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Our genes affect where fat is stored in our bodies
22 januari 2019
A recent study from Uppsala University has found that whether you store your fat around the trunk or in other parts of your body is highly influenc...
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SciLifeLab Uppsala part of large effort in forest genetic research
16 januari 2019
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation invests several million SEK over a ten-year period in research on tree genes, forest genetics and forest b...
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Is it possible to predict the labour market of the future?
15 januari 2019
Oskar Nordström Skans, Professor of Economics, has received funding from the Swedish Research Council to develop the research environment “Technolo...
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Better oral health with new type of glass ceramics
15 januari 2019
Researchers at Ångström Laboratory at Uppsala University have now developed glass ceramics that are three times stronger than current ones. This pa...
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Major European research project focuses on 2015 refugee crisis
15 januari 2019
What can we learn from the European Union’s management of the refugee crisis that started in 2015? Was the crisis a matter of refugees or rather a ...
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Historical genomes reveal recent changes in genetic health of eastern gorillas
27 december 2018
The critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla has recently lost genetic diversity and has experienced an increase in harmful mutations. These conclusi...
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Our Universe: An expanding bubble in an extra dimension
27 december 2018
Uppsala University researchers have devised a new model for the Universe – one that may solve the enigma of dark energy. Their new article, publish...
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Simple method rescues stressed liver cells
21 december 2018
Isolated human hepatocytes are essential tools in preclinical and clinical liver research, but cell quality is highly variable. Now, researchers fr...
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Sex could be answer to 100-year-old question
13 december 2018
For nearly 100 years biologists have argued about how exactly natural selection can possibly work. If nature selects the individuals with the best ...
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Surgery unnecessary for many prostate cancer patients
13 december 2018
Otherwise healthy men with advanced prostate cancer may benefit greatly from surgery, but many with this diagnosis have no need for it. These concl...
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The Torgny Segerstedt Medal to Peter Wallensteen
06 december 2018
This year the Torgny Segerstedt Medal goes to Peter Wallensteen, a post-retirement professor at Uppsala University. He receives it for his extensiv...
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New Oscar prize-winners designated
30 november 2018
Uppsala University’s Oscar Prize for young researchers in 2018 has been awarded to Weronica Ek at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathol...
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The Nobel laureates visit Uppsala
27 november 2018
On 13 December the 2018 Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics will visit Uppsala University. They will give a public lecture in the University G...
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“Our challenge is to learn how to live differently”
27 november 2018
Hello there, climate researcher Keri Facer from the University of Bristol. You are Uppsala University’s third visiting Zennström Professor of Clima...
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Host for the Chemistry Prize winner: “A true role model”
26 november 2018
Hi there, Lynn Kamerlin, Professor of Chemistry! You are going to play host to Frances Arnold, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, when she vis...
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Electronic medical records valuable for patients
26 november 2018
Patients strongly favour electronic access to their medical records and the possibilities that this resource offers. That is clear from a comprehen...
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Online game to inoculate against propaganda, fake news
26 november 2018
Researchers at Uppsala University will investigate new methods to increase the ability of young people to critique digital sources.
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“Algorithms have a level of intelligence just below that of a bacterium”
26 november 2018
Hi David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Mathematics, who has written the book Outnumbered: Exploring the Algorithms That Control Our Lives. Algorith...
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Deciding not to resuscitate: nurses’ and physicians’ perspectives
23 november 2018
When deciding not to resuscitate patients in cardiac arrest, ethical issues arise. Nurses and physicians conflicting perspectives often cause frust...
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Gigantic mammal ‘cousin’ discovered
22 november 2018
During the Triassic period (252–201 million years ago) mammal-like reptiles called therapsids co-existed with ancestors to dinosaurs, crocodiles, m...