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Alumnus of the Year Jenny Larsson is a CEO and ecowarrior
01 september 2021
For Jenny Larsson, Uppsala University’s Alumnus of the Year 2021, interest in the environment arose early in life. As Managing Director of Hitachi ...
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Parental support crucial for better school performance
31 augusti 2021
Interest in studies and effort are important for pupils in achieving high grades, but high grades also require lots of work at home and extensive p...
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History of human antibiotic use written in the oral bacteria of wild brown bears
25 augusti 2021
An international team of researchers used historical museum collections to study the effects of human-made antibiotics over the entire history of t...
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Male Y chromosome causes sex differences in body size
24 augusti 2021
Females and males differ in many ways and yet they share the same genome. The only exception is the male Y chromosome. Using beetles as a study sys...
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New database facilitates more efficient research on covid-19
24 augusti 2021
SCIFI-PEARL may provide researchers with access to registry data for each person diagnosed with covid-19 in Sweden as well as a comprehensive compa...
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How research can encourage us to cycle instead
19 augusti 2021
How do you get to work in the mornings? Transport currently accounts for 25 per cent of GHG emissions in European cities. If we are to achieve our ...
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Andrea Benediktsdottir is awarded the Iris Scholarship for aspiring women
13 augusti 2021
Andrea Benediktsdottir, PhD student at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, is awarded the Iris Scholarship for aspiring women in Sweden. With th...
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Philippine ethnic group has most Denisovan DNA
13 augusti 2021
The Philippine ethnic group Ayta Magbukon has the highest proportion of genes from our extinct relatives, the Denisovans, a new study led by Uppsal...
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Hormones may alleviate movement difficulties after stroke
13 augusti 2021
Hormones released after a brain injury contribute to movement problems on the left and right sides of the body, scientists from Uppsala University ...
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Thawing permafrost releases greenhouse gas from depth
03 augusti 2021
Which effects did the heat wave of summer 2020 have in Siberia? In a new study geologists from Bonn, Uppsala and St. Petersburg compared the spatia...
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New method for discovery of antiviral drugs
02 augusti 2021
The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for methods to identify new or repurposed drugs as antivirals. Researchers at Uppsala Univer...
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A single cell type map of human tissues
30 juli 2021
In a study published in the US journal Science Advances, a single cell type map of human tissues is presented. An open access atlas has been launch...
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Why mothers in novels leave their families
22 juli 2021
Mothers leaving their families is not a new theme in Swedish fiction. But the reasons for leaving have changed. It is no longer about lack of gende...
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Male beetles’ genitalia harmful and beneficial to females
15 juli 2021
Male seed beetles with genital structures that injure females may have greater reproductive success. As new research from Uppsala University shows,...
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UNITE4TB partnership focus on new Tuberculosis treatments
15 juli 2021
The partnership will accelerate the development of new Tuberculosis (TB) drug regimens as part of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a publ...
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Important role of genetics for age at first sex and birth
09 juli 2021
An international research team has identified hundreds of genetic variants that are linked with age at first sex and birth of the first child. The ...
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Equitable access to care: a global challenge
08 juli 2021
The ongoing pandemic has had worldwide repercussions. One is that it has highlighted disparities in access to health care. A group of Uppsala Unive...
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Helpline important for older people during the pandemic
08 juli 2021
For many older individuals, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the loss of daily anonymous contacts, such as small talk with unknown individuals...
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Stay inside during thunderstorms
08 juli 2021
If you hear thunder, don’t go outside. This is the most important piece of advice from lightning researcher Vernon Cooray. Death by lightning is hi...
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New bladder cancer model may promote better treatment
08 juli 2021
Uppsala University scientists have designed a new mouse model that facilitates study of factors contributing to the progression of human bladder ca...