News on Science and Technology
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New honorary doctors are media savvy
03 februari 2023
Uppsala University recently welcomed 24 new honorary doctors. Three of them work in research communication in various ways: Ulrika Björkstén, a sci...
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New investment in research into AI in Swedish workplaces
03 februari 2023
While automation, robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly used in Swedish workplaces, there is a lack of knowledge concerning how ...
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ERC grant for research into extreme weather
03 februari 2023
Gabriele Messori, Professor of Meteorology, has been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He will be analysin...
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ERC Consolidator Grant to research on superconductivity
02 februari 2023
Professor Annica Black-Schaffer of the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been awarded a 2023 European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Gra...
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Anna Sakovich makes the students enjoy the studies
02 februari 2023
UTN's pedagogical award for 2022 was awarded to Anna Sakovich for her pedagogical efforts in the Single Variable Calculus course! Thanks to Anna's ...
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Keen to see more applied environmental policy research
01 februari 2023
“I would like to see a great deal more applied environmental research in social sciences,” says Sverker C. Jagers, the newly appointed Zennström Pr...
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Start-ups from Uppsala University on inspirational trip to the US
01 februari 2023
Hello there, Frida Henningsson Johnson, business advisor at UU Innovation, who’ll be taking three spin-off companies from Uppsala University to the...
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Worms, bacteria and fungi help reduce carbon dioxide emissions
27 januari 2023
Can we use the Earth's own natural thermostat and accelerate the process to help reduce global warming? Promising progress has been made in the res...
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Laser beams can divert lightning strikes
26 januari 2023
A powerful laser aimed at the sky can create a virtual lightning conductor and divert the path of lightning strikes, as demonstrated by experiments...
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Climate change ups the risk of going through the ice
26 januari 2023
Many people like the idea of heading out onto the ice on a fine winter’s day. But how safe is it actually to walk on a frozen lake? Does ice behave...
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The planet’s wellbeing and human health in focus in this year’s Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures
25 januari 2023
What is our planet’s breaking point? How can we develop electronic systems that are compatible with human biology? At this year’s Celsius-Linnaeus ...
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Uppsala research to improve future mobile processors
25 januari 2023
Future mobile devices will need to store and work with increasingly large amounts of data. Uppsala researchers, together with a world-leading indus...
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Listen to our new honorary doctors
19 januari 2023
In the week leading up to the Conferment Ceremony, Uppsala University is arranging open lectures and panel discussions with this year’s new honorar...
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3D printing for better healthcare
18 januari 2023
Anatomical models for surgeons to practise on, patient-specific prostheses and implants, specially designed tools and pharmaceuticals... the list o...
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Benjamin Verbeek is Uppsala Student of the Year 2022
13 januari 2023
He describes himself as someone nerdily interested in physics and driven by the idea of spreading knowledge to others. Uppsala Student of the Year ...
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The names given to the clouds, an important part of the university's history
04 januari 2023
The book “Molnspanare– en meteorologisk historia” (Cloud spotters – a meteorological history) tells of the emergence of meteorology as a scientific...
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Starting grant enables research on random graphs
26 december 2022
When 2022’s grants decision came from the Swedish Research Council, mathematician Annika Heckel was on the recipient list. The four-year starting g...
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First grants to WISE projects at Uppsala University
16 december 2022
WISE, the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is the largest ever investment in materials science in Sweden with initial re...
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Scandinavian wolves carry many harmful mutations
15 december 2022
In a new scientific study, researchers at Uppsala University have shown that Scandinavian wolves carry around 100,000 harmful mutations in their ge...
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Research money granted to investigate the digital right to repair electronic waste
13 december 2022
E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream globally. To mitigate the negative environmental impact e-waste has on the environment, the EU is curre...