In a new study, a research group at Uppsala University explain their outstanding success in harvesting “hot electron holes”. The results of their w...

Therapies for treating glioblastoma brain cancer can be delivered with greater precision and existing drugs can be used in new ways. These are the ...

The Enlight consortium, of which Uppsala University is a member, will be one of 24 new European university partnerships to receive funding from the...

The evolution of our teeth began among ancient armoured fishes more than 400 million years ago. In the scientific journal Science, an international...

A new mathematical model for predicting variations in solar irradiance has been developed at Uppsala University. It may help to promote more effici...

Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a hitherto unknown function of blood platelets in cancer. In mouse models, these platelets have pr...

Life depends on an intricate game of hide-and-seek taking place inside the cell. New research, which is now published in the journal Nature, sheds ...

Many pharmaceuticals work by targeting what are known as “G-protein-coupled receptors”. In a new study, scientists from Uppsala University describe...

Many international students have suffered financially during the coronavirus pandemic. Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson yesterday approved coronavirus-r...

This year, the Uppsala University Innovation Prize for outstanding transfer of knowledge – the Hjärnäpple* –goes to Sara Mangsbo, Assistant Profess...

Uppsala University’s current vice-rectors and deputy vice-rectors reach the end of their term of office on 30 June. The Vice-Chancellor has now dec...

Uppsala University contributes to the growth of knowledge and to solutions to the major challenges facing society through top quality research and ...

On 17 June the University Board decided to propose Anders Hagfeldt, Professor of Physical Chemistry, as new Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University f...

Hello there, Jonas Bergquist, Professor of Neurochemistry at the Department of Chemistry (BMC), who has started a collaboration with the neurointen...

The International Science Programme (ISP) at Uppsala University and Sida have signed an agreement on the continued operation of the ISP Core progra...

In a time in which new guidelines and decisions are changing on a daily basis, how does one go about advising students? Study counsellor Liselott D...

New data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Uppsala University, shows that the number of fatalities in organised violence continues to ...

The police violence in Minneapolis that resulted in the death of George Floyd has once again thrust relations between black and white Americans ont...

Uppsala University’s new multidisciplinary graduate school in sustainable development will start up in January 2021, The graduate school will be l...

Glioblastoma is a severe type of brain tumour that is currently incurable. Anna Dimberg and Magnus Essand are researching a method that activates ...

Uppsala Municipality is growing, and the city plans to keep expanding rapidly between now and 2050. One challenge is to supply electricity sustaina...

A research team at Uppsala University has resurrected several billion-year-old enzymes and reprogrammed them to catalyse completely different chemi...

Using genetically modified cells, researchers from Uppsala University hope to create a treatment for Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer as of...

In three years, the Swedish Drug Delivery Forum has developed into a meeting place where Uppsala University and ten pharmaceutical companies unite ...

In previous research, it has been assumed that insects in temperate regions would cope well with or even benefit from a warmer climate. Not so, acc...

What kind of interactions did the various Stone Age cultures have with one another? In a new interdisciplinary study, researchers have combined arc...

A material’s magnetism may be used within a number of different areas. With the development of greener technology in society, the need of new and i...

Use of AI and large quantities of data are increasing continuously and will influence tomorrow’s society. Major initiatives in the field are underw...

Why did the corona virus begin to spread among humans? What can we do to prevent the spread of infection so that healthcare has sufficient resource...

The end of May saw the election of the Young Academy of Sweden’s new Academy Board for the year 2020/2021. The Academy Board’s new chair is Sanna K...

For many people, the past few months have been a trial. Karin Brocki is studying the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health – both among ...

This year’s winners of Uppsala University’s Distinguished Teaching Awards teach subjects in the fields of pedagogy, political science, surgery and ...

Researchers at Uppsala University, jointly with colleagues in Israel, have succeeded in extracting DNA from the over 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scroll...

“The coronavirus is not the last act. At best, it is a dress rehearsal for the next pandemic. And when this storm blows over, we can hope that we w...

What would have become of Carl Linnaeus if he had remained single? Would science have missed out on one of its major lodestars without his well-fun...

Why does a specific type of weather extreme occur? How can we use this knowledge to better predict it? These are topics for a big international EU-...

Researchers at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital have developed a new method to measure levels of the medication hydroxychloroquin...

Enzymes from cold-loving organisms that live at low temperatures, close to the freezing point of water, display highly distinctive properties. In a...

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in wastewater. Scientists from Uppsala University, KTH and SLU have received support from Knut a...

The Recruitment Committee decided today to put forward three candidates for the post of Vice-Chancellor for interview by the University’s Electoral...

The Einhorn Family Foundation has donated over SEK 500,000 to research at Uppsala University to help develop treatments against COVID-19. The donat...

The entire world is currently waiting for a vaccine against COVID-19. Intensive research is ongoing to develop useful drugs against the novel coron...

Two recent studies testing for antibodies against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 provide a new picture of the spread of virus in Sweden. “To gain a mor...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are growing rapidly on a global scale and offering unique opportunities for research, education a...

During the coronavirus pandemic, many ethical questions come to the fore. How should care services prioritise among severely ill patients? And how ...

Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and its impact on our lives will continue to expand. With the five-year AI for Research initiative, Uppsal...

Patients taking part in clinical trials do not receive better treatment than other patients. This is the conclusion of a new study led from Uppsala...

Fifty scientists in eight countries are now convening to set out, with concerted vigour, towards achieving sustainable Arctic development. “We’re f...

Electric cars have long been established on Sweden’s roads. Now electric aircraft are being primed to seize the skies. “Sweden meets all the requir...

The funding of a number of research projects has been fast-tracked in order to speed up the development of drugs and vaccines to combat COVID-19. J...