News from Uppsala University

Can we get by on just renewable energy? Can energy from the sun, wind and water cover our electricity needs – even on a windless, overcast day in S...

One strategy for cancer therapy is to inhibit the development of blood vessels in the tumour. Researchers at Uppsala University show in a new study...

Cellular lipids are more efficient than proteins in trapping most drugs and hence reducing the free intracellular drug concentration. This is shown...

Ahead of the annual Uppsala Health Summit, 14–15 June, the report Care for Cancer was published today, focusing on how we can pave the way for bett...

In an article in the journal Nature, an international research team reports how, using the giant ALMA and VLT telescopes, they discovered signature...

Yesterday, the SASUF, South Africa Sweden University Forum in Pretoria, was opened by Sweden's ambassador to Pretoria, the Vice-chancellor of Uppsa...

An ethnographic research documentary on alternative entrepreneurship in Hungary will premier on the 16th of May. We talked to researchers Annika Sk...

How can knowing more about the brain help us build tomorrow’s robots and computers, and how can it help improve treatment of brain diseases? What a...

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...

The material graphene has many incredible properties, but to date it has been difficult to use on a large scale in industry, because it loses its u...

A new study published in Nature Communications shows that infants who are later diagnosed with autism react more strongly to sudden changes in ligh...

Several new study programmes and research initiatives are under way. The Vice-Chancellor has decided how to use the University’s funding boost. The...

U-FOLD and Uppsala University are now taking the next step in combating dependence on medical and narcotic drugs. “The time has come for us and soc...

“We either need to change our ways drastically, or a future climate disaster will do it for us.” So says climate researcher Kevin Anderson, who als...

The course Satan in the History of Ideas, new this year, is already one of Uppsala University’s most popular summer courses in terms of applicant n...

In a new study published by Nature, an international team of researchers led by Uppsala University in Sweden proposes a new evolutionary origin for...

Are you a man and do you expect to manage on your own for a while longer? Research at Uppsala University now shows that efforts to achieve a health...

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently elected new members. Two Uppsala researchers were elected as international honorary members.

Uppsala University, jointly with the Swedish Swiss Chamber of Commerce (SSCC) and the EU Human Brain Project, is issuing invitations to a meeting i...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a global and growing problem in health care. To be able to prevent further development of resistance developing, ...