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Complicated, hard-to-heal wounds are a growing medical problem and there are currently only two drugs approved with proven efficacy. In a new study...

At least 237,000 people died in organised violence in 2022. A new report from Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University shows that...

Beta blocker drugs have formed part of the standard treatment for heart attacks for over 30 years to reduce the risk of new attacks. However, a new...

In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University have investigated how junk food affects sleep. Healthy participants consumed an unhealthier as we...

In a new study, researchers from Uppsala University, together with colleagues in Brazil, have investigated the impact that a barren living environm...

In the quest for fossil-free fuels for aircraft, a new study shows that isoprene could be part of a future solution. Isoprene can be produced by bl...

Researchers from Uppsala University have developed a method that helps immune cells exit from blood vessels into the tumour and kill cancer cells. ...

Swedish people are very positive about their democracy and how it works. Despite that, a majority thinks that our democratic freedoms and rights co...

The AI tool Chat-GPT has stunned the world with its good language use. But how did the language model become so good at Swedish? We asked Joakim Ni...

A drive to provide accessible information for more reliable, reproducible and efficient pre-clinical and translational research made Emmi Puuvuori ...

On 9–10 May, a forum will be held in Uppsala on the topic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within the framework of the Swedish Presidency of the C...

Diet and diabetes researcher Ulf Risérus has been involved in the development of updated European guidelines for the dietary management of diabetes...

A major international research project has surveyed and analysed the genomes of 240 different mammals. The results, now published in 11 articles in...

In just a few years all domestic aviation in Sweden is due to be fossil-free. Electric aircraft could be part of the solution. However, this in tur...

A new study by researchers at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital shows that men who have a neurodevelopmental disorder, such as aut...

A new study led by researchers from Uppsala University shows a clear link between economic inequality and mortality during severe flood disasters. ...

Rich elites with large swimming pools and well-maintained lawns are leaving poorer communities without basic access to water in cities across the w...

Patients treated with blood pressure-lowering drugs can experience much greater improvements from a change of medication than from doubling the dos...

When the human remains found on board the warship Vasa were investigated, it was determined that the skeleton designated G was a man. New research ...

The sharp increase in heatwaves in southern Europe in recent years is not only due to the greenhouse effect. Climate change has made a particular t...