News on Science and Technology
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Svante Pääbo's path to the Nobel Prize began in Uppsala
09 december 2022
Svante Pääbo, this year's Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, created a completely new field of research when he succeeded in mapping the DNA...
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“The biodiversity crisis calls for strong leadership and a change in thinking”
07 december 2022
Hello there... Malgorzata Blicharska, Associate Professor in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at the Department of Earth Sciences. The...
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Researcher lectures on the timetable for upper-secondary students
05 december 2022
On 22 November, school students streamed into Uppsala University for the Research Day for Upper-Secondary Schools.
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“Most seem really pleased to try out something practical”
05 december 2022
Hello Madeleine Buic Jansson and Lovisa Svensson, project manager and deputy project manager at the Faculty of Science and Technology, who organise...
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Intense week for the Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
05 december 2022
Hello Hans Ellegren, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Uppsala University and Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. How do...
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The Nobel laureates visit Uppsala
02 december 2022
Philosophical discussions, lectures on groundbreaking discoveries and the chance to see the celebrities of science in real life. Uppsala University...
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Calendar created from winning weather images
02 december 2022
In connection with the Celsius jubilee in 2022, a weather photography competition started where a new winner image was chosen every month. The imag...
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Scientists: Madagascar’s unique biodiversity in grave danger
02 december 2022
Madagascar has an enormous biodiversity, with most of the plant and animal species found nowhere else on earth. But the rich life on the island is ...
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Old World flycatchers’ family tree mapped
24 november 2022
The European robin’s closest relatives are found in tropical Africa. The European robin is therefore not closely related to the Japanese robin, des...
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Five researchers at Uppsala University among the most cited
23 november 2022
Five researchers from Uppsala University are on Clarivate’s “Highly Cited Researchers” list, which covers the most cited researchers worldwide.
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Advanced biotechnology focus of new EU project
22 november 2022
Understanding how a specific molecule behaves during complex biological processes is a challenge facing biomedical research, despite major biotechn...
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Several innovation companies from Uppsala University on prestigious list
15 november 2022
Each year, Sweden’s Ny Teknik magazine presents a list of the top 33 young tech companies in Sweden that are judged to be a leader of the future, a...
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Agnes Wold to receive honorary doctorate from Uppsala University
09 november 2022
The faculties at Uppsala University have now decided who they want to award honorary doctorates to this year. In all, 24 honorary doctorates will b...
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IceCube neutrinos provide new view of a nearby galaxy
08 november 2022
For the first time, an international team of scientists has found evidence of high-energy neutrino emission from a nearby galaxy. The galaxy, NGC 1...
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Donation towards new advanced microscope and competence centre
07 november 2022
The entrepreneur Sverker Lerheden has donated SEK 7.5 million to Uppsala University in the name of his wife, Birgitta Sintring Lerheden. The money ...
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Nine new honorary doctors appointed at Faculty of Science and Technology
02 november 2022
The faculties at Uppsala University have now decided on the award of honorary doctorates for 2022. Among the nine new honorary doctors at the Facul...
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The energy crisis may lead to greater efficiency
31 oktober 2022
The energy crisis has the potential to spawn more active and flexible electricity consumers and thus a more efficient electricity market and use of...
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Nestling birds recognize their local song ‘dialect’
26 oktober 2022
A recent study, published in Current Biology, led by researchers at Stockholm University and Uppsala University, has shown that juvenile songbirds ...
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Artificial photosynthesis could generate new fossil-free fuels
25 oktober 2022
Sun, water and carbon dioxide interacting in artificial photosynthesis. According to researchers at Uppsala University, this could be the recipe fo...
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Tackling nuclear threat through knowledge
19 oktober 2022
Since the war in Ukraine broke out, nuclear weapons have once again become a genuine threat to humanity. To promote nuclear disarmament, expertise ...