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Nanomaterials with potential for environmentally friendly hydrogen production
29 maj 2017
In an article in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden, present a type of low-cost and environm...
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The material with many properties
24 maj 2017
The material Upsalite was discovered by Maria Strømme’s research group and has properties that have attracted great international attention. It inh...
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Magnetic order in a two-dimensional molecular chessboard
22 maj 2017
Achieving magnetic order in low-dimensional systems consisting of only one or two dimensions has been a research goal for some time. In a new study...
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Better and cheaper healthcare with dry blood samples
22 maj 2017
Dried blood on filter paper stored for future diagnostic purposes – considerably easier than the present-day, resource-consuming method using froze...
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Mislocalized calcium channel causes insulin secretion defect in diabetes
19 maj 2017
Researchers from Uppsala University have studied beta cells of type-2 diabetic donors, and find that a mislocalized calcium channel contributes to ...
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Early COPD diagnosis could save billions of kronor
17 maj 2017
If 600,000 Swedish patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) had received their diagnoses two years earlier, it could have saved m...
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New decrease in number of conflict fatalities
10 maj 2017
According to new data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), the number of fatalities in organised violence decreased for the second consec...
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Newly discovered malaria mechanism gives hope to pregnant women
09 maj 2017
Resistance to malaria drugs means that pregnant women are unable to overcome the anaemia caused by the malaria parasite – and their babies are born...
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Scottish badgers highlight the complexity of environmental change
08 maj 2017
In a new study researchers have found that although warmer weather should benefit badger populations, the predicted human population increase in th...
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Ancient proteins studied in detail
08 maj 2017
How did protein interactions arise and how have they developed? In a new study, researchers have looked at two proteins which began co-evolving bet...
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Article on microplastic particles to be retracted
03 maj 2017
The research article on consumption of microplastics by larval fish that was reported for misconduct in research will be retracted from the journal...
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Important milestone in quest for hydrogen production using photosynthesis
03 maj 2017
Hydrogen gas has long been proposed as a promising energy carrier for future energy applications, but generating the gas from water has proved inef...
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Larger schooling fish found to display stronger attraction forces
27 april 2017
In schooling fish, collective movement emerges as a result of multiple social interactions between individuals. In a new study led by researchers a...
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New findings hope for cancer patients with kidney failure
25 april 2017
Kidney dysfunction affects more than 50 per cent of all cancer patients, and is directly linked to poor survival. Despite the high occurrence, it i...
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Environmental collapse or sustainable future?
21 april 2017
Young people have a bleak view of the future. They believe we are more likely heading towards environmental collapse than towards a sustainable wor...
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New study reveals how some chickens got striped feathers
10 april 2017
Birds show an amazing diversity in plumage colour and patterning. But what are the genetic mechanisms creating such patterns? In a new study publis...
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Revealed: The genes that affect spawning season in herring
05 april 2017
It is very important for all animals to reproduce at the time of year which gives their progeny the best chance of surviving. A new study, which co...
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Genes key to killer bee’s success
05 april 2017
In a new study, researchers from Uppsala University sequenced the genomes of Africanised bees that have invaded large parts of the world to find ou...
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Two new supercomputers strengthen important research
04 april 2017
Bianca and Rackham are two new supercomputers that were inaugurated at Uppsala University’s UPPMAX on 24 April. They are both unique in different w...
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Why do we choose to get vaccinations?
27 mars 2017
Since vaccines protect not only those who take them, but also the people who otherwise could have been infected, there are many plausible motives f...