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Brain tumours are attacked by the body’s own defences
12 juni 2020
Glioblastoma is a severe type of brain tumour that is currently incurable. Anna Dimberg and Magnus Essand are researching a method that activates ...
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Smart electricity grids needed for expanding city
12 juni 2020
Uppsala Municipality is growing, and the city plans to keep expanding rapidly between now and 2050. One challenge is to supply electricity sustaina...
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Ancient enzymes can contribute to greener chemistry
10 juni 2020
A research team at Uppsala University has resurrected several billion-year-old enzymes and reprogrammed them to catalyse completely different chemi...
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New research provides hope for treatment for aggressive brain tumor
09 juni 2020
Using genetically modified cells, researchers from Uppsala University hope to create a treatment for Glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer as of...
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Academia and industry shape the future of drug delivery
09 juni 2020
In three years, the Swedish Drug Delivery Forum has developed into a meeting place where Uppsala University and ten pharmaceutical companies unite ...
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Temperate insects vulnerable to climate change
09 juni 2020
In previous research, it has been assumed that insects in temperate regions would cope well with or even benefit from a warmer climate. Not so, acc...
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New understanding of contact between Stone Age cultures
09 juni 2020
What kind of interactions did the various Stone Age cultures have with one another? In a new interdisciplinary study, researchers have combined arc...
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New Form of Magnetic Order Discovered in the Element Neodymium
08 juni 2020
A material’s magnetism may be used within a number of different areas. With the development of greener technology in society, the need of new and i...
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New professor leads the initiative for AI as a research tool
08 juni 2020
Use of AI and large quantities of data are increasing continuously and will influence tomorrow’s society. Major initiatives in the field are underw...
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Research on the corona virus
08 juni 2020
Why did the corona virus begin to spread among humans? What can we do to prevent the spread of infection so that healthcare has sufficient resource...
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Uppsala researcher new chair of the Young Academy of Sweden
05 juni 2020
The end of May saw the election of the Young Academy of Sweden’s new Academy Board for the year 2020/2021. The Academy Board’s new chair is Sanna K...
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Studying the psychological effects of the pandemic
05 juni 2020
For many people, the past few months have been a trial. Karin Brocki is studying the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health – both among ...
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Distinguished Teaching Awards 2020 announced
05 juni 2020
This year’s winners of Uppsala University’s Distinguished Teaching Awards teach subjects in the fields of pedagogy, political science, surgery and ...
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DNA in Dead Sea Scrolls: a new approach to their history
05 juni 2020
Researchers at Uppsala University, jointly with colleagues in Israel, have succeeded in extracting DNA from the over 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scroll...
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Björn Olsen: Our biggest enemy is forgetfulness
04 juni 2020
“The coronavirus is not the last act. At best, it is a dress rehearsal for the next pandemic. And when this storm blows over, we can hope that we w...
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Social graces and etiquette vital for Carl Linnaeus
04 juni 2020
What would have become of Carl Linnaeus if he had remained single? Would science have missed out on one of its major lodestars without his well-fun...
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Millions of euros to interdisciplinary research around extreme weather
04 juni 2020
Why does a specific type of weather extreme occur? How can we use this knowledge to better predict it? These are topics for a big international EU-...
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New test method can offer safer dosages of hydroxychloroquine
03 juni 2020
Researchers at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital have developed a new method to measure levels of the medication hydroxychloroquin...
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Cold-adapted enzymes can transform at room temperature
01 juni 2020
Enzymes from cold-loving organisms that live at low temperatures, close to the freezing point of water, display highly distinctive properties. In a...
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New project to analyse novel coronavirus in wastewater
26 maj 2020
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in wastewater. Scientists from Uppsala University, KTH and SLU have received support from Knut a...