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The spotlight was on runes, Vikings and Swedish–American relations when Uppsala University welcomed alumni and friends to a lecture event at the No...

Sperm that live for longer before fertilising an egg produce healthier offspring – according to new research from Uppsala University and University...

When antibiotics are used to treat bacteria susceptible to them, the treatment usually works. Nevertheless, the antibiotic chosen is sometimes inef...

This week, delegates from five Swedish higher education institutions are travelling to the US to hold, jointly with the Swedish Embassy in Washingt...

Eva F. Dahlgren has devoted 20 years to studying how science has been used to value people. She started with the history of her own grandfather, Pr...

On 25 January this year’s winter conferment ceremony took place. Eighty-nine new doctor degrees and 19 honorary doctor degrees were conferred durin...

The winter sports holiday is approaching and Uppsala University is preparing lots of activities for children and young people. Paint with watercolo...

Hello Therese Pettersson, Research Coordinator at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, who is currently compiling statistics from 2018 fo...

Sofia Wadensjö Karén, Alumna of the Year in 2018, is managing director of the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company (Utbildningsradion, UR) and ...

Seven joint projects were granted funding in 2018 in Uppsala University’s Verification for Collaboration initiative. The projects cover various sec...

This year, the Swedish Alzheimer’s Foundation (Alzheimerfonden) has awarded its major research prize, worth SEK 2.5 million, to Lars Lannfelt, Seni...

A collaboration will investigate if newly patented high-transparency solar cells from the startup company Peafowl Solar Power can power dynamic gla...

A collection of photographs of more than 1 400 copies from early 19th century Mongolia will be digitised with funds from the Royal Academy of Letters.

Coprolites, or fossil droppings, of the dinosaur-like archosaur Smok wawelski contain lots of chewed-up bone fragments. This led researchers at U...

Lasting peace is best created with consideration for local conflict resolution traditions and with great sensitivity for the grassroots perspective...

On Thursday 7 February, it will again be time for the Celsius-Linnaeus lectures and following symposium. Two of the world’s top researchers will be...

New, unexpected consequences of climate change keep presenting themselves. A new study from Uppsala University and SLU shows that a decreased snow ...

Each year Uppsala University awards prizes, distinctions and medals to people who have promoted research, education or development at Uppsala Unive...

Around 56 million years ago, global temperatures spiked. Researchers at Uppsala University and in the UK now show that a major explosive eruption f...

A recent study from Uppsala University has found that whether you store your fat around the trunk or in other parts of your body is highly influenc...

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation invests several million SEK over a ten-year period in research on tree genes, forest genetics and forest b...

When she completed her doctorate at the start of the 1990s, she was the thirteenth woman who had defended a dissertation in mathematics in Sweden. ...

Oskar Nordström Skans, Professor of Economics, has received funding from the Swedish Research Council to develop the research environment “Technolo...

Researchers at Ångström Laboratory at Uppsala University have now developed glass ceramics that are three times stronger than current ones. This pa...

What can we learn from the European Union’s management of the refugee crisis that started in 2015? Was the crisis a matter of refugees or rather a ...

The critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla has recently lost genetic diversity and has experienced an increase in harmful mutations. These conclusi...

Uppsala University researchers have devised a new model for the Universe – one that may solve the enigma of dark energy. Their new article, publish...

Isolated human hepatocytes are essential tools in preclinical and clinical liver research, but cell quality is highly variable. Now, researchers fr...

For nearly 100 years biologists have argued about how exactly natural selection can possibly work. If nature selects the individuals with the best ...

Otherwise healthy men with advanced prostate cancer may benefit greatly from surgery, but many with this diagnosis have no need for it. These concl...

Promising innovations were recognised on 10 December at Uppsala University when 17 projects received 2018 Attractive Innovation Project awards. The...

The noise level was intense at the Swedish Embassy in London when 60 Uppsala alumni, honorary doctors and guests filled the beautiful, Christmas-be...

In one week’s time, the Student Barometer will close. If you haven’t already – help us improve by taking the survey now.

This year the Torgny Segerstedt Medal goes to Peter Wallensteen, a post-retirement professor at Uppsala University. He receives it for his extensiv...

Göran Widmalm, Professor of Organic Chemistry at Stockholm University, has been awarded the 2018 Ulla and Stig Holmquist Science Prize in Organic C...

The Rudbeck Medal will be presented this year to Professors Per Artursson, Kristina Edström and Lars Engwall, while the Linnaeus Medal will be pres...

The annual book sale from the university’s Acta-series is now on!

Uppsala University’s Oscar Prize for young researchers in 2018 has been awarded to Weronica Ek at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathol...

On 13 December the 2018 Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics will visit Uppsala University. They will give a public lecture in the University G...

Hello there, climate researcher Keri Facer from the University of Bristol. You are Uppsala University’s third visiting Zennström Professor of Clima...

At the end of the year Olga Botner will step down as a member of the Nobel Committee for Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. They wor...

With his long-standing experience with research funding and work to increase the social impact of research, Edman is now reinforcing UU Innovation’...

The majority of the world’s population live in cities, which demands new, smart solutions. The discussions were wide-ranging at the AIMday Sustaina...

Uppsala University is launching a pilot project to reduce climate impact. Next year, 50 grants will be awarded to Erasmus students who choose to ta...

Hi there, Lynn Kamerlin, Professor of Chemistry! You are going to play host to Frances Arnold, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, when she vis...

Patients strongly favour electronic access to their medical records and the possibilities that this resource offers. That is clear from a comprehen...

Researchers at Uppsala University will investigate new methods to increase the ability of young people to critique digital sources.

Hi David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Mathematics, who has written the book Outnumbered: Exploring the Algorithms That Control Our Lives. Algorith...

This year’s Uppsala Student of the Year is studying in the Master Programme in Computer and Information Engineering, and also runs her own graphic ...

When deciding not to resuscitate patients in cardiac arrest, ethical issues arise. Nurses and physicians conflicting perspectives often cause frust...