News on Science and Technology
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Are there earthquakes in Sweden?
14 april 2022
On average, a couple of earthquakes occur daily in Sweden. Most of them are so minor as to be detected by instruments only, but sometimes there are...
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Theme week in Science and Technology
11 april 2022
In connection with the inauguration of the new Ångström Laboratory, everyone interested is welcome to a theme week in Science and Technology betwee...
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Running of the Falls is back in all its glory
08 april 2022
On 30 April, it is once again time for over one hundred rafts to set off on the Fyris River. This will be the first full-scale Running of the Falls...
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Secrets being revealed at atomic level
08 april 2022
With its six radiating beam lines, this machine looks a bit like a giant steel hydra. At around 50 metres long, it occupies most of the space in th...
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Spruce trees reconquered Sweden 10,000 after the ice age
08 april 2022
A new study from scientists at Uppsala University shows that it took more than 10 millennia from when the first spruces returned to Sweden after th...
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Star discovered 28 billion light-years away
05 april 2022
As part of an international collaboration, researchers at Uppsala University have succeeded in resolving what appears to be an individual star whos...
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Waste as a resource
29 mars 2022
Waste and refuse are no longer just rubbish, but have become an important resource. Today, even a banana peel can be transformed into fuel in the f...
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Eliminating the bottlenecks for use of lithium-sulfur batteries
28 mars 2022
Energy storage in lithium-sulfur batteries is potentially higher than in lithium-ion batteries but they are hampered by a short life. Researchers ...
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ERC grants to three Uppsala researchers
18 mars 2022
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded 313 new ERC Consolidator Grants for projects in 24 different countries. Among the winners are two r...
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“There are many, many steps from a nuclear reactor to a nuclear weapon”
17 mars 2022
Hi there… Sophie Grape, senior lecturer in applied nuclear physics, group leader in Technical Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Safeguards, and work pa...
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Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and eleven years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster
10 mars 2022
March 11 marks the day of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan that caused thousands of fatalities and the nuclear disaster in Fukushima...
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To salt or not to salt icy roads?
09 mars 2022
Salt is used to de-ice roads to make them safer to drive on, but what are the negative impacts beyond rusting cars and angry letters to the editor?...
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Mummification in Europe may be older than previously known
03 mars 2022
Mummification of the dead probably was more common in prehistory than previously known. This discovery was made at the hunter-gatherer burial sites...
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Uppsala University first with a Master’s programme in battery technology and energy storage
28 februari 2022
This autumn, the new Master's Programme in Battery Technology and Energy Storage – a first in the Nordic region – will kick off at Uppsala Universi...
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Hidden weaknesses may cause volcano collapse
28 februari 2022
Lava domes form at the top of many volcanoes when viscous lava erupts. When they become unstable, they can collapse and cause a hazard. An interna...
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350 years old remains in a Stone Age site in Portugal
25 februari 2022
An African man who lived just 350 years ago was buried in a prehistoric shell midden in Amoreira in Portugal. This was very surprising because Amor...
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The reign of the dinosaurs ended in spring
25 februari 2022
The asteroid which killed nearly all of the dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime. This conclusion was drawn by an international team of researc...
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“We’re so excited about this anniversary!”
24 februari 2022
Hello there…Max Mesch, student in the Master’s Programme in Engineering Physics and project manager for the celebrations to mark the Uppsala Union ...
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New measuring tool to improve radiation safety in Chernobyl
22 februari 2022
Hello there... Peter Andersson, researcher in the Division of Applied Nuclear Physics (part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy), now settin...
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Materials company in Uppsala launches special toothpaste
21 februari 2022
Hello there... Håkan Engqvist, Professor of Materials Science at Uppsala University and co-founder of Psilox, the company bringing new biomaterials...