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Baltic universities set up a CERN collaboration team
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Scientists are using robots to study the journey of fish in complicated conditions
This is how one young person (25-years-old Marcin Walkowiak from Poland) described starting independent life. Source: http://www.except-project.eu/competition-photos/
European youth need support to start working life successfully
At the centre of Merily Salura’s master’s thesis is the philosophical analysis of literature. The key issue concerns facing tough decisions in the context of totalitarianism. Author/source: Pixabay
Master of Philosophy at the University of Tartu explains the destructive power of pain
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In nearly zero energy buildings in Estonia, special attention must be paid to window design
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?
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PhD Thesis Explored Possibilities to Improve VoIP Services
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Scientists discovered new possibilities for efficient energy harvest from the shaded photovoltaic modules
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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
Although scientists assumed that the hidden lifestyle is more characteristic to plants with long lifespans, it turned out that more often it is the plants that have shorter lifespans and are mycotrophic. Author/source: Arto-Randel Servet
Hide and seek in the plant kingdom: some species live a hidden life under the soil for years
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Smart city is not a technological utopia, but a motor of community development
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Application of new dynamical method reveals new information about the Milky Way
The lamp has a foil cover for reducing the so-called “sunbed effect”. But under the lamp, the surfaces being tested are visible to the scientists.  Author/source: Angela Ivask, NICPB
Estonian scientists have invented surface coatings, which kill bacteria ultra-fast
Author: Jason Mario Dydynski
Framing cuteness factors can give answers about animal conservation or designing a robot
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Cultural Data Analytics Grant to Tallinn University
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The best university in New Europe is UT
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
An illustration of how the nanojoint works. Author/source: UT Institute of Physics
A nanojoint created in Estonia brings us one step closer to creating nanorobots
The lab of synthetic biology has found its place at the Institute of Technology, University of Tartu. Photo by Petri-Jaan Lahtvee.
Modern Alchemy Revalues Residues
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Investigating nanomaterials opens new doors for further research

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