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Train to Enforce – a new EU project
25 september 2019
Train to Enforce is a combined research and training project aimed at facilitating free movement within the EU for judgments, primarily related to ...
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Mechanism for the formation of new blood vessels discovered
24 september 2019
Researchers from Uppsala University have revealed for the first time a mechanism for how new blood vessels are formed and have shown the importance...
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Major investment in research on impact of artificial intelligence on people and society
23 september 2019
A major national research programme aims to study the impact of artificial intelligence on society at large and on individual behaviour. The Marian...
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Uppsala University places 102nd in new world rankings
23 september 2019
Uppsala University is ranked 102nd place among 1,400 universities throughout the world in the Times Higher Education (THE) ranking of the world’s b...
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Uppsala philosopher elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
19 september 2019
Folke Tersman, professor of practical philosophy at Uppsala University, has been elected as a member of the class for humanities and for outstandin...
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Patients who attend ‘Heart School’ live longer
16 september 2019
Patients who attend ‘Heart School’, as almost every patient in Sweden is invited to do after a first heart attack, live longer than non-participati...
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Welcome to all our new international scholarship holders
13 september 2019
International scholarship holders were welcomed to Uppsala University at a reception at the University Main Building on 12 September.
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Uppsala Health Summit 2019: Focus on healthy urban childhoods
13 september 2019
Densification of cities causes increased traffic and less space for playgrounds, schoolyards and spontaneous play. This has a negative effect on ch...
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Does dietary red and processed meat intake associate with type 2 diabetes risk?
12 september 2019
Shafqat Ahmad, researcher at Uppsala University, will receive the Rising Star Award during the European diabetes conference EASD in Barcelona start...
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Women’s deep belly fat more strongly linked to diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
10 september 2019
A comprehensive study from Uppsala University, with over 325,000 participants, shows that deep belly fat is a major contributing risk factor for de...
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Mentoring provided new insights
08 september 2019
Now there is an opportunity to become a mentor for researchers who want to take their research beyond academia. The Mentor4Research programme is lo...
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Two Uppsala researchers win ERC Starting Grants
05 september 2019
The European Research Council (ERC) has now announced which researchers have been awarded ERC Starting Grants in the 2019 call. A total of EUR 621 ...
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The Solar Cell Researcher heading CEMUS
05 september 2019
A moment with... Charlotte Platzer-Björkman, professor in solid state electronics and researcher on thin-film solar cells, who began a three-year a...
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New reagent will benefit patients with the rheumatic disease SLE
05 september 2019
Reference reagents are important in diagnostics and care of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In a new study, an international team...
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Powerful links between music and emotions
04 september 2019
Hello there, Patrik Juslin, Professor of Psychology. You’ve written a book on the psychology of music, summarising 20 years’ research. What kinds o...
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A festive welcome to all the new students
03 september 2019
A full day in the University Main Building in Uppsala marked the beginning of the semester for all new students from near and far. A welcome was ex...
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Gustavianum closing soon for renovation
02 september 2019
On 29 September Museum Gustavianum closes for a planned renovation. The main aim of the renovation is to improve the indoor climate and to expand t...
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The genealogy of important broiler ancestor revealed
28 augusti 2019
A new study examines the historical and genetic origins of the White Plymouth Rock chicken, an important contributor to today’s meat chickens (broi...
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How the herring adapted to the Baltic Sea
27 augusti 2019
An international team of scientists, led by researchers from Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, reports that a single amino acid change in the li...
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Filter-feeding pterosaurs were the flamingoes of the Late Jurassic
26 augusti 2019
Modern flamingoes employ filter feeding and their feces are, as a result, rich in remains of microscopically-small aquatic prey. Very similar conte...