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Acute sleep loss may alter the way we see others
11 maj 2022
A new study from Uppsala University shows that young adults when sleep-deprived evaluate angry faces as less trustworthy and healthy-looking. Furth...
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45 million to research on sustainable landscapes
09 maj 2022
Uppsala University receives a grant of SEK 45 million for research on sustainable landscapes in the LAND-PATHS programme. The overarching aim is to...
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Mapping people of the past by means of their bones
09 maj 2022
What is the best way to find out about a human being or animal that has been dead for perhaps several centuries? “Study the bones” is what Sabine S...
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Innovation Award for the Entrepreneurs behind Olink Proteomics
05 maj 2022
Ulf Landegren, Björn Ekström and Jon Heimer have been selected to receive Uppsala University's 2022 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award, which wi...
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Researchers follow IT project at Visby Hospital
04 maj 2022
Researchers at Uppsala University are leading a new collaborative project to study the implementation of a new IT system at Visby Hospital. The sys...
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Trio behind Olink receives Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
03 maj 2022
Ulf Landegren, Björn Ekström and Jon Heimer, the key figures behind the successful biotech company Olink Proteomics, are the first recipients of Up...
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ERC grants for research on AI in emergency care
02 maj 2022
With the help of artificial intelligence, safety and efficiency in accident and emergency departments can improve. This hypothesis underlies Johan ...
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Climate resilient microalgae could help restore coral reefs
29 april 2022
Coral species exhibit different temperature tolerances. This is in part due to the composition of their microalgae symbionts. With a new method, re...
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“Without Otto Zdansky, this museum in Uppsala wouldn’t have existed”
26 april 2022
Hello, Jan Ove R. Ebbestad, Curator of the Museum of Evolution. You and Jan Romgard co-wrote the book Otto Zdansky: The scientist who discovered Pe...
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Major donation for research on ecology and genetics
26 april 2022
The entrepreneur Sverker Lerheden has resolved to donate SEK 100 million to promote basic ecology and genetics research. Through the newly formed B...
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Robert Goodin awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
25 april 2022
Professor Robert Goodin, Australian National University, is the recipient of the 2022 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, often referred to as...
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Partnership agreement for sustainable vehicles signed
21 april 2022
Battery technology is hot. Tomorrow’s electric vehicles will need highly efficient, sustainable batteries and the industry is currently suffering a...
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Are there earthquakes in Sweden?
14 april 2022
On average, a couple of earthquakes occur daily in Sweden. Most of them are so minor as to be detected by instruments only, but sometimes there are...
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Theme week in Science and Technology
11 april 2022
In connection with the inauguration of the new Ångström Laboratory, everyone interested is welcome to a theme week in Science and Technology betwee...
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Uppsala offers refuge to scholars from Ukraine
11 april 2022
Uppsala University will award scholarships to a total value of SEK 3 million to scholars from Ukraine. The funding will provide 20 scholarships wor...
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Running of the Falls is back in all its glory
08 april 2022
On 30 April, it is once again time for over one hundred rafts to set off on the Fyris River. This will be the first full-scale Running of the Falls...
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Secrets being revealed at atomic level
08 april 2022
With its six radiating beam lines, this machine looks a bit like a giant steel hydra. At around 50 metres long, it occupies most of the space in th...
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Spruce trees reconquered Sweden 10,000 after the ice age
08 april 2022
A new study from scientists at Uppsala University shows that it took more than 10 millennia from when the first spruces returned to Sweden after th...
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Mass exodus calls for many health actions
07 april 2022
What health measures need implementing for people fleeing from the war in Ukraine? Soorej Jose Puthoopparambil, researcher and Senior Lecturer at U...
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Parents with a low education level discriminated in school choice
07 april 2022
Parents with a higher education and parents with Swedish names are treated better when they contact schools for information prior to choosing a sch...