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Hjärnäpple winner: “Believing is a must”
06 september 2018
“Hello, Håkan Engqvist, Professor of Applied Materials Science and recipient of this year’s Hjärnäpple*, Uppsala University’s prize for successful ...
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Swedish knowledge bank increases knowledge about cardiopulmonary diseases
06 september 2018
In autumn 2019 Sweden’s new SCAPIS medical knowledge bank will be ready for studies of cardiopulmonary diseases, and researchers in the field are b...
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New study increases understanding of how antibiotic resistance arises
06 september 2018
How does antibiotic resistance arise? In a new article in the July number of the Journal of Biological Chemistry researchers from Uppsala Universit...
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Climate researcher: “More measurements needed”
06 september 2018
After an unusually warm and dry summer in Sweden the discussion about climate change gained new force. So, what is actually happening to the climat...
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New study shows virus traces in historical skeletal material
06 september 2018
A new international study shows the importance of studying historical skeletal material to increase knowledge about how viruses develop.
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Surgery often sufficient to avoid recurrence in colon cancer
29 augusti 2018
A new study from Uppsala University shows that many patients with colon cancer do not need any chemotherapy and that among patients who benefit fro...
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How sleep loss may contribute to adverse weight gain
23 augusti 2018
In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University now demonstrate that one night of sleep loss has a tissue-specific impact on the regulation of ...
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Catastrophic floods can trigger human resettlement away from rivers
23 augusti 2018
A new study by researchers at Uppsala University, published in the journal Science Advances, uses satellite nighttime light data to reveal how floo...
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Increased opportunities for international exchanges this year
21 augusti 2018
Uppsala University has been granted a significant increase in the number of Erasmus+ scholarships in the EU/Europe for the academic year 2018–2019....
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The right contacts important for success
21 augusti 2018
For 20 years UU Holding has promoted the use of research conducted at Uppsala University in society. In a recent report UU Holding analysed what go...
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Food in elderly care better with dieticians
21 augusti 2018
While both the Swedish National Food Agency and the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare in recent years have come up with new guidelines f...
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Statement on the death of honorary doctor Kofi Annan
20 augusti 2018
This weekend the news reached the world that former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan had passed away. Kofi Annan was Secretary-General of the United...
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Nominate for the title Alumnus of the Year
19 augusti 2018
Now it is time to nominate for the title Alumnus of the Year 2018. Take the opportunity to recognize someone who have inspired you or made a lastin...
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Working memory might be more flexible than previously thought
16 augusti 2018
Breaking with the long-held idea that working memory has fixed limits, a new study by researchers at Uppsala University and New York University sug...
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There is not one kind of “good sperm” – it depends on other qualities in the male
16 augusti 2018
In a study published in Behavioral Ecology researchers from Uppsala University show that the same type of sperm is not always the best for all male...
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Magnetic antiparticles offer new horizons for information technologies
15 augusti 2018
Nanosized magnetic particles called skyrmions are considered highly promising candidates for new data storage and information technologies. Now, ph...
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The end-Cretaceous extinction unleashed modern shark diversity
03 augusti 2018
A study that examined the shape of hundreds of fossilized shark teeth suggests that modern shark biodiversity was triggered by the end-Cretaceous m...
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Four top researchers at Uppsala University win ERC Starting Grants
27 juli 2018
The European Research Council (ERC) has now announced which researchers have been awarded ERC Starting Grants in the 2018 call. A total of EUR 603 ...
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Eruptive behaviour and magma storage at Bali volcano
16 juli 2018
A new study by researchers at Uppsala University and INGV, Italy, published in Scientific Reports, sheds light on magma storage under the currently...
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Neutrinos in the ice indicate source of cosmic rays
12 juli 2018
An international research team that includes researchers from Uppsala University and Stockholm University have identified a likely source for the h...
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New research detects brain cell that improves learning
06 juli 2018
The workings of memory and learning have yet to be clarified, especially at the neural circuitry level. But researchers at Uppsala University have ...
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Striking differences in brains of wild and domestic rabbits
26 juni 2018
An international team of scientists has used high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study how domestication has affected brain morphol...
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Road to work for migrants – a crucial issue for Sweden
21 juni 2018
A costly and desolate trek through social measures or a worthwhile rescue for Sweden? Olof Åslund, Professor of Economics, sees migration as a key ...
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U4 and Tartu prepare for European University application
21 juni 2018
The U4 universities (Ghent, Göttingen, Groningen and Uppsala) have joined forces with the University of Tartu to prepare an application for the Eur...
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Secret of the volcanoes
20 juni 2018
There is no risk of an eruption when volcano researcher Steffi Burchardt is out on a research expedition. She studies extinct volcanoes that had er...
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Battery researcher Kristina Edström wins KTH Great Prize
20 juni 2018
Leading battery researcher Kristina Edström, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Uppsala University, has won the KTH Great Prize for 2018. Her rese...
