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Studying activists on both sides of the rights divide
Opposition to women’s and LGBTQI rights is nothing new, but the forms that it takes are in flux. New alliances are forming, and movements that are for and against rights are borrowing and stealing methods from each other. Wallenberg Scholar Mia Liinason is set on mapping the shifting sands of this fight.
Cell atlas paves the way for new brain cancer therapies
The new knowledge about the brain now forms the basis for a new and more goal-oriented focus for Wallenberg Scholar Sten Linnarsson – to fight brain cancer, especially glioblastoma.
Data from space probes aiding our understanding of plasma flares
Swedish researchers are hoping to understand, and thereby predict, plasma flares capable of harming sensitive electronics, says Tünde Fülöp.
Mapping brain mechanisms that shape our culture
As a psychologist, Björn Lindström is interested in human behavior. Now he wants to map the mechanisms in the brain that enable us to learn from each other. Research into social learning can provide essential knowledge about how human culture is formed, including problematic phenomena such as conspiracy theories and extremism.
