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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
Photo credit: Renee Altrov
EurekAlert seminar in Tartu
10.01.2020
Photo credit: Renee Altrov
EurekAlert seminar in Tallinn
10.01.2020
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
In vitro fertilization (IVF)
Chromosomal aberrations created during in vitro fertilization do not endanger the future baby
27.11.2019
Keeping your days full of surprises and excitement!
26.11.2019
Project IKID research seminar at the University of Lausanne with participants from Estonia, Switzerland, Cambodia and Laos. Photo by: Aaro Hazak.
Studying South-East Asian transition economies is a success story of EU-funded research
25.11.2019

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