Category Archives: Research

Led by Students, Estonia Becomes 41st Space Nation

See the curated collection of resources on the launch of Estonia’s first satellite ESTCube-1. Continue reading

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Anti-Ageing Lifestyle Keeps You Young for Longer

Find out how and why your lifestyle choices can prevent premature ageing and increase your mental and physical well-being. Continue reading

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Solving the Problem of Consciousness

You are a very complicated machine, yet you don’t feel like that – it feels like something to be you. Neuroscientist Jaan Aru looks into how the neural machinery of the brain produces conscious experience. Continue reading

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How Greenfinches Help Our Understanding of the Immune System

Tuul Sepp. a young and talented researcher of animal ecology, knows that parasites rule this world. She looks into our defence system with the help of Estonian greenfinches – find out how. Continue reading

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Can The Financial Crisis Snowball Be Avoided?

Andres Kuusk from UT Institute of Economics argues that sound macroeconomic fundamentals and policies do not protect countries against crisis caused by ‘financial contagion’. Continue reading

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The Curious Case of Estonia’s Fashion Sense

Natalia Hoffman, an independent researcher into the Estonian visual communication, has examined the local fashion scene (including junk shops and flea markets) and came out with some interesting observations. Continue reading

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4 New Recipes for Becoming a Top Researcher

Find out the 4 new recipes on how to become a top researcher, shared by the UT Professor of Experimental Psychology Jüri Allik who belongs to the top 1 per cent of the world’s most-cited scientists in his field. Continue reading

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