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New study: growing number of adults on climate strikes in solidarity with young people
20 januari 2020
In one week in September 2019, millions of people united in a global climate demonstration. But who were they, and what inspired them to take part?...
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EU grant for study of drug uptake in the intestine
10 januari 2020
Christel Bergström, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, has been awarded a prestigious proof-of-concept (PoC) grant from the European Research Co...
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Losing a night of sleep may increase blood levels of Alzheimer’s biomarker
09 januari 2020
A preliminary study by researchers at Uppsala University has found that when young, healthy men were deprived of just one night of sleep, they had ...
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Legendary runestone bears witness to climate anxiety 1,200 years ago
08 januari 2020
After more than 1,000 years, one of the greatest mysteries of the early Viking Age, the Rök runestone which bears the world’s longest runic inscrip...
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Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science celebrates 10th anniversary this year
08 januari 2020
On 8 January the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS) celebrates its 10th anniversary. A series of events have been planned to cel...
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Smart algorithm finds possible future treatment for childhood cancer
07 januari 2020
Using a computer algorithm, scientists at Uppsala University have identified a promising new treatment for neuroblastoma. This form of cancer in ch...
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Uppsala University in European initiative for new antibiotics
20 december 2019
Uppsala University is taking a leading role in COMBINE, a multinational collaboration where 11 partners from academia and the private sector are wo...
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Short-lived light sources discovered in the sky
18 december 2019
An international team of researchers have used publicly available data with images of the sky dating as far back as the 1950s to detect and analyse...
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International research project contributes to better reception of migrants
16 december 2019
EU member states need to create a structure for internal solidarity and a better reception of migrants that begins outside Europe’s borders, says Ö...
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Hidden oxygen gas has prevented higher voltages in batteries
12 december 2019
Materials researchers at Uppsala University have made a breakthrough in the understanding of energy storage in sodium ion batteries by using ultra-...
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“Health care needs to be better at detecting anxiety among young people”
02 december 2019
Susanne Olofsdotter, psychologist and researcher at Uppsala University’s Centre for Clinical Research in Västerås, is looking for better tools for ...
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New study will contribute to increased integration in the workplace
02 december 2019
Through the Swedish government’s fast track programme, many highly qualified refugees have found jobs in occupations facing labour shortages. In a ...
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New report: Focus on Children for UN’s Global Sustainable Development Goals
02 december 2019
“We need to highlight the rights of children to health and the future in the public discussion of social matters,” says Mats Målqvist, professor of...
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Working together for sustainable development – but how?
29 november 2019
International climate summits come and go, with hopes of reaching agreement on climate undertakings. But how is collaboration around social challen...
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Oscar Prize 2019 for environmental law and palaeontology researchers
29 november 2019
The winners of Uppsala University’s Oscar Prize for young researchers are Yaffa Epstein of the Department of Law and Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki of the D...
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Epilepsy drug inhibits brain tumour development
28 november 2019
Medication prescribed for a certain type of epilepsy may offer a new method for treating malignant infantile brain tumours. A specific mTOR inhibit...
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Correlation found between loss of chromosome Y and genetic instability
21 november 2019
In an international collaboration, researchers from Uppsala University have shown that loss of chromosome Y in the blood in men can function as an ...
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New method takes analysis of genetic libraries to next level
19 november 2019
Uppsala researchers have developed a new method for investigating dynamic processes in large genetic libraries. By using this method to study cell ...
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A genetic tug-of-war between the sexes begets variation
19 november 2019
In species with sexual reproduction, no two individuals are alike and scientists have long struggled to understand why there is so much genetic var...
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Uppsala researcher gets multimillion-krona grant to develop new cancer treatments
19 november 2019
Hello Magnus Essand, professor of gene therapy and recipient of SEK 13.5 million from the Swedish Cancer Society, to develop new immunotherapies fo...