News on Science and Technology
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Artificial intelligence in support of humankind
29 april 2019
Artificial intelligence is on the way in many areas. Specially trained computer systems are used in cars, for example, and as support for doctors m...
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Megalithic tombs were family graves in European Stone Age
16 april 2019
In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international research team, led from Uppsala University, disco...
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Volcanic origin of Kiruna-type iron ores
12 april 2019
The origin of giant apatite-iron oxide ores of the so-called ‘Kiruna-type’ has been the topic of a long standing debate that has lasted for over 10...
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Johanna Hansson new Deputy Library Director
02 april 2019
As of April 1, Johanna Hansson takes up the new position of Deputy Library Director at Uppsala University Library.
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"We’ve created a mushroom sandwich index”
02 april 2019
Cecilia Gustavsson at the Division of Applied Nuclear Physics is one of the researchers behind last autumn’s mass experiment Radiant Earth. The res...
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Origin of Scandinavian wolves clarified
29 mars 2019
There are no signs that hybrids of dog and wolf have contributed to the Scandinavian wolf population – a matter that has been discussed, especially...
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Several Uppsala researchers awarded major KAW grants
27 mars 2019
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has allocated grants in several of its major programmes of research. Six researchers at Uppsala University...
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New course about the physics of music
25 mars 2019
Meet Cecilia Gustavsson, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Physics and Astronomy who has created the course The Physics of Music, which will be ...
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EU battery initiative led from Uppsala
19 mars 2019
A large-scale research project on batteries is being planned in the EU and will be coordinated from Uppsala by Kristina Edström, professor at the D...
- Light mysteries at SciFest 05 mars 2019
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Shedding light on the energy capacity of materials
05 mars 2019
As a child, Tomas Edvinsson was fascinated by what happens when light interacts with matter. Today, he researches energy interactions between light...
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Digging up the past together
05 mars 2019
Hi there! Magnus Lundgren from the Department of Organismal Biology, who is coordinating the SciFest workshop “Dig into the past” with the Departme...
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Two genes explain variations in the wall lizard's colour and behaviour
01 mars 2019
How are reptiles capable of generating such a diversity of bright colors? And how is it possible that within a single population of the same specie...
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New research initiative will power up Europe’s battery revolution
26 februari 2019
A world moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy will rely more and more on energy storage and in particular on batteries. Better batteries can...
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Large-scale experiments on spinach at Testa Center
22 februari 2019
Rubisco is an important plant enzyme that absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Marvin Seibert’s research team uses leaf spinach to study the...
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‘Old’ sperm produces healthier offspring
14 februari 2019
Sperm that live for longer before fertilising an egg produce healthier offspring – according to new research from Uppsala University and University...
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“Sensors will detect small movements in the rock”
04 februari 2019
Hello to Björn Lund, seismologist, who tests sensors for the monitoring of the deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark. You w...
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University spinoffs collaborates to combine new solar cell technology with dynamic glass
01 februari 2019
A collaboration will investigate if newly patented high-transparency solar cells from the startup company Peafowl Solar Power can power dynamic gla...
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New findings about the 210 million year old dinosaur-like archosaur
01 februari 2019
Coprolites, or fossil droppings, of the dinosaur-like archosaur Smok wawelski contain lots of chewed-up bone fragments. This led researchers at U...
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Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures 2019: Climate change, carbon dioxide storage, and human health
30 januari 2019
On Thursday 7 February, it will again be time for the Celsius-Linnaeus lectures and following symposium. Two of the world’s top researchers will be...