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This year’s Distinguished Teaching Award recipients announced
31 maj 2021
The 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients at Uppsala University teach subjects related to archaeology, law, pharmacy and mathematics. The In...
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“We must start thinking about IT from a sustainability point of view”
27 maj 2021
Hi there Carolina Wählby, professor at the Department of Information Technology, where a new research initiative focused on sustainability and secu...
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The role of religion analysed through Facebook comments
27 maj 2021
By analysing Facebook comments under news posts from the country’s largest news publishers, Linnea Jensdotter at Uppsala University has studied the...
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The attitudes of children and youth about the pandemic year and the future
27 maj 2021
We have lived with COVID-19 and restrictions in society for over a year. How do children and youth see this pandemic year? A new study is trying to...
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Medical technology centre develops eHealth and imaging technology for the medical system
27 maj 2021
MedTech Science & Innovation is a collaboration between Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital aimed at streamlining the journey from r...
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New chair and director appointed for Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament
24 maj 2021
Uppsala University has appointed Cecilia Wikström to chair the governing board of the University’s new knowledge centre for nuclear disarmament and...
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Complete DNA from a 35,000 years old woman sequenced
21 maj 2021
For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the entire genome from the skull of Peştera Muierii 1, a woman who lived in today’s Rom...
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New study explains how chemicals in plastic may cause lower IQ levels in children
21 maj 2021
The chemical bisphenol F (found in plastics) can induce changes in a gene that is vital for neurological development. This discovery was made by re...
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Married in Sweden – but single in another EU Member State?
21 maj 2021
A same-sex marriage entered into in one EU Member State may not be recognised in another. The argument is often that such a marriage is too differe...
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“We live in the age of garbage”
12 maj 2021
In the quest for a circular economy and a sustainable society, we need to transform our waste into a resource. In the so-called waste package, the ...
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Uppsala Biobank, a resource for healthcare
11 maj 2021
Uppsala Biobank proved itself to be an important resource early on and a route into healthcare for research. Today, Uppsala Biobank’s services are ...
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New thesis: Finery for fashionable ladies
11 maj 2021
When the first descriptions of knitting and crochet were published in Swedish, in the mid-19th century, such handiwork was described as the finest ...
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How bullying and obesity can affect girls’ and boys’ mental health
07 maj 2021
Depressive symptoms are more common in teenage girls than in their male peers. However, boys’ mental health appears to be affected more if they suf...
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Linnaeus’ complicated relationship with racism
07 maj 2021
Since June 2020, Carl Linnaeus has been a subject of debate in Sweden and around the world. What sparked it off were the actions of the Black Lives...
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Scientific evaluation of matched integration meetings
07 maj 2021
For the first time, a scientific study is to be conducted of an integration activity involving matched meetings between established and new Swedes....
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“We must take all territorial emissions from Sweden into account”
06 maj 2021
Hello there! Lars Tranvik, Professor of Limnology at the Department of Ecology and Genetics, who recently penned an op-ed for the Swedish broadshee...
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Active efforts required to detect violence against women
05 maj 2021
“Increasing isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic has also increased the risk for violence against women. Active efforts are needed to detect viol...
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EU initiative in digital pathology
05 maj 2021
AI is being used increasingly in medicine. To speed development, the EU project BigPicture is building a research platform for digital pathology. I...
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Phone app can help traumatised health professionals
04 maj 2021
Can structured tasks in a smartphone app cure post-traumatic stress symptoms? A method that is currently being tested seeks to help health care pro...
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Conspiracy theories characterise views in and about Europe
03 maj 2021
Conspiratorial narratives of internal disintegration and external threats affect views in the European Union and Europe to an increasing extent. Ou...