Four sensors, each only half a square millimetre in size, are working simultaneously to collectively give information on air pollution. 
Photo by: Randel Kreitsberg
Future phone’s prototype is completed
Senior Researcher Kaarel Adamberg at work.  Photo by Signe Adamberg.
Estonian food scientists investigate the impact of food transit rate on human gut bacteria
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Flooding in cities increases pollution in the Baltic Sea
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Compared to other European countries, Estonian children experience fewer Internet threats
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Cash is contaminated with microbes
Author: Renee Altrov
Scientists are helping to put together the genetic data of people from three continents
Nowadays, giftedness is mostly associated with children, which may leave the needs of people in other age groups in the background. Author/source: Alice Achterhof/Unsplash
Giftedness is valued in Estonia but its carriers are left in the shadows
Organic aerogels prepared from oil shale phenolic compounds.
Photo by Mihkel Koel
Scientists developed a method that allows removal of antibiotic residue from waste water
Journalists need to carry out tasks for various mediums – work that used to be carried out by four journalists 20 years ago is now being done by one. Author/source: unsplash.com
Stress and burnout among Estonian journalists is caused by the lack of routine
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TalTech scientists to create new ‘chemical noses’ to rid the environment of industrial pollutants

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