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The autumn's first opening at Bildmuseet features a solo exhibition by the Swedish-Iranian artist Mandana Moghaddam. The exhibition showcases mirror mosaic, sculpture, and installation, and will be inaugurated with an artist talk on Saturday, 16th September, the anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini's death in Tehran. Press preview on Wednesday, 13th September, at 10:00 (RSVP).
Artificial membranes play a vital role in healthcare, energy storage and resource recovery. However, the fabrication is not environmentally friendly. In a thesis from Umeå University, Norafiqah Ismail introduces alternative solvents that outperforms traditional toxic ones in terms of cost, sustainability, and performance.
Polaritons are a peculiar state, a kind of quasi-particles consisting of part-light and part-matter that can bring unexpected abilities to conventional chemical reactions. New research from Umeå University and others reveals that when the polaritons are hit by very short pulses of light they collapse, and from then the reaction will be completely controlled by conventional electronic transitions.
Cholera bacteria use specific D-amino acids to escape unfavorable niches and form complex ecological systems. This is shown by a study led by a research group at Umeå University, Sweden. The discovery may eventually have significance for research into bacterial infections.
A unique type of muscle fiber found in the extraocular muscles has been shown to be resistant against the disease ALS, and has been shown to even increase in proportion to compensate when other types of muscle fibers decrease in proportion. This is shown by research by researchers at Umeå University.
Plants give us oxygen through photosynthesis - this is commonly taught in school. An international research team have now shown that particularly in early spring when low temperatures coincide with high light, conifer needles consume – not produce – oxygen by using an ancient mechanism. The results were published in Nature Communications.
Carbon dioxide emissions from lime kilns in Sweden have been reduced by more than 36 000 tons per year. This has been achieved through a collaboration between the Centre for Sustainable Cement and Quicklime Production at Umeå University, Nordkalk AB and the Swedish Energy Agency.
Using neutron reflectometry, researchers at the Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, provide new atomic-level understanding of how Bax, a protein that helps remove damaged cells in the body, works. The results of the study, conducted in collaboration with the ESS research facilities in Lund and ISIS in the UK, are published in the journal Science Advances.
On May 30th, an international crop of young designers will reveal their 30-plus design concepts to the world. At UID23 | Design Talks & Degree Show, an eye-catching collection of innovations – ranging from dance-inspired communication with our smart homes, to neonatal support in refugee camp, to wearable tech for personalised diets – will be unveiled.
Kempestiftelserna, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and Umeå University invest SEK 67.5 million in the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS).
Developers of the 5G mobile network can now get help from artificial intelligence, AI. A thesis from Umeå University shows new machine learning methods that provide faster troubleshooting and better understanding of the mobile network.
Emil Thorin from Umeå University has developed a new optical method for rapid measurements of gaseous inorganic species in biomass combustion and gasification. The new technology will contribute to more efficient conversion of biomass into renewable energy.
Thermal conversion processes, such as combustion and gasification, are used worldwide to generate heat, electricity and chemicals. In the q