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EUR 6 million for research on future of Arctic
08 maj 2020
Fifty scientists in eight countries are now convening to set out, with concerted vigour, towards achieving sustainable Arctic development. “We’re f...
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Electric flight poised for new heights
08 maj 2020
Electric cars have long been established on Sweden’s roads. Now electric aircraft are being primed to seize the skies. “Sweden meets all the requir...
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Uppsala chemists part of international COVID-19 collaboration
08 maj 2020
The funding of a number of research projects has been fast-tracked in order to speed up the development of drugs and vaccines to combat COVID-19. J...
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Uppsala scientists develop method for assessing COVID-19 immunity
07 maj 2020
Hello there… Ulf Landegren, Professor of Molecular Medicine at Uppsala University, whose research team are currently developing a new method for la...
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How gene flow between species influences the evolution of Darwin’s finches
06 maj 2020
Despite the traditional view that species do not exchange genes by hybridisation, recent studies show that gene flow between closely related specie...
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Distance education is extended until 7 June
05 maj 2020
The Vice-Chancellor decided today that teaching and assessment will continue to be delivered remotely until 7 June 2020.
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AI - a New Tool for Cardiac Diagnostics
04 maj 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) may be an aid to interpreting ECG results, helping healthcare staff to diagnose diseases that affect the heart. Resear...
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Lymphatic vessels in mice and humans: alike yet different
04 maj 2020
In an international collaboration, researchers from Uppsala University have mapped the lymph node lymphatic vessels in mice and humans down to the ...
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Large variation in personality traits among patients with social anxiety disorder
03 maj 2020
Individuals with social anxiety disorder have markedly different personality traits than others. Emotional instability and introversion are hallmar...
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She studies AI as existential media
30 april 2020
How are we influenced when smart digital assistants, like Siri and Alexa, become part of our homes? And what happens when we begin to track deviati...
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New Uppsala University Board members
30 april 2020
The Swedish Government has now appointed eight external members to the Uppsala University Board for the three-year period ahead. The new Chair is A...
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New Chair seeks to protect freedom of research
30 april 2020
Anne Ramberg, an advocate and former Secretary General of the Swedish Bar Association, will soon take up her position as new Chair of the Uppsala U...
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Kerstin Lindblad-Toh new member of National Academy of Sciences
28 april 2020
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Professor of Comparative Genomics at Uppsala University, has been elected as one of 146 new members of the National Academy o...
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Uppsala University among Sweden’s most attractive employers
28 april 2020
Among Sweden’s 150 largest businesses and organisations, Uppsala University is ranked as the seventh most attractive employer. Among public authori...
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SciLifeLab prepares for large-scale Covid-19 screening
28 april 2020
System developers at SciLifeLab in Uppsala have adapted the IT systems required for large-scale Covid-19 screening.
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Twice as many students taking summer courses
27 april 2020
Admission statistics for 2020 show that twice as many people have been admitted to a summer course at Uppsala University this summer compared to la...
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Researchers take the pulse of a sleeping supervolcano
23 april 2020
Under the volcanoes in the Andes where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet, there is a gigantic reservoir of molten magma. For several million years,...
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New study can contribute to a better understanding of type 2 diabetes
20 april 2020
Patients with type 2 diabetes secrete not only too little insulin but also too much glucagon, which contributes to poor blood glucose control. A ne...
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Life in Quarantine – how to cope
17 april 2020
Many people are currently living in quarantine, working from home, doing without many of their usual entertainments and limiting their social conta...
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Artificial intelligence reveals hate and extremism online
14 april 2020
Antidemocratic forces have increasingly moved online to organise hate crimes. Until now, many of these perpetrators of violence have avoided detect...