News on Science and Technology
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“We must take all territorial emissions from Sweden into account”
06 maj 2021
Hello there! Lars Tranvik, Professor of Limnology at the Department of Ecology and Genetics, who recently penned an op-ed for the Swedish broadshee...
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EU initiative in digital pathology
05 maj 2021
AI is being used increasingly in medicine. To speed development, the EU project BigPicture is building a research platform for digital pathology. I...
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Molecular biologists travel back in time 3 billion years
30 april 2021
A research group working at Uppsala University has succeeded in studying ‘translation factors’ – important components of a cell’s protein synthesis...
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Welcome to a new kind of conferment ceremony
30 april 2021
It will soon be time at last for a doctoral degree conferment ceremony at Uppsala University again, after a break due to the pandemic. Though it ma...
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Three causal variants of lactose tolerance in Sudanese populations
22 april 2021
Populations that practice agriculture have higher frequencies of lactase persistence-associated alleles, which normally manifests as lactose tolera...
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His blue-green bacteria could produce biofuel in the future
22 april 2021
While Peter Lindblad has served in many academic roles over the years, it is to research that he always returns. At the Ångström Laboratory, his re...
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Big ERC grant for research on the origin of land animals
22 april 2021
The European Research Council (ERC) has now distributed the grants in its 2020 ERC Advanced Grants call and Uppsala University is one of the recipi...
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Hope for patients with ME/CFS
20 april 2021
Meet Jonas Bergquist, Professor of Analytical Chemistry and Neurochemistry at Uppsala University, in a conversation in the series UppTalk Weekly ab...
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Solar cells deliver world-record performance
16 april 2021
Hello there Vice-Chancellor Anders Hagfeldt, former Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Laboratory of Photomolecular Science, Swiss Federal Inst...
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Successful collaboration model for development aid work
15 april 2021
The International Science Programme (ISP) which has been providing assistance to developing countries in research and doctoral education is turning...
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Uppsala University on Clubhouse
08 april 2021
Uppsala University now also has an account on the new social media app Clubhouse. Under the club name ‘Uppsala University’, all affiliated with the...
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Genome sequencing reveals a new species of bumblebee
07 april 2021
While studying genetic diversity in bumblebees in the Rocky Mountains, USA, researchers from Uppsala University discovered a new species. They name...
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Johan Asplund is looking forward to mathematical conversations
06 april 2021
Johan Asplund, who will soon defend his doctoral thesis in symplectic geometry, has received a postdoctoral position at Columbia University in New ...
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Fossil-free energy – a challenge for the whole of society
01 april 2021
The transition to a fossil-free energy system, in Sweden and globally, is one of the great challenges of our time. For a successful transition to a...
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Batteries of the future
31 mars 2021
Battery research is an important piece of the puzzle for the transition to renewables and a sustainable society. Uppsala University has the largest...
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Organic batteries – Building in sustainability
31 mars 2021
Sustainable energy storage is in great demand. Researchers at Uppsala University have therefore developed an all-organic proton battery that can be...
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Catching the sun with new technology
31 mars 2021
A new technology that can significantly increase electricity and heat production from solar radiation is under development in the lab of Ilia Katar...
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30 April celebrations in Uppsala cancelled again
31 mars 2021
The celebration of Valborg (30 April) was cancelled in Uppsala last year because of the pandemic. The actors involved in Valborg activities have no...
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Grant for research on the transition to a fossil-free future
30 mars 2021
The research programme FAIRTRANS (Fair Transformations to a Fossil-Free Future) has been awarded a grant totalling SEK 40 million from Mistra and t...
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Interdisciplinary collaboration favours society’s energy transition
30 mars 2021
For a successful transition to a sustainable energy system, there must be comprehensive research on, first, technology and, second, the behaviour a...