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Researchers capture new images of photosynthetic protein complex splitting water
08 november 2018
In a new article published in Nature an international research team presents high-resolution images of photosystem II, the protein complex that spl...
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Details of protein evolution investigated
25 oktober 2018
Proteins govern the biology of the cell. Through random mutation the sequences of our proteins slowly change over time, usually without affecting f...
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Industrial robots increase wages for employees
22 oktober 2018
In addition to increasing productivity, the introduction of industrial robots has increased wages for the employees. At the same time, industrial r...
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Uppsala projects in genetics and physics receive major grants from KAW Foundation
19 oktober 2018
Three research projects in physics and natural science led from Uppsala University have received a total of SEK 69 400 000 from the Knut and Alice ...
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Alzheimer’s treatment shows unique results
19 oktober 2018
“I believe we soon can offer the first approved drug for Alzheimer’s disease,” says Lars Lannfelt, Senior Professor of Geriatrics, whose research s...
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Unravelling the genetics of fungal fratricide
15 oktober 2018
Selfish genes are genes that are passed on to the next generation but confer no advantage on the individual as a whole, and may even be harmful. Fo...
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Improved amplifier technology for use in positron emission tomography
10 oktober 2018
In the EU project ENEFRF, researchers at the Ångström Laboratory are working on improving the radio frequency amplifiers that will make technology ...
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20th century modernisation makes its mark on gender ideals
09 oktober 2018
Men's and women's ideal pictures of one another do not match. That’s the way it has been for a long time. A new thesis from Uppsala University stud...
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Björkén Prize awarded to Joseph Minahan och Maria Strömme
09 oktober 2018
Joseph Minahan, Professor of Theoretical Physics, and Maria Strömme, Professor of Nanotechnology, have been awarded the Björkén Prize, Uppsala Univ...
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New light cast on Scandinavia’s most important Bronze Age site
09 oktober 2018
Håga, Scandinavia's most significant Bronze Age site, is relatively unknown. But in a new book, archaeologists at Uppsala University have brought t...
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New knowledge about retrovirus-host coevolution
09 oktober 2018
Retroviruses have colonised vertebrate hosts for millions of years by inserting their genes into host genomes, enabling their inheritance through g...
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Artificial enzymes convert solar energy into hydrogen gas
04 oktober 2018
In a new scientific article, researchers at Uppsala University describe how, using a completely new method, they have synthesised an artificial enz...
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New study shows cells produce specialised protein factories under stress
03 oktober 2018
Prevailing dogma in biological research holds that the cell’s protein factories, the ribosomes, function the same way in all cells and in all condi...
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Well established theories on patterns in evolution might be wrong
28 september 2018
How do the large-scale patterns we observe in evolution arise? A new paper in the journal Evolution by researchers at Uppsala University and Univer...
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Genetic risk: Should researchers let people know?
24 september 2018
Should researchers inform research participants, if they discover genetic disease risks in the participants? Yes, many would say, if the informatio...
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Bravery cells found in the hippocampus
07 september 2018
Why do some people comfortably walk between skyscrapers on a high-wire or raft the Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel whereas others freeze on the me...
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Swedish knowledge bank increases knowledge about cardiopulmonary diseases
06 september 2018
In autumn 2019 Sweden’s new SCAPIS medical knowledge bank will be ready for studies of cardiopulmonary diseases, and researchers in the field are b...
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New study increases understanding of how antibiotic resistance arises
06 september 2018
How does antibiotic resistance arise? In a new article in the July number of the Journal of Biological Chemistry researchers from Uppsala Universit...
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Climate researcher: “More measurements needed”
06 september 2018
After an unusually warm and dry summer in Sweden the discussion about climate change gained new force. So, what is actually happening to the climat...
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New study shows virus traces in historical skeletal material
06 september 2018
A new international study shows the importance of studying historical skeletal material to increase knowledge about how viruses develop.