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Simulating and testing the overtaking. Photo credit: Raivo Sell, TalTech
New algorithm makes overtaking smoother and faster for self-driving cars
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Doctoral thesis: In the future, treatment of wounds may be facilitated by nanotechnology
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Migrevention, clinical and academic partners, work to advance digital headache clinic
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Small country with a great potential for microbiome studies
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Participation in adult learning requires multilevel support
Bringing people together and conquering hardships is what Marina Aghayan, a material science researcher and entrepreneur, does the best. Photo credit: Raffi Youredjian
“Scientists can overcome anything – especially female scientists.”
Most children don't receive the mental health support they need, Estonian researcher Karin Streimann found in her PhD dissertation. Photo credit: Depositphotos
Teachers and parents disagree on children’s well-being, study found
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Doctoral thesis: you can inherit a Facebook account but not a Tinder account
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Enabling smart city services through street lighting networks
Estonian Genome Center at the University of Tartu. Photo credit: Renee Altrov
Landmark genetics studies serve up new resources for gene expression research
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Science and technology may not be a magic wand in tackling the climate crisis, but part of the problem
This piece of yellow glass can convert energy! Proudly shown by Taltech's PhD student Robert Beglaryan, who is developing semi-transparent solar cells as part of an international team. Photo credit: Atanas Katerski
Smart windows convert light into electricity
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Trees may spend more energy to defend themselves as climate warms
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Can we trust decisions made by artificial intelligence?
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Europeans are freeing themselves from fixed office hours, but is it legal?
The employees of care organisations deserve recognition for acting as key intermediaries of official risk and crisis information and creators of an environment promoting safe behaviour. Photo credit: Matthias Zomer/pexels.com
Among care organisations, day centres were hit the hardest by corona crisis
Academic institutions are creating gender equality plans to apply for popular EU grants, but will it actually change anything? Photo credit: Depositphotos
European universities are pushed to think of women
The biorobotics research team. Photo: Hendrik Osula
Underwater robotics is full of opportunities
Cybernetica's Dan Bogdanov.                                                           Photo credit: Jake Farra
Cybernetica innovator headlines University of Tartu Digital Governance lecture series
Roosi Soosaar is one of the leaders of Estonian NGO Soil Innovation Cluster. Together with other farmers and scientists she is looking for ways to improve the Northern European soil. Photo credit: Carol Liis Metsla
Should fossil fuel ash be allowed in eco farming?
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Estonian scientists start looking for signs of life on Venus on a set of private space missions
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Estonian and Finnish researchers unveil new applications for GreenTwins project
Highly cited researchers from the University of Tartu. Photo credit: University of Tartu
Researchers from Estonia continue to be globally influential
Tallinn University lecturer Marika Ratnik believes in the healing power of arts, and she has two decades worth of research to support her stand. Photo credit: private collection
Art makes children happier at school

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