News on Science and Technology
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The art of solving ecological life puzzles
31 maj 2017
Why are certain insects only interested in a certain type of plant and not others? And what do plants do to attract just one type of insect? Unde...
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Nanomaterials with potential for environmentally friendly hydrogen production
29 maj 2017
In an article in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden, present a type of low-cost and environm...
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Magnetic order in a two-dimensional molecular chessboard
22 maj 2017
Achieving magnetic order in low-dimensional systems consisting of only one or two dimensions has been a research goal for some time. In a new study...
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Three Uppsala researchers awarded Royal scholarships
17 maj 2017
Three Uppsala researchers in technology and natural sciences are to receive scholarships from King Carl XVI Gustaf's 50th Birthday Fund for Science...
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Scottish badgers highlight the complexity of environmental change
08 maj 2017
In a new study researchers have found that although warmer weather should benefit badger populations, the predicted human population increase in th...
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Article on microplastic particles to be retracted
03 maj 2017
The research article on consumption of microplastics by larval fish that was reported for misconduct in research will be retracted from the journal...
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Important milestone in quest for hydrogen production using photosynthesis
03 maj 2017
Hydrogen gas has long been proposed as a promising energy carrier for future energy applications, but generating the gas from water has proved inef...
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Opinion of the Ethical Review Board on plastics study received
28 april 2017
Today Uppsala University received the opinion of the Central Ethical Review Board on a study on the consumption of plastics by fish. The University...
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Larger schooling fish found to display stronger attraction forces
27 april 2017
In schooling fish, collective movement emerges as a result of multiple social interactions between individuals. In a new study led by researchers a...
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Four young Uppsala researchers to receive Ingvar Carlsson Award
13 april 2017
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has decided to award a total of SEK 16 million to four young postdocs at Uppsala University. The proj...
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Revealed: The genes that affect spawning season in herring
05 april 2017
It is very important for all animals to reproduce at the time of year which gives their progeny the best chance of surviving. A new study, which co...
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Genes key to killer bee’s success
05 april 2017
In a new study, researchers from Uppsala University sequenced the genomes of Africanised bees that have invaded large parts of the world to find ou...
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Two new supercomputers strengthen important research
04 april 2017
Bianca and Rackham are two new supercomputers that were inaugurated at Uppsala University’s UPPMAX on 24 April. They are both unique in different w...
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She reveals the molecular advances in cells
04 april 2017
What happens in cells when the molecular composition changes? In her research, analytical chemist Ingela Lanekoff at the Department of Chemistry-BM...
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New study to resurrect enzymes billions of years old
27 mars 2017
Members of the international Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), which seeks to support frontier research in the life sciences, include organisa...
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Finding the right details in Big Data
21 mars 2017
Hello there! Carolina Wählby, professor of quantitative microscopy at the Department of Information Technology. You were recently awarded 29 millio...
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Older Uppsala theses all now catalogued
15 mars 2017
Would you like to read a thesis in Latin written in 1604? Are you curious about Carl Peter Thunberg’s Thesis on the animals mentioned in the Bible ...
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Kristina Edström appointed honorary doctor in Norway
13 mars 2017
Kristina Edström, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry (Ångström Laboratory), has been appointed honorary doctor at the ...
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2017 Gustaf Adolf Medals awarded
13 mars 2017
Five Elder Gustaf Adolf Medals in gold and two in silver have been awarded to employees at Uppsala University.
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How to pull off a climate change challenge
08 mars 2017
Changing your behavior doesn’t happen overnight, but can it be done during 30 days? Students at CEMUS’ course Global Challenges and Sustainable Fut...