http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=2238&languageId=1&contentId=-1 News feed from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University, Sweden http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=189280 The study of “sexual conflict” between males and females helps us to understand why sexual reproduction persists given that it can be costly, especially to females. One aspect of this conflict concerns how females respond to increased mating events that are of more benefit to males than to themselves. This work on traumatic insemination was conducted by Umeå University researcher Tom Cameron together with colleagues at the University of Leeds. The results have been published in Biology Letters. Wed, 09 May 2012 06:36:00 GMT http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=189280 2012-05-09T06:36:00Z http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=189083 Jürgen Leonbacher, a German exchange student at Umeå University, is currently taking a course in Abisko, a small town in northern Sweden with only 85 inhabitants, 195 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. However, he is neither bored nor freezing. Mon, 07 May 2012 06:59:00 GMT http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=189083 2012-05-07T06:59:00Z http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=189080 Umeå Institute of Design (UID) is ranked second in the prestigious red dot design ranking for design concept 2011. This ranking recognizes UID as one of the top universities in Americas and Europe to continuously and progressively produce cutting edge and forward thinking projects. Mon, 07 May 2012 06:40:00 GMT http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=189080 2012-05-07T06:40:00Z http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=188227 The number of applications to courses and programmes at Umeå University reached a new record this year. Nearly 57,000 applications have been submitted for the autumn 2012 term, over 3,300 more than the previous year. The increase is higher than the average for Swedish universities. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:41:00 GMT http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=188227 2012-04-23T09:41:00Z http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=187905 From more than 10.000 valid entries submitted by design students from all over the world, only 100 projects received an iF concept award 2012. Two of these were awarded to Masters students at Umeå Institute of Design: Simon Fredriksson and Gosha Galitsky, Dogan Sekercioglu, all students at the Master's programme in Advanced Product Design, and Carol Tang from UID's Interaction Design programme. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:53:00 GMT http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=187905 2012-04-18T10:53:00Z http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=186652 Umeå University has been ranked first in Sweden and fifth globally for student satisfaction according to the International Student Barometer (ISB). The survey was responded by international students from 208 universities in Europe and throughout the world. Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:09:00 GMT http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=186652 2012-04-02T04:09:00Z http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=186616 Umeå University has been ranked as the sixth best higher education institution in nation by the Swedish weekly news magazine Fokus, including a first place ranking in the categories of “most international collaboration” and “most teacher-led instruction.” Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:25:00 GMT http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=186616 2012-03-30T12:25:00Z http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=186528 Umeå Institute of Design, UID, lecturer Thomas Degn recieves the award for cooperation and 25,000 SEK from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:13:00 GMT http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=186528 2012-03-30T06:13:00Z http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=186523 Umeå Institute of Design, UID, lecturer Tomas Lindehell recieves this years’ pedagogical prize and 25,000 SEK from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:00:00 GMT http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=186523 2012-03-30T06:00:00Z http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=186016 Due to their unique properties single walled carbon nanotubes have been suggested as a promising material for electronics, optics and in other fields of materials science. When scientists from Umeå University and Aalto University tried to perform a reaction between hydrogen gas and fullerene molecules encapsulated in nanotubes something very unlikely suddenly appeared possible. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:46:00 GMT http://www.teknat.umu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=4418&languageId=1&contentId=186016 2012-03-26T10:46:00Z