Search this blog
See our programmes:
-
Have a story related to UT?
Email your idea to: inga.kulmoja[at]ut[dot]ee-
Recent Posts
Categories
Tags
Baltics behaviour biodiversity Christmas contest culture ecology Erasmus Estonia Estonian fashion food future genetics graphic art health history ideas India inspiration international students IT lifestyle man minimalism museum PhD PhD thesis photos podcast psychology Russia satellite semiotics student student journalist student life Tartu technology TEDx TEDxTartu twitter University of Tartu winter writingRecent Comments
Monthly Archives: June 2011
How Safe Is a Time Stamp?
Margus Niitsoo’s doctoral dissertation focused on the safety of a time-stamping solution developed by the Estonian IT company GuardTime. “I found a better way to measure the safety of time-stamping, so it can be performed faster. In a way, it’s as effective as it can be – there’s no pushing further.” Continue reading
How The Weather Affects Our Emotions?
Many believe that the sun makes us happy and rain brings sorrow. Doctoral candidate in psychology Liisi Kööts and her supervisors Jüri Allik and Anu Realo compared weather data with individuals’ self-evaluated emotions. Continue reading
Posted in Research, Social sciences
Tagged emotions, Estonia, mood, mood and weather, psychology, weather
Comments Off
How to Protect The Rare Alvar Forests?
In her doctoral thesis, Elle Rajandu has studied the rare alvar forests and investigated factors contributing to their biodiversity. The research revealed that deadwood is particularly important for supporting species richness. Continue reading
Posted in Estonia, Natural and exact sciences, Research
Tagged alvar forests, biodiversity, bryophytes, deadwood, ecosystem, Estonian forests, lichens, Rapla
2 Comments
