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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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Ornithologists discovered useful information about rare eagle

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University of Tartu and Graanul Invest cooperate to develop wood valorisation technology

NIPT is a prenatal blood test to screen for fetal aneuploidy disorders such as Down syndrome (trisomy 21), Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18) and Patau syndrome (trisomy 13) that cause intellectual disability or significant birth defects. Source: Mum Juncton.

An important genetic test for pregnant women will soon be made in Estonia

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Global Soil War Discovered Thanks to UT Scientists

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Mental Well-Being of Adolescence Needs Much More Attention

Vasilis Kostakis (Photo by Ilias Katsouras)

First ever ERC Starting Grant at Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance and Tallinn University of Technology

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Suicide is unique to humans and sets us apart from other animal species

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European Training Network for Zero-waste Valorisation of Bauxite Residue

Estonia is several steps ahead of others in personalised medicine

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Animated Films Reflect Features of Society

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