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Gunilla Lundmark new Managing Director of Uppsala University Holding Company
19 juni 2018
On 1 September, Gunilla Lundmark will take office as Managing Director of Uppsala University Holding Company, where she succeeds Lars Jonsson. She ...
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Fatalities in organised violence still decreasing
18 juni 2018
New data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Uppsala University shows that the number of fatalities in organised violence decreased for ...
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European universities issue call for research and innovation
15 juni 2018
The European Commission’s proposal for the ninth framework programme for research and innovation, which is part of a long-term budget 2021–2027, ha...
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Endocrine-disrupting pesticides impair frog reproduction
14 juni 2018
In a new study, researchers from Sweden and Britain have investigated how the endocrine-disrupting substance linuron affects reproduction in the We...
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Large-scale whaling in north Scandinavia may date back to 6th century
13 juni 2018
The intensive whaling that has pushed many species to the brink of extinction today may be several centuries older than previously assumed. This vi...
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Scholarship took him from China to doctorate in Uppsala
10 juni 2018
Yan Shao was one of the first Chinese students to receive Anders Wall’s scholarship for a Master’s degree at Uppsala University. Back then he knew ...
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First forecasts from ViEWS – the Violence Early-Warning System
08 juni 2018
The challenges of preventing, mitigating, and adapting to large-scale political violence are daunting, particularly when violence escalates where i...
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Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson to receive King’s Medal
08 juni 2018
H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf has decided to award Uppsala University’s Vice-Chancellor Eva Åkesson and Johan Svedjedal, Professor of Literature, H.M. ...
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“It’s my way of giving something back”
07 juni 2018
Thanks to a donation of USD 100,000, a new scholarship fund has been established for doctoral students at the Department of Physics and Astronomy. ...
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New doctoral thesis: How over-production of meat is maintained
07 juni 2018
Meat consumption is high in Sweden, but production nevertheless outstrips demand. In a new doctoral thesis in sociology, Jonas Bååth has studied ho...
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Uppsala alumnus leads the first alumni network in South Africa
05 juni 2018
Uppsala alumnus Irshaad Wadvalla is the first chairman of the newly founded Sweden Alumni Network in South Africa. “It’s very exciting, and we look...
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Collaborative project to develop smart electric vehicle charging
05 juni 2018
Through the Swedish Electromobility Centre, Uppsala University has entered into a partnership with Vattenfall AB and CEVT (China Euro Vehicle Techn...
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Uppsala researchers create world’s fastest water heater
05 juni 2018
In an international collaboration, Uppsala researchers have successfully heated water from room temperature to 100,000 degrees Celsius in less than...
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Diabetes and solar cell researchers awarded Göran Gustafsson Prize
05 juni 2018
Jonathan Staaf Scragg, a researcher in the field of thin film solar cells, and Gustaf Christoffersson, whose research focuses on Type 1 diabetes, w...
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Cosmic voids and galaxy clusters could upend Einstein
05 juni 2018
New astronomical mappings of hundreds of thousands of cosmic voids and galaxy clusters will make it possible to test Einstein’s theory of relativit...
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School pupils can help scientists with radiation project
05 juni 2018
Is there radioactive caesium in Swedish mushrooms? And if so, how much? A national survey of radioactivity in mushrooms called Strålande jord (“Rad...
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Shamus Khan awarded the 2018 Hans L. Zetterberg Prize
05 juni 2018
Professor Shamus Khan of Columbia University is the second recipient of the Hans L. Zetterberg Prize in Sociology. The prize sum is SEK 100,000.
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Top 10 under 40: Pharmaceutical researchers on global top list
04 juni 2018
Uppsala researcher and entrepreneur Evelina Vågesjö was cited by the journal Genetic Engineering News (GEN), as a future leader within the rapidly ...
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New research programme on human evolution
04 juni 2018
Since the beginning of February, the University’s research on human evolution has been brought together in a new research programme. The aim is to ...
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This year’s Distinguished Teaching Award winners chosen
04 juni 2018
The 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award winners at Uppsala University teach subjects related to art history, informatics and media, pharmaceutical bi...
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First open system providing warning of conflicts
04 juni 2018
Hello, there Håvard Hegre, Dag Hammarskjöld Professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. An initial version of the analytical tool c...
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Uppsala University back among top 100 in reputation ranking
04 juni 2018
Uppsala University is back among the top 100 universities in the world as Times Higher Education publishes its 2018 World Reputation Ranking. Uppsa...
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Per Ahlberg inducted into Academy of Europe
04 juni 2018
Per Ahlberg, Professor at the Department of Organismal Biology, Evolution and Developmental Biology, has been elected to the Academy of Europe, a s...
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Master’s closing ceremony in University Main Building
04 juni 2018
On 21 May a closing ceremony took place in the University Main Building for students in Uppsala University’s international Master’s programmes.