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The question of whether the Late Jurassic dino bird Archaeopteryx was a feathered ground dweller, a glider, or an active flyer has fascinated palae...

A new international collaboration has just started between Sweden and South Africa. The South Africa–Sweden University Forum (SASUF) is one of the ...

In a multidisciplinary study published in PNAS, an international team of researchers combined archaeological, genetic and stable isotope data to en...

Anders Hallberg, Professor Emeritus of Medicinal Chemistry and former Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University, has been awarded an honorary doctorate...

Young digital gamers do not have fewer friends at school than their non-gamer peers, two new research articles from Uppsala University indicate.

Three gold and four silver Gustaf Adolf Medals were awarded to employees at Uppsala University.

Is there a connection between immunological diseases and mental problems? Is it possible to counter memory loss in dementia? How significant is sle...

Femke Heindryckx, Gustaf Christoffersson and Ziad Hijazi at Uppsala University are three of the eight researchers awarded grants through the Swedis...

The European university network – the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities (the Guild) – where Uppsala University is one of 19 member ...

A new study shows that, during the Ice Age, both the East Asian summer monsoon and desertification in Eurasia were driven by fluctuating Northern H...

Hello Steffi Burchardt, Senior Lecturer of Earth Sciences. You have been appointed a Wallenberg Academy Fellow and have received a lot of attention...

Hedvig Söderlund has recently been appointed professor of psychology with a focus on human memory. She is investigating, for instance, how gender, ...

“I’ve found my dream job,” says Annabel Ekberg, one of fourteen doctoral students who have come together at Uppsala Antibiotic Center (UAC), Uppsal...

A new study shows that the flow of genes between different species of elephant – both extinct and those living today – has been more extensive than...

A new action plan for broader recruitment for 2018–2020 has recently been established by Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson. The overall perspective prese...

The annual report for 2017 shows that the University is continuing to enjoy stable development. Several important strategic investments have been m...

Hello, Moa Fransson – director of the Mentor4Research programme at UU Innovation that has now commenced its third round of the programme for resear...

Uppsala University has been allocated more than SEK 30 million through the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) announcement “SSF - Mate...

Lynn Kamerlin has been awarded the The Svedberg prize 2018 for her innovative studies of enzyme reactions in which she combines a broad range of th...

27 February is the start of this year’s book sale of Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis publications. You find a small selection of new publications fr...

Many Swedish pensioners who move to Spain do not learn to speak Spanish. A new study that investigates the pensioners’ integration into Spanish soc...

Mohammad Fazlashemi, Professor of Islamic Theology and Philosophy at the Department of Theology, Uppsala University, has received H.M. The King’s M...

Hello there... Klara Bertils, linguist and doctoral student at the Uppsala Antibiotic Center, which analyses conversations between healthcare staff...

The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) is awarding SEK 300 million for ten projects in cyber and information security. Two of the proj...

Many people who have come to Sweden in recent years have studied in their home countries, but need supplementary courses in Swedish and other subje...

Using self-sampling followed by HPV testing, more than twice as many women at risk of developing cervical cancer could be identified and offered pr...

Christina Garsten has been appointed new principal at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS). She succeeds Björn Wittrock, who was one of ...

Diseases in brain blood vessels are among the most common causes of death in developed countries. In an article published in Nature, researchers fr...

Uppsala researcher Dr Laurent Duda and PhD student Felix Massel together with researchers at the University of Oxford, the University of Kent and t...

In a new study, researchers from the universities of Uppsala and Lund show why insulin secretion is not working properly in patients suffering from...

In a new article, published in Nature Materials, researchers from Beijing, Uppsala and Jülich have made significant progress allowing very high res...

Researchers at Uppsala University and SLU have found a new way of accelerating wound healing. The method published in the highly ranked journal PNA...

Every year, all faculties at Uppsala University appoint one or several honorary doctors which are connected to the respective faculties. 22 new hon...

Starting in February, Stefan Eriksson, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethi...

What is required for us to find life outside our solar system? How do we solve the riddle of cell regulation? At the Celsius–Linnaeus Lectures on 8...

Thanks to advances in treatment options, the chances of surviving cancer are better than ever before. However, cancer incidence is increasing and n...

What is required for us to find life outside our solar system? How do we solve the riddle of cell regulation? At the Celsius–Linné Lectures on 8 Fe...

Over the last few decades, a wealth of evidence has accumulated to suggest that a lack of sleep is bad for mind and body. Working memory is importa...

The environment is highly significant to the spread of infectious diseases around the world, and one of the top factors behind increased transmissi...

A Swedish-Chinese research project will study the health effects on children in different parts of China from air pollution from outdoor environmen...

Two research projects at Uppsala University that are being conducted in collaboration with China have received grants from the Swedish Research Cou...

Why do some Westerners attack Muslim minorities and asylum seekers and why do some Muslims support and engage in terror against the West? New resea...

More than 100 new doctorates and 22 honorary doctorates were conferred and several prizes and medals awarded at the grand Winter Conferment Ceremon...

In a new research project, researchers at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital are using innovative technology to develop personalis...

Christer Betsholtz, Professor of Vascular and Tumour Biology at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University, is one ...

In a new study, Erik Johansson’s research team at the Department of Chemistry at Ångström Laboratory in Uppsala has shown that a new technology usi...

An international research team has taken extremely sharp images of the surface of a nearby giant star using the VLT telescope in Chile. The images ...

With three million Swedish kronor from EIT Health, Peter Bergsten, Professor of Medical Cell Biology at Uppsala University, has joined DeTecT2D, an...

Hello, Karin Forsberg Nilsson. You were awarded funding from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation for a three-year project on brain tumours in c...

More Uppsala students than ever have applied for international exchanges within the framework of their studies. The University is pleased to see th...