This is the institutional repository for peer reviewed articles published in open access and doctoral dissertations by the Agricultural University of Iceland, the Iceland Academy of the Arts, the National and University Library of Iceland, Reykjavik University, the University of Akureyri, Bifröst University, Hólar University College and the University of Iceland. Open access to research results is in accordance with article 10 from the Act on public support for research / 2003 No 3 and is compliant with requirements from international and domestic research fund programs. The purpose of the Open Science repository is to make results of research conducted at Icelandic universities accessible to the public online without hindrance or charge. Deposits to the repository are permanent and are intended to ensure future access to all published scientific material of the Icelandic research community. By collecting this material together in one collection access is made simple and easy for anyone who wishes to study the considerable scientific work conducted in Iceland.

The repository is OpenAIRE / OpenAIREplus compliant and in accordance with requirements for publication of research results from projects supported by the European research programs FP7 and H2020.

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  • Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig; Kjartansdóttir, Skúlína Hlíf (2024)
    The presentation is on results of an evaluation study on the implementation of tablets (1:1 learning) in an Icelandic school district with 9 schools 2015–2021. The main aim was to study effects of tablet use on personalisation of learning, students' ...
  • Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig; Kjartansdóttir, Skúlína Hlíf (2023-06-19)
    Digital citizenship has been regarded as highly important focus area of education for young people (see e.g. http://www.eun.org/focus-areas) who have constant online access through digital tools including tablets and smartphones. The concept digital ...
  • Linke, Tobias; Oelkers, Eric; Möckel, Susanne Claudia; Gíslason, Sigurður Reynir (European Association of Geochemistry, 2024-04-30)
    The ability of engineered enhanced weathering to impact atmospheric CO2 has been challenging to demonstrate due to the many processes occurring in soils and the short time span of current projects. Here we report the carbon balance in an Icelandic ...
  • Linke, Tobias (University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Earth Sciences, 2024-09)
    Battling climate change and rising temperatures is a major task of this century. To achieve current climate goals the large-scale removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is needed. Enhanced Rock Weathering ERW is one of the most promising methods ...
  • Lasseur, Romain (University of Iceland, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 2024-04)
    Establishment of melanocytes, the pigment-producing cells, starts from the multipotent neural crest cells. Melanoblasts, the melanocyte precursor cells, follow a tight schedule during their development requiring proliferation, migration, and invasion ...

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