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UL annually selects the ten most prominent research achievements.

• 27.06.2022How is the most acute colour vision created?

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• 17.06.2022Dr Juan Manuel Rosselló awarded an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship for the NASCAP project

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• 01.06.2022LINA – New European platform for emerging architecture experts

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• 23.05.2022Experiences, attitudes and predictors regarding cannabinoid use in dogs and cats

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• 16.05.2022The experience of epidemic: A difficult life test or an opportunity to bake bread?

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• 26.04.2022Mathematician and academician Prof Dr Franc Forstnerič with UL FMF winner of the ERC project

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• 26.04.2022Astrophysicist Prof Dr Maruša Bradač from UL FMF winner of the ERC project

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• 18.04.2022Matija Pretnar winner of prestigious »Test of Time Award« in software science

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• 11.04.2022Youth 2020 for Our Common Future

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• 04.04.2022The LIFE IP RESTART project to boost the Slovenian circular economy

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• 30.03.2022New discoveries about plant diseases can help protect crops

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• 21.03.2022Another milestone in Photovoltaics

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• 14.03.2022A new discovery in DNA nanotechnology by Slovenian researchers

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• 07.03.2022Why and how open source accelerates scientific progress

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• 28.02.2022What influences environmentally and socially responsible sustainable consumer behaviour?

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• 18.02.2022Exciting new insight in soft matter physics

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• 14.02.2022Prof. dr. Matevž Dular from UL FS received the ERC Proof of Concept Grant

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• 04.02.2022Are we finally getting closer to finding a cure for the debilitating disease that Stephen Hawking suffered from?

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• 31.01.2022Empowering people to tackle the climate crisis

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• 24.01.2022The future of smart cities

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• 17.01.2022HIDRA: a deep neural network for predicting floods

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• 12.01.2022The University of Ljubljana has been granted its sixth prestigious project by the European Research Council (ERC)

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• 03.01.2022Single-process 3D printing of sensors

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• 27.12.2021Bacteria also avoid DNA exchange among relatives

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• 27.12.2021The Slovenian subterranean world hides and protects a rich biodiversity

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• 27.12.2021Using machine learning to achieve better electricity price forecasting

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• 27.12.2021Intimate media and the technological nature of social relationships

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• 27.12.2021New antibiotics deal with super-resistant bacteria

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• 27.12.2021Breakthrough in solving the famous Babai conjecture

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• 27.12.2021New paradigm for the detection of visual defects on product surfaces

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• 27.12.2021Hegel 250 – Too Late?

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• 27.12.2021New advanced cellular medication for prostate cancer immunotherapy

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• 27.12.2021Organic contaminants of emerging concern can be managed using algae

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• 13.12.2021Are you too sweet?

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• 09.12.2021Even bacteria favor their kin

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• 26.11.2021Asst. prof. dr. Nejc Bezak of UL FGG recipient of the international Danubius Young Scientiest Award

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• 24.11.2021Prof. Dr Svanibor Pettan of UL FF elected president of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM)

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• 10.11.2021How do catalysts in fuel cells age and why is this important for our environment?

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  28.10.2021Andrej Bauer from Ljubljana's Faculty of Mathematics and Physics wins prestigious American Mathematical Society prize

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  15.10.2021Scents of the past

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• 13.10.2021Droplet-based diagnostics on liquid crystal–based open surfaces

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• 28.09.2021Snow leopards among the world’s most endangered big cats

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• 10.09.2021New Generation of Advanced Cell-Based Medicine for Personalized Immunotherapy of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

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• 01.09.2021New possibilities for diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis

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• 24.08.2021The first international quantum communication between three countries

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• 18.08.2021Mechanisms and prevention of cancer drug resistance

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• 05.08.2021Meadow orchards have multi-layered potential for revitalising the Slovenian countryside

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• 04.08.2021Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowships to dr. Lea Rems and dr. Shaurya Sachdev for research in the field of electroporation-based medical treatments

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• 14.07.2021Sustainable use of plastic in agriculture

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• 04.06.2021Research dealing with the seismic safety of Krško NPP2

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• 02.06.2021Accelerating the transition to sustainable pest management in agriculture

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• 07.05.2021Climate change affecting the composition of forests and varieties of timber

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• 16.04.2021INCIT-EV: User-Centric Electric Mobility

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• 06.04.2021Studying Wood to Understand the Impact of Climate on Tree Growth

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• 24.03.2021MIRACLE COTTON TEXTILE

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• 11.03.2021Reaching a worldwide consensus on the pathologic potential of astrocytes

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• 22.02.2021MSCA Individual Fellowship to doc. dr. Ivan Tomac for optical identification of vibration fatigue

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• 03.02.2021Social innovation for integrated healthcare of aging population in the ADRION region

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• 29.01.2021Women and Spirituality

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• 11.01.2021New bioinsecticides for controlling plant pests

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• 04.01.2021Ladies of the Seas: the hidden history of women at sea in the Upper Adriatic

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• 28.12.2020AI-based early detection of cognitive and motor changes in premature infants

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• 21.12.2020Award-Winning Innovative Cryogenic Machining System

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• 14.12.2020Method of more accurate cancer cell irradiation

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• 11.12.2020The impact of the humans on Lake Bohinj has been catastrophic for more than 3,000 years (Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering)

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• 11.12.2020Knowledge of intergenerational changes in being overweight and obese in children (Faculty of Sport )

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• 11.12.2020Development of a tool for the democratisation of data analytics (Faculty of Computer and Information Science)

