News on Science and Technology
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European genomics initiative to map biodiversity
28 september 2022
Uppsala University and SciLifeLab are participating in a major new EU-funded consortium: Biodiversity Genomics Europe, which involves using genomic...
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Uppsala expedition to Greenland makes spectacular fossil discovery
28 september 2022
Following an exceptionally successful scientific expedition to Greenland, more than 200 kg of fossil material is on its way back to Uppsala. “The d...
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Fungi important in freshwater ecosystems
27 september 2022
Access to fresh water is absolutely vital to our survival. Without it, we would suffer from a lack of drinking water, fish to eat and the ability t...
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Higher temperatures make it difficult for fig tree pollinators
26 september 2022
Researchers from Uppsala University and elsewhere have been studying the effect of rising temperatures on the lifespan of pollinating fig wasps. Th...
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Energy: EU fuel tax cuts could increase Russian oil profits
19 september 2022
An EU-wide fuel tax cut of €0.20 per litre could increase oil profits in Russia by more than €8 million per day in the first one to three years, ac...
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New light is shed on Uppsala's scientific history during the 19th century
12 september 2022
Research has been carried out and supported for a long time in Uppsala, but not always as one of the university's primary tasks. During the 19th ce...
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Sverker Jagers new Zennström Professor of Climate Change Leadership
08 september 2022
Sverker C Jagers, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Collective Action Research at the University of Gothenburg, will ho...
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Breathing new life into orchids
08 september 2022
By pooling their knowledge of conservation genetics and orchid-growing, Linus Söderquist and Simon Hultby have developed a method to reintroduce en...
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The technology shift – how AI is transforming the workplace
07 september 2022
A major technology shift is happening in the workplace. What is the impact on the work environment when artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics a...
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In search of a sustainable food sector
18 augusti 2022
New proteins, wild berries and experimental food production. Could this be the key to more sustainable food production? The FINEST innovation cente...
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Hundreds of large habitat shifts have shaped life on Earth today
05 augusti 2022
An international team led by Uppsala University researchers has uncovered that eukaryotes (organisms with a cellular nucleus) have made hundreds of...
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DNA gives clues to clean and effective energy production
19 juli 2022
Researchers from several universities, including Uppsala University, have, by studying helical molecules in the body such as DNA, received clues as...
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“I want the method to be utilised, not stored in a drawer”
05 juli 2022
Hi there, Robin Dürr, a PhD student in physical chemistry. With your novel and patented method to fabricate a membrane electrode assembly, you hop...
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New approach to reduce shoplifting
05 juli 2022
Adib Ahrari and Ali Jumaa have started the company Datana together with five fellow students from Uppsala University and KTH Royal Institute of Tec...
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Iceland volcano opens a rare window into the Earth beneath our feet
05 juli 2022
The recent Fagradalsfjall eruption in the southwest of Iceland has enthralled the whole world, including nature lovers and scientists alike. The er...
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Uppsala University welcomes the next generation of neutron-scattering researchers
05 juli 2022
Three doctoral students from the graduate school Swedish Neutron Education for Science and Society (SwedNESS) have received grants to continue thei...
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“The mathematics in a Gömböc is impressive”
05 juli 2022
Hello Georgios Dimitroglou Rizell, head of the Department of Mathematics, who was recently presented with a Gömböc by the Hungarian Ambassador at a...
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Linnaeus medalist and Rudbeck medalists nominated
30 juni 2022
This year, the Rudbeck Medal is awarded to Professors Lena Claesson-Welsh, Emily Holmes, and Wang Yi, while the Linnaeus Medal is awarded to Profes...
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Wijnand Boonstra elected to UN panel on biodiversity
28 juni 2022
Approximately one million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction – but what can we do about it? Uppsala University researcher Wijn...
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New chemical biology method aims at more specific disease diagnoses
27 juni 2022
Are there more effective ways to detect diseases in biological samples than the standard ones today? A new method developed at Uppsala University s...