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TalTech electronics received a highly regarded USA patent approval for their novel impedance method
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Knowing the risks, for better or worse
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Scholars: Estonian soil is surprisingly rich in species
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Researchers have assembled Eurasian perch genome
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The materials engineers are developing environmentally friendly materials for producing smart textiles
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
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Slash and burn cultivation played an important role in the formation of southern Estonian landscapes
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Estonians Are Developing a Better World via Technology
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”
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Smarter data analysis strategies will improve infertility treatment in the future
High levels of LDL cholesterol are characteristics of familial hypercholesterolaemia. The disease increases the likelihood of early coronary heart disease and stroke. Author/source: Pixabay
Study by the Estonian Genome Center of UT might have saved 13 people from early heart attack
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TalTech Researchers Help to Develop Societal Resilience to Disasters in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Thailand
Online journalists are expected to have a multitude of skills but working under time pressure and quantity requirements leaves little opportunity to apply these different skills.  Source: unsplash.com
Doctoral thesis explained why online journalism contains so many errors
During his project, Sävborg published many publications and some books, and he has some more articles coming.
Folkloristic Approach Throws New Light on Old Norse Sagas
Bildungsroman – novels that focus on the young female protagonist's quest for her role in society. Author/source: cacaye/Flickr
What to notice in the Soviet Estonian Female Bildungsroman?
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
The lab is developing some more high-tech tests to enter international markets. For example, one of the next projects is now being tested in fertility treatment clinics – this test checks attachment of embryo and contributes significantly to the process of in vitro fertilization.
First Precision Medicine Laboratory in Estonia Kicks Off
Smart barn at the SPARK demo area in Tartu. Author/source: Randel Kreitsberg
Estonians developed a smart barn
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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
Banisteriopsis caapi or ayahuasca blooming in the experimental garden of the University of Campinas, Brazil. Traditionally, it is considered to be the main ingredient of ayahuasca brew. Author/Source: Helle Kaasik
PhD student from Tartu University studies ritual use of psychedelic brew in Brazil
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Interdisciplinary model could help to give patients existential support
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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