News from Uppsala University

A cache of 118 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur and bird feathers has been recovered from an ancient lake deposit that once lay beyond the sout...

Diabetes is one of our major health scourges. The disease is increasing in prevalence worldwide and an estimated 640 million people will be affecte...

An exceptionally rare fossil jaw from a giant Jurassic pliosaur has been found in Switzerland, and recently identified by an international team of ...

What does it mean to be ‘aware’, and how is our consciousness connected to the physical brain? A recent thesis from Uppsala University explores the...

Discussion is under way in the EU on classifying cobalt, which is included in orthopaedic implants, as a potential carcinogen. A group of researche...

Uppsala University has been named Erasmus+ Actor of the Year for its systematic and successful efforts to promote student mobility through Erasmus+...

Hello there Petter Elgh, President of the Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students, which traditionally organises the Utnarm careers fair ...

How variable are gene transcripts and proteins, the molecules of life, across the tissues and organs of the human body? Furthermore, how variable a...

Hi there Maria Strømme, Professor in nanotechnology, and participating in the Kvalitetsmässan, a conference on AI, nanotechnology and cyber-attacks...

On 15 November more than 20 new professors will be inaugurated at Uppsala University at a formal ceremony in the Grand Auditorium. Each will descri...

Major investments are required in the area of research and research infrastructure if Sweden is to retain its position as a leading knowledge natio...

Nine universities – rectors, staff and student representatives, from all over Europe have formally launched the 'ENLIGHT' consortium. ENLIGHT will ...

NeuroDeRisk is a new international consortium in which Uppsala University, together with 17 partner organisations, will develop tools for better pr...

In a new collaborative project involving chemists with various backgrounds, researchers are seeking greener and more sustainable ways of producing ...

Cars, satellites, aircraft, robots and pacemakers are all controlled by software in embedded computer systems. That they should be updatable in a s...

Researchers are investigating, at molecular level, how the human body has evolved to recognise various signalling substances. Their hope is to be a...

Malignant gliomas are common brain tumours for which no curative treatment yet exists. Now, in a multidisciplinary collaboration, Anna Dimberg’s re...

Superbly preserved fossils from Russia, excavated with support of a grant from the National Geographic Society and described today by an internatio...

Much of our modern technology relies on the use of rare earth elements (REEs), and a key to finding more of them is to understand the processes tha...

The nine faculties at Uppsala University have decided on who they wish to appoint as honorary doctors this academic year. The new honorary doctors ...