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A team of Swedish and British scientists have studied the heritability of dog ownership using information from 35,035 twin pairs from the Swedish T...

Multilingualism among children is becoming more common, but we need to know more about how it affects language development. What language should be...

Now letters to and from Carl Linnaeus with detailed descriptions and in many cases even with digital copies are available in the database Alvin. Th...

Nearly ninety per cent of all cancer patient deaths are due to metastasis. A study from Uppsala University shows that a process that allows the cel...

Last year, a first meeting was organised between Swedish and South African universities aimed at initiating research cooperation on challenges asso...

The formal presentation of the Göran Gustafsson prizes to young researchers at Uppsala University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) took ...

An international research team in which Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) are participating has for the ...

You cannot be the best at everything. A plant can be visible and very aromatic to attract pollinators or maintain a lower profile to avoid being ea...

Akademiska Hus and Uppsala University have signed an agreement to extend cooperation on the development of the university’s physical teaching, rese...

On 24 May it is time for Uppsala University’s grand graduation celebration – the doctoral degree conferment ceremony. All are welcome to the tradit...

On 25 April, the University Board decided to appoint Caroline Sjöberg as Uppsala University Director.

This year’s SSF Utilisation Award from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research goes to Maria Strømme and Håkan Engqvist of Uppsala University...

Participating in a race for women plays an important role for women and increases self-confidence among participants. Women aim to perform as well ...

Uppsala University is taking the initiative on immigration and working life issues in the new Uppsala Immigration Lab research environment.

A research project led by Uppsala University has been awarded a EUR 3.2 million grant by the European Commission. The aim is to create renewable so...

Uppsala University is setting up a chair in artificial intelligence (AI). It will be funded with SEK 15 million, over five years, by the Kjell and ...

Swedish and South African university representatives are meeting in Stellenbosch, South Africa, from 6 to 11 May. The occasion is the SASUF network...

In the future, oral and maxillofacial surgeons will be able to perform an operation on a computer before actually making an incision in the patient...

With her school strike outside the Riksdag, Greta Thunberg initiated what would become a global climate campaign on the part of school children. Wh...

On 2 May Carolina Rediviva threw open the doors to its renovated premises following a two-year renovation. “I had high expectations but I think ...

The explosion of medical data in recent years has increased demand for faster and more accurate analysis methods in healthcare. At the Department o...

Uppsala University’s alumni network was closed for a few weeks in March while the old database was updated for a new alumni system. The new system ...

Artificial intelligence is on the way in many areas. Specially trained computer systems are used in cars, for example, and as support for doctors m...

High levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the blood are associated with premature death. This is shown by a new cross-disciplinary study.

Many diabetes patients do not only have problems with their insulin, but also with the release of the hormone glucagon. Researchers at Uppsala Univ...

In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international research team, led from Uppsala University, disco...

Each year, Uppsala University awards the title of Alumnus of the Year to an alumnus who has made an outstanding contribution to their professional ...

The origin of giant apatite-iron oxide ores of the so-called ‘Kiruna-type’ has been the topic of a long standing debate that has lasted for over 10...

Tomislav Dulić, Senior Lecturer in History and Director of the Hugo Valentin Centre, has been awarded the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award 2019.

This week, Uppsala University is hosting a writing retreat for PhD students from seven universities in Sweden and abroad at Campus Gotland. The aim...

Cecilia Gustavsson at the Division of Applied Nuclear Physics is one of the researchers behind last autumn’s mass experiment Radiant Earth. The res...

There are no signs that hybrids of dog and wolf have contributed to the Scandinavian wolf population – a matter that has been discussed, especially...

Professor Margaret Levi at Stanford University and University of Washington has been named the 25th recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize in Politica...

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has allocated grants in several of its major programmes of research. Six researchers at Uppsala University...

Meet Beáta Megyesi. As Senior Lecturer in Computational Linguistics, she is head of research for an interdisciplinary project to develop research i...

Gustaf Adolf Medals have been awarded to five Uppsala University employees for their significant contributions.

Sales of DNA tests to consumers have become a fast-growing industry, and many people want to know more about their origin. But what conclusions can...

Many who suffer from dementia abandon everyday activities more quickly than necessary, which in turn heightens an already increased risk of depress...

Meet Cecilia Gustavsson, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics and Astronomy who has created the course The Physics of Music, which will be ...

World Water Day, or International Water Day, is a thematic day created by the UN that is observed on 22 March every year. This year’s focus will be...

A large-scale research project on batteries is being planned in the EU and will be coordinated from Uppsala by Kristina Edström, professor at the D...

The international network ReAct, which is coordinated from Uppsala University, will focus on four strategic areas in the fight against antibiotic r...

Many 20th-century accounts of international relations and diplomacy often leave out the role of women. Diplomats’ wives were not officially employe...

Hi there! Magnus Lundgren from the Department of Organismal Biology, who is coordinating the SciFest workshop “Dig into the past” with the Departme...

How are reptiles capable of generating such a diversity of bright colors? And how is it possible that within a single population of the same specie...

Should public healthcare systems provide couples with expanded screening for genetic disorders before they decide to become pregnant? Screening pro...

A world moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy will rely more and more on energy storage and in particular on batteries. Better batteries can...

In the competition for research grants and more international students, the outcomes remain good. Today, when the University Board discussed the an...

In mid-December Livia, the hospital dog, was chosen as Animal Hero of the Year for her work with children at Uppsala University Hospital. The resea...