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The plague year of 1710 was also a difficult year
24 februari 2021
As historians, it is our job to take a step back and give perspective to our current situation. For anyone looking back, it isn’t hard to find othe...
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Important to understand the flow of refuges from conflicts
24 februari 2021
Hello there, Margareta Sollenberg, a researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. You were recently awarded a grant from the Swedis...
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New method for finding Earth-like planets
24 februari 2021
A new technique for reducing light interference during telescope observations enables imaging of earth-like planets in nearby solar systems. An int...
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3D map for inner ear created with advanced X-ray technology
24 februari 2021
Researchers at Uppsala University have created the first 3D map of the hearing nerve showing where the various sound frequencies are captured. Usin...
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Beta blockers can repair malformed blood vessels in the brain
23 februari 2021
Propranolol, a drug that is efficacious against infantile haemangiomas (“strawberry naevi”, resembling birthmarks), can also be used to treat cereb...
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Björn Wettermark creates tools for optimised drug utilisation
23 februari 2021
The path of the drug from laboratory to patient is long and every year non-optimised medication use costs both human lives and astronomical amounts...
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Innate immune system worsens the situation in severe COVID-19
23 februari 2021
In patients with severe COVID-19, the innate immune system overreacts. This overreaction may underlie the formation of blood clots (thrombi) and de...
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Lessons from the Ebola disaster can be applied to COVID-19
22 februari 2021
How can we build trust in the community in the midst of a crisis, such as the Ebola disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo? And can it be rel...
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Uppsala University sums up a year dominated by the coronavirus and looks ahead
22 februari 2021
Uppsala University’s activities underwent major changes in 2020 due to the pandemic, including digitalisation at record-breaking speed, a large inc...
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Hat-trick of grants for researching smart electricity grids
19 februari 2021
The Uppsala Smart Energy Research group (USER) has been granted funding by the Swedish Energy Agency for three different collaborative projects in ...
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New biomarkers can lead to breakthrough in diabetes research
18 februari 2021
With the discovery of two new biomarkers, Olof Eriksson, researcher in translational imaging, may lead the way to the scientific breakthrough that ...
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Grants to research into sustainable energy systems
17 februari 2021
Eight research projects within the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology at Uppsala University have received grants in the call for curiosi...
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Drugs in the Environment one of many new freestanding courses at the Faculty of Pharmacy
12 februari 2021
In 2021, the Faculty of Pharmacy is expanding its already wide range of freestanding courses. This year’s news includes Drugs in the Environment, B...
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Limited transmission of COVID-19 from open schools but teachers were affected
12 februari 2021
Most countries introduced school closures during the spring of 2020 despite uncertainty regarding the effectiveness in containing SARS-CoV-2. In Sw...
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Producing more sustainable hydrogen
12 februari 2021
Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, using photocatalytic composite polymer nanopar...
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New improved dog reference genome will aid a new generation of investigation
10 februari 2021
Researchers at Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have used new methods for DNA sequencing and annotation to bu...
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“Courses in the humanities provided a great deal of insight”
09 februari 2021
Hello there, Gabriella Hammarin, a graduate of the Master’s Programme in Sociotechnical Systems Engineering in 2012 and currently working on game d...
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Higher blood pressure at night may increase Alzheimer’s disease risk
08 februari 2021
Higher blood pressure at night than in daytime may be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in older men. This is suggested by a new study from res...
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New clues to how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells
08 februari 2021
The molecular details of how SARS-CoV-2 enters cells and infects them are still not clear. Researchers at Uppsala University have tested the bioinf...
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Stefania Barca the new visiting Zennström climate professor
08 februari 2021
Stefania Barca, from the University of Coimbra in Portugal, is to be Uppsala University’s fourth Zennström Professor of Climate Change Leadership. ...