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Hundreds of large habitat shifts have shaped life on Earth today
05 augusti 2022
An international team led by Uppsala University researchers has uncovered that eukaryotes (organisms with a cellular nucleus) have made hundreds of...
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DNA gives clues to clean and effective energy production
19 juli 2022
Researchers from several universities, including Uppsala University, have, by studying helical molecules in the body such as DNA, received clues as...
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Y chromosome loss causes heart failure and death from cardiovascular disease
15 juli 2022
Loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells of men is associated with disease and mortality, but no clear causal relationship has previously been ident...
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How can we communicate towards a more sustainable society?
11 juli 2022
The fact that we need to change our behaviour in order to create a more sustainable society is nothing new. Researchers from Uppsala University hav...
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Ancestral genetic variation essential for rapid evolution of Darwin’s finches
11 juli 2022
In a study, published in Science Advances, an international team of researchers have identified 28 gene regions that have been particularly importa...
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New data on violent political protest in UCDP
08 juli 2022
Violent political protest has become increasingly common across the globe, with the Middle East and Africa displaying the trend most often. This is...
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“I want the method to be utilised, not stored in a drawer”
05 juli 2022
Hi there, Robin Dürr, a PhD student in physical chemistry. With your novel and patented method to fabricate a membrane electrode assembly, you hop...
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New hypothesis about crocodiles’ ears may help people with impaired hearing
05 juli 2022
Impaired hearing affects over 1.2 billion people worldwide. But crocodiles, who live almost as long as humans and can surpass 70 years of age, have...
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Iceland volcano opens a rare window into the Earth beneath our feet
05 juli 2022
The recent Fagradalsfjall eruption in the southwest of Iceland has enthralled the whole world, including nature lovers and scientists alike. The er...
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Municipal housing policy influences refugee reception
05 juli 2022
Municipalities can use their local housing policy to influence the extent to which refugees are able to settle in the municipality in the long term...
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Uppsala University welcomes the next generation of neutron-scattering researchers
05 juli 2022
Three doctoral students from the graduate school Swedish Neutron Education for Science and Society (SwedNESS) have received grants to continue thei...
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“The mathematics in a Gömböc is impressive”
05 juli 2022
Hello Georgios Dimitroglou Rizell, head of the Department of Mathematics, who was recently presented with a Gömböc by the Hungarian Ambassador at a...
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Discovery paves way for possible new cancer treatment
04 juli 2022
Radiopharmaceuticals that fight cancer are on the rise and Marika Nestor is contributing to their development. An antibody from her lab offers hope...
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Small places can have big voices on sustainability issues
01 juli 2022
Hello Owe Ronström, organiser of four seminars on sustainability at Almedalen together with Swaminathan Ramanathan. The panelists include guests fr...
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Oral contraceptives and hormone therapy increase the risk of stroke
01 juli 2022
A new study from Uppsala University shows that oral contraceptives and hormone therapy at menopause increase the risk of stroke. The increased risk...
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Linnaeus medalist and Rudbeck medalists nominated
30 juni 2022
This year, the Rudbeck Medal is awarded to Professors Lena Claesson-Welsh, Emily Holmes, and Wang Yi, while the Linnaeus Medal is awarded to Profes...
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E-infrastructure for life sciences receives SSF grant
29 juni 2022
Johan Rung, a researcher at Uppsala University and SciLifeLab, receives a grant of SEK 15 million for the project “En nationell e-infrastruktur för...
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Wijnand Boonstra elected to UN panel on biodiversity
28 juni 2022
Approximately one million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction – but what can we do about it? Uppsala University researcher Wijn...
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Birgitta Essén receives the Martin H:son Holmdahl Prize
28 juni 2022
This year’s Martin H:son Holmdahl Prize for human rights and freedoms is awarded to Professor Birgitta Essén, who works at Uppsala University and U...
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Precision medicine centre paves the way for more accurate diagnosis and treatment
28 juni 2022
Precision medicine is gaining ground in the field of highly specialised care. More extensive use of advanced gene sequencing will make diagnoses mo...