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Renewable – and ecologically sustainable?
01 juni 2018
Sweden must phase out fossil energy sources – this is the general consensus. But opinions differ on what kinds of energy production society should ...
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Ticks on migratory birds carriers of hemorrhagic fever virus
01 juni 2018
In a new study, researchers have identified genetic material from the recently identified Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus in the tick species Hyal...
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Innovative spinoff companies from Uppsala University funded by Vinnova
29 maj 2018
In Sweden’s innovation agency Vinnova’s latest call for proposals in the Innovative Startups initiative, 92 companies with innovative business idea...
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Human diversity as a research area
29 maj 2018
Human diversity abounds in language, culture and biology. An understanding of this diversity is central to a lot of research, but it is important t...
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Large grant to Faculty of Law from Ragnar Söderberg Foundation
29 maj 2018
The Ragnar Söderberg Foundation has presented this year’s approved grants in law. From a total of six researchers and projects awarded SEK 12 milli...
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Major grant for hamstring injury research
29 maj 2018
Kenneth Jonsson, an associate professor at Uppsala University, has been awarded a research grant of SEK 3.2 million from AFA Insurance to compare s...
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Uppsala University most mentioned in social media
29 maj 2018
The media monitoring company Meltwater has conducted a media survey of Swedish universities’ presence in social media. According to the survey, Upp...
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Shared meals important for wellbeing
29 maj 2018
How, where and when we eat are key issues for human health and wellbeing. A multidisciplinary research network at Uppsala University aims to deepen...
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Virus genes from city pond rescue bacteria
29 maj 2018
A key question in evolutionary biology is how new functions arise. New research at Uppsala University shows that bacteriophages (viruses that infec...
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Li Bennich-Björkman: Academic freedom fighter
22 maj 2018
Li Bennich-Björkman, Skyttean Professor of Eloquence and Government, is an untiring defender of academic freedom and long-term research projects. I...
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The right mix of green energy
22 maj 2018
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...
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CD93 protein suggests new strategy to inhibit cancer
22 maj 2018
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...
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Lipid “trap” inside cells reduces drug effectiveness
22 maj 2018
Cellular lipids are more efficient than proteins in trapping most drugs and hence reducing the free intracellular drug concentration. This is shown...
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Uppsala Health Summit Report: ”Time to ask tough questions about cancer”
22 maj 2018
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...
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Giant telescope reveals star formation shortly after Big Bang
17 maj 2018
In an article in the journal Nature, an international research team reports how, using the giant ALMA and VLT telescopes, they discovered signature...
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Launch of new Sweden–South Africa cooperation
17 maj 2018
Yesterday, the South Africa Sweden University Forum (SASUF), was opened by Sweden's ambassador to Pretoria, the Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala Universi...
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Premier of research documentary on alternative entrepreneurship
14 maj 2018
An ethnographic research documentary on alternative entrepreneurship in Hungary will premier on the 16th of May. We talked to researchers Annika Sk...
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The brain and society’s digital future
09 maj 2018
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...
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Researcher develops a new generation of graphene
08 maj 2018
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...
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Strong pupillary light reflex in infancy linked to later autism diagnosis
08 maj 2018
A new study published in Nature Communications shows that infants who are later diagnosed with autism react more strongly to sudden changes in ligh...