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On 10-21 November, the countries of the world will come together at the Climate Change Conference COP30 in Brazil. The role of the EU and Sweden has significantly weakened compared to previous years. …

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) has awarded grants totalling SEK 88 million to two research projects at Uppsala University. One of the research programmes, led by Harald Hammarström, will map …

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are important tools for achieving both national and international environmental objectives. However, more needs to be known about how to finance and implement them. A …

This is one way to summarise the criteria for a discovery to be considered for a Nobel Prize according to Johan Åqvist, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, who has been sorting through …

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. At that time, the countries of the world agreed that global warming should be kept well below two degrees, and preferably not exceed 1.5 …

This year’s recipients of honorary doctorates at the University represent a wide range of expertise and professions. Criminal law and philosophy, theoretical nuclear physics, modern American social …

Lake shores with a lot of reeds and other vegetation may not be tempting for swimmers. However, Sebastian Sobek and his colleagues have discovered that such environments can be important for the …

Previous research has shown that the first five years of a child’s life are especially important. Finding a way to highlight and help parents of young children establish routines at an early stage can …

Even though we can explore the universe with great precision, there is still a lot we don’t know, according to Ulf Danielsson, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Uppsala University. Besides doing …

The world's largest experimental fusion power facility, ITER, is currently being built in southern France. This facility will be used to create fossil-free energy the same way as in the sun, through …