Category Archives: Natural and exact sciences

Led by Students, Estonia Becomes 41st Space Nation

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Inga Külmoja

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

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Solving the Problem of Consciousness

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Jaan Aru

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

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Tuul Sepp

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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4 New Recipes for Becoming a Top Researcher

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Jüri Allik

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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7 Recipes for Becoming a Top Researcher

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Jüri Allik

Read the 7 recipes on how to become a top researcher, kindly 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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Estonian Student Satellite ESTCube-1 Set for Launch

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Inga Külmoja

Estonia is to conduct its first space mission in April 2013. Around 100 students and scientists have contributed to creation of the roughly one-kilogram satellite. It was used as the basis for 40 research projects and three doctoral theses. Continue reading →

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Living on the Edge: Landlocked Seals in a Changing Climate

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Piret Pappel

Even when there’s enough food, continuously warmer winters may make the ringed seal extinct. Such is the gloomy conclusion made by Mart Jüssi, a seal biologist at the University of Tartu, in his freshly defended doctoral thesis. Continue reading →

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