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Safer dialysis with personalised assessment
01 oktober 2020
Every third patient with severe kidney failure and receiving dialysis is fluid overloaded after dialysis treatment. Jenny Stenberg has developed a ...
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Professor of AI: “This technology is here to stay”
29 september 2020
Hello there... Thomas Schön, newly appointed Professor of Artificial Intelligence, a post made possible by a grant of SEK 15 million from the Kjell...
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Atom-billiards with x-rays to look inside of molecules
29 september 2020
The photon’s ability to transfer momentum was used in a novel approach by scientists of the Max Born Institute, Uppsala University, and the Europea...
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Soluble ligands as drug targets
21 september 2020
Soluble ligands have growing interest as drug targets. A new study by Helgi Schiöth's research group in functional pharmacology at Uppsala Universi...
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New high-speed test shows how antibiotics combine to kill bacteria
18 september 2020
Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a new method to determine – rapidly, easily and cheaply – how effective two antibiotics combined c...
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Fallen in battle, these Swedish Vikings are part of a larger genetic puzzle
17 september 2020
In a recently published article in the journal Nature, 90 researchers from various countries have collaborated to develop new knowledge about the V...
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New report on environmental toxins along the coast of northern Sweden
17 september 2020
During much of the 20th century, the paper and pulp industry released huge amounts of environmental toxins along the coast of northern Sweden, and ...
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New foundation wants to help improve the health of the Baltic Sea
10 september 2020
The BalticWaters2030 Foundation was established on 9 September with the aim of contributing to a healthier Baltic Sea. The foundation will conduct ...
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Large-scale European initiative for battery research starts up
09 september 2020
The European research initiative BATTERY 2030+ is now getting going. The ambition is to make Europe a world-leader in the development and productio...
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Increased mental ill-health during pandemic
07 september 2020
Mental ill-health in this country has become more prevalent and severe during the COVID-19 pandemic. This trend, despite infection control measures...
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University collaboration in global health
07 september 2020
In global health, many interdisciplinary collaborations to improve worldwide health are under way. And there are more to come, now that Uppsala Uni...
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Predicting postpartum depression
03 september 2020
Hi Alkistis Skalkidou, professor at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health and researcher of postpartum depression. Your research team has...
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Swedish workers among Europe’s best-paid in late 1800s
03 september 2020
In 19th-century Sweden, workers’ wages rose faster than in other European countries. By 1900, they were among the highest in Europe, and the steepe...
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Possible blood-clotting mechanism in COVID-19
03 september 2020
Why so many COVID-19 patients get blood clots (thrombosis) remains uncertain. But scientists at Uppsala University and the University Hospital have...
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A rare look at a dinosaur baby inside its egg
28 augusti 2020
The great long-necked dinosaurs, or sauropods, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods were the largest animals ever to live on land. In a paper pub...
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Siv Andersson: From curiosity to utility during pandemic
27 augusti 2020
“Researchers are a wonderful resource and many of them want to help,” says Siv Andersson, Professor of Molecular Evolution at Uppsala University an...
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New collaboration between Uppsala and Lund in the fight against COVID-19
18 augusti 2020
The COVID Symptom Study is a research project about COVID-19 initiated by Lund University in the spring 2020. The purpose with the research is to c...
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Sharp rise in child mortality due to COVID-19 restrictions in Nepal
12 augusti 2020
In a Lancet Global Health article, researchers from Uppsala University show how Nepalese restrictions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic have result...
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New findings on enzymes with important role in SARS-CoV-2 infection
04 augusti 2020
Researchers at Uppsala University have described the presence, throughout the human body, of the enzyme ACE2. This is thought to be the key protein...
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Research on metallic nanoparticles may lead to improved solar cells
28 juli 2020
In a new study, a research group at Uppsala University explain their outstanding success in harvesting “hot electron holes”. The results of their w...