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• 10.12.2020A stand-alone monograph on the importance of graffiti and street art in the Balkans and Central Europe, published by Routledge (Faculty of Social Sciences)

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• 09.12.2020The perception of career success depends on the cultural and institutional environment in a specific country (School of Economics and Business)

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• 09.12.2020MAGO platform: an important tool for the production and mass evolutionary analysis of microbial genomes (Biotechnical Faculty)

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  01.12.2020The Invisible Life of Waste

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• 17.11.2020ONTOCHAIN - Trusted, transparent and traceable ontological knowledge on blockchain

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• 17.11.2020SENSORS IN BENCHES HELP MEASURE THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF WOOD

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• 11.11.2020Krka Grand Prize Awardee - Cheaper Medicine Through Precious Metals

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• 24.09.2020Important discovery in diabetes treatment

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• 23.09.2020Research on the life of Himalayan Hermits

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• 07.09.2020Successful launch of first Slovenian satellites into space

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• 21.08.2020Using stem cells to combat Alzheimer disease in the future

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• 12.08.2020Artificial stomach

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• 06.08.2020The first self-sufficient village in Slovenia

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• 03.07.2020Modelling extreme flood events

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• 03.07.2020The Slovenian project RESCCCUE awarded by the European Meteorological Association

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• 16.06.2020Our research on sustainable social work will contribute to achieving the UN sustainable development goals

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• 10.06.2020The University of Ljubljana receives EU funds to establish the Centre for Neuroinformatics

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• 08.05.2020Nationwide survey on the incidence of the new coronavirus successfully carried out with the help of three University of Ljubljana faculties

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• 07.04.2020The contribution of researchers at the University of Ljubljana to the fight against COVID-19

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• 03.04.2020The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious research grant to three Slovenian physicists

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• 19.12.2019Important step towards precise and safer immunotherapy of bee venom allergy

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• 19.12.2019Positive environmental values are also developed through egoism

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• 19.12.2019Development of production process for the first sustainable non-combustible polyamide 6 textile

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• 19.12.2019Time in range targets for standardized data interpretation and decision making in diabetes

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• 25.11.2019The Proteus genome, one of the largest animal genome known, has been sequenced

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• 26.09.20191st CELSA Service to Society Award goes to Assoc. Prof. Rok Zupančič of the University of Ljubljana

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• 01.08.2019Slovenian researchers have discovered a new mechanism of action in ketamine

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• 03.12.2018Using nuclear magnetic resonance to control the running of anaerobic processes

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• 03.12.2018A genetic life cycle switch in Bacillus thuringiensis virus GIL01

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• 03.12.2018Comparison of Clinical Course and Treatment Outcome for Patients With Early Disseminated or Early Localised Lyme Borreliosis

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• 03.12.2018Dyslectic students need eyes as well as ears

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• 30.08.2018EU Marie Sklodowska Curie project PlasmaSolution launched at University of Ljubljana

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• 30.08.2018EU MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE PROJECT PLASMASOLUTION LAUNCHED AT UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA

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• 29.08.2018Two autonomous Slovenian sailboats will set sail across the Atlantic Ocean

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• 13.08.2018University of Ljubljana Wins the 2.5-Million-Euro COMPETE Project

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• 13.08.2018University of Ljubljana Wins its Fifth ERC Project

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• 10.04.2018The Proteus Genome Project

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• 04.12.2017A Potential for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

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• 04.12.2017Computational Models of Liver Metabolism: How Far from the Clinics?

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• 04.12.2017Efficient Water Disinfection by Hydrodynamic Cavitation

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• 04.12.2017Absorptive Capacity of Domestic Firms is Crucial for Knowledge Spillovers from Foreign-Owned to Domestic Firms

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• 04.12.2017Breakthrough Discovery: An Early Mechanical Coupling of Planktonic Bacteria in Dilute Solutions

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• 30.11.2017Breakthrough research of Prof. Dr. Matevž Dular will be funded by the European Research Council

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• 09.11.2017The Effect of Cerium(IV) Oxide Nanoparticles on the Enzyme Activities in Bees

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• 26.10.2017An important discovery of mechanical connections between bacteria

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• 23.10.2017A big milestone in the eco efficiency of air transport

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• 10.04.2017ERC Advanced Grant 2016 awarded to prof. Marta Verginella

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• 05.12.2016Connection between the Zika Virus and Microcephaly

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• 05.12.2016Efficient Monitoring of the Development and Treatment of Brain Diseases

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• 05.12.2016During Times of Crisis, Companies Invest in Energy Efficiency, Not in Clean Technology

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• 05.12.2016Discovery that Significantly Reduces the Cost of Hydrogen Production

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• 05.12.2016Promising Discovery for the Improvement of the Treatment of Autoimmune and Inflammatory Conditions and Cancer

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• 20.06.2016New Scientific Achievement at the University of Ljubljana: Discovery of the Leanness Gene

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• 15.04.2016University of Ljubljana students will be the first in the world to make an“autonomous” sailboat that will cross the Atlantic

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• 19.02.2016Slovenian scientists first to prove the link between the Zika virus and foetal brain damage

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• 01.12.2015Recovery of large carnivores in Europe's modern human-dominated landscapes (Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana)

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• 12.02.2015Cross-border Project for a Comprehensive Conservation and Protection of the Brown Bear in the Northern Dinarides and the Alps

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• 02.02.2015The SloWolf Projects Selected as the Best LIFE Projects

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