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Two ERC Advanced Grants to Uppsala University
30 mars 2023
In the latest round of ERC Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC), two researchers at Uppsala University have been successful: As...
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“The public is generally poorly informed”
29 mars 2023
Hello May-Britt Öhman, researcher at the Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism and expert contributor to the Government's Committee on Rei...
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Future aid workers trained at multiple universities
29 mars 2023
From Malta to Sweden to India. On the NOHA Master’s programme (Network on Humanitarian Action), future aid workers are trained in a unique collabor...
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His algorithm aims for better age assessments
28 mars 2023
Can a computer analyse a picture of a face and decide how old the person is? Anders Hast thinks it can. He is currently developing an algorithm tha...
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Sleep deprivation and circadian rhythm affect public health
27 mars 2023
A large proportion of today’s population, both adults and children, are not getting enough sleep. Many people also work shifts, which disrupts our ...
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From living heritage to zombie churches
22 mars 2023
Churches are preserved by an antiquarian system that risks killing them instead of keeping them alive. The Swedish State and the Church of Sweden t...
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Democracy researchers to participate in literature festival
22 mars 2023
War, crime and literature as a path to reconciliation is the theme of the Uppsala International Literature Festival on March 23–25. One of the orga...
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AI may also replace skilled professions
20 mars 2023
When work tasks are replaced by new technology, changes in the labour market follow. Research shows that this has historically led to more jobs ove...
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A unique collection of books from Copernicus and a few hairs
16 mars 2023
This year we celebrate the 550th anniversary of the birth of scientist Nicolaus Copernicus, who redrew our entire worldview. In connection with the...
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Oldest sea reptile from Age of Dinosaurs found on Arctic island
14 mars 2023
For nearly 190 years, scientists have searched for the origins of ancient sea-going reptiles from the Age of Dinosaurs. Now a team of Swedish and N...
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Overweight in children increased during the pandemic
10 mars 2023
Overweight and obesity among four-year-olds increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by Uppsala University involving over 2...
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Large donation for research into the human immune system
09 mars 2023
Thanks to a gift from an American donor to Uppsala University, Sweden, research into immune reactions in cases of transplantation, autoimmunity and...
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EU-study of migrant returns and readmission policies in Europe
09 mars 2023
EU and its member states face political, normative, and operational challenges regarding returning rejected asylum seekers and ‘irregular’ migrants...
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"The IT sector has a problematic growth rate"
07 mars 2023
Watching videos on YouTube and various streaming services accounts for an increasing share of the world's energy consumption. But what is really th...
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Winning innovation soon in a billion mobile phones
06 mars 2023
A smart video stabilisation method is the innovation behind Uppsala company Imint. The software will soon be embedded in a billion mobile phones. A...
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Development of robots that promote inclusion and diversity
03 mars 2023
How do we develop social robots that make everyone feel included and represented? This question is the focus of researchers Ginevra Castellano and ...
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Bringing new research about forensic evidence to the courtroom
02 mars 2023
Are there better methods of assessing a person’s age, whether a person is lying, or whose DNA is at a crime scene? These are questions in some of t...
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Gender equality in the Riksdag can be improved
02 mars 2023
In many ways, the Riksdag is an equal workplace, but research by Uppsala University shows that women face multiple obstacles in their work. A worry...
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“You throw up, then you cough, then you feel better or die”
02 mars 2023
Detailed images of illness, death and cancelled activities; these were some of the common themes of children’s drawings during the COVID-19 pandemi...
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Reducing the risk of students using AI to cheat
01 mars 2023
How can we prevent students from using AI in examinations? And should this new technology be prohibited? Mats Cullhed and Sonja Bjelobaba have been...