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Uppsala researcher in EU expert group against disinformation
01 november 2021
The European Union has appointed an expert group to develop guidelines and support for teachers to help them protect EU citizens from disinformatio...
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New study explores the rise of emissions in the shadow of global climate negotiations
29 oktober 2021
This November, world leaders will meet once again to negotiate and discuss measures to address the global climate crisis. The question is, will COP...
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Algorithm makes it easier to detect sepsis
28 oktober 2021
Each year, nearly 8,000 Swedes die of sepsis, commonly known as blood poisoning. Inger Persson and her team have developed the NAVOY Sepsis algorit...
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Why some Darwin’s finch nestlings have yellow beaks
27 oktober 2021
Carotenoids are the underlying pigment for much of the enormous variety in color found across birds and form the basis for the colors red, yellow, ...
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How do probiotic bacteria benefit the intestine?
13 oktober 2021
Interaction between the gut microbiota and the immune system is important for host physiology and susceptibility to disease, but also for the effic...
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“In the future farmers may produce their own fuel”
12 oktober 2021
Hello there Johannes Messinger, Professor at the Department of Chemistry who is working on a new method for producing fossil-free ammonia (NH3).
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Less violence but uncertain future in Afghanistan
11 oktober 2021
The civil war in Afghanistan has been one of the world’s longest and bloodiest conflicts. Since the Taliban took power on 15 August, the situation ...
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Designing tomorrow’s human spare parts
11 oktober 2021
Age, injury or disease: regardless of the cause, there is a growing need for treatments to replace bone and other body parts. Researchers at Uppsal...
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T-cell tests unreliable in establishing previous COVID-19
08 oktober 2021
Can T-cell tests be used to determine whether people have had COVID-19? Scientists at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet have jointly ana...
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The role of diet in the rise of modern shark communities
06 oktober 2021
The availability of prey and the ability to adapt to changing environments played key roles in the evolution of sharks. A new study, in which over ...
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Celebrating peace and conflict research in Uppsala
05 oktober 2021
Peace and conflict research first began at Uppsala University 50 years ago. We will be celebrating this anniversary with a symposium in the Univers...
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Honoured with his own midge species
05 oktober 2021
Hello to Per Alström, researcher at the Department of Ecology and Genetics. You’ve had a midge named after you. Congratulations! How come?
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Innovation environment to improve antibiotic therapy
01 oktober 2021
A new innovation environment for precision health is under construction in Uppsala. Made possible by a five-year grant from Vinnova, the new innova...
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Looking for technosignatures from other civilisations
30 september 2021
Hello to Erik Zackrisson, Associate Professor (Docent) at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, whose research project consists in searching for...
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Research group that wants to eradicate cervical cancer
29 september 2021
Eradicating cervical cancer is the driving force behind the self-sampling and testing concept developed by a research group at the Department of Im...
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More effective treatment of Alzheimer’s
28 september 2021
Researchers at Uppsala University have designed new antibodies that might provide more effective treatment methods for Alzheimer’s disease. By desi...
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Men may sleep worse during the first half of the lunar cycle
15 september 2021
Men’s sleep may be more powerfully influenced by the lunar cycle than women’s, according to a new study from Uppsala University, now published in t...
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Campus Gotland students unearth Iron Age warrior
10 september 2021
Uppsala University archaeology students’ summer excavations on the island of Gotland turned up an exciting surprise: they found a warrior, with swo...
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Innovation prize awarded to pharmaceutical researchers
02 september 2021
Hjärnäpplet is awarded by Uppsala University for outstanding transference of knowledge. This year’s prize goes to Professors Rolf Larsson and Peter...
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Uppsala researchers solve long-standing biological search problem
02 september 2021
How the cell can mend broken DNA using another DNA copy as template has puzzled researchers for years. How is it possible to find the correct seque...