Man made emissions of climate threatening greenhouse gases are changing our living conditions around the globe. Martin Hultman, Technology and Environmental Historian, Umeå University and Jonas Anshelm researcher at the Department of Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, are the author’s behind a new book: Discourses of Global Climate Change.
The new wonder material graphene has fantastic properties, for example flexibility, transparency and high charge carrier mobility. A study by an international team led by David Barbero, assistant professor and group leader at Umeå University, shows that semiconducting polymers placed on a layer of graphene transports electrical charge more efficiently than when placed on a substrate of silicon.
The European CBRNE Center at Umeå University, Sweden, will conduct a training course for border staff and customs in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on 28-30 October within the framework of the project on “Building Capacity to Identify and Respond to Threats from Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Substances”.
The implementation of student-centred learning at the Eduardo Mondlane University, the major and oldest public university in Mozambique, depends on the availability of good educational infrastructure, the development of human resources and less hierarchical communication at the university. This is the conclusion of a thesis by Marta Mendonça, Umeå University.
The Brazilian design duo Fernando and Humberto Campana is world famous for their colorful and experimental furniture influenced by traditional crafts. Taking inspiration from nature, they created a site-specific installation exclusively for Bildmuseet. Welcome to a press preview on Oct 30 at 10:00. Humberto Campana will provide an introduction to the exhibition which is Campanas’ first in Sweden.
The exhibition Right is Wrong, opening at Bildmuseet 8 June 2014, introduces art from four decades and presents the rapid emergence of contemporary art in China and shows the development of the art scene in relation to the socio-political development in China. The works are part of one of the world’s foremost collections of Chinese contemporary art; the M+ Sigg Collection from M+, Hong Kong.
The winners of the European Museum of the Year Award 2014 were announced 18 May in Tallinn, Estonia. Bildmuseet, Umeå University, received a Special Commendation from the EMYA Judging Panel: For creating a modern and innovative museum offering dynamic exhibition continuity and a permanent platform for the promotion of European and global cultural knowledge and multi-layered intercultural dialogue.
Cultural Capital, this year's Master of Fine Arts graduation exhibition from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, shows the individual works of 14 new artists as well as collective interventions connected to the public sphere and the city of Umeå as the European Capital of Culture.
The risk of dengue fever beginning to spread in Europe is imminent. According to researchers from Umeå University, this is no longer just an issue for the scientific community but also for politicians and policy makers, who need to be prepared and develop preventive measures.
Practicing your timing and rhythmicity can make you a more precise and stable golfer or soccer player. This finding is according to Umeå researcher Marius Sommer, who for four weeks has let experienced athletes perform specific rhythmic movements in time to a metronome.
Umeå University has been ranked first in Europe and ninth in the world for student satisfaction according to the latest International Student Barometer (ISB). The survey was responded to by international students from 170 universities in the world during the autumn of 2013.
They hitchhike with us under the soles of our shoes and muddy car tires. Harsh and cold climates don´t seem to stop alien plants from establishing themselves in high altitudes, where they now successfully penetrate the alpine vegetation, a study at Umeå University and University of Antwerp shows.