News on Science and Technology
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Cheaper and more durable electric cars coming soon
15 oktober 2010
Electric cars help to combat the greenhouse effect. But the weaknesses of the environmentally friendly electric cars on the road today are numerous...
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Tomorrow’s nuclear energy plants will use today’s nuclear waste
15 oktober 2010
In the future we may have an entirely new type of nuclear power, with reactors that are easy to situate and durable, and that can use nuclear waste...
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E-science builds bridges for research
15 september 2010
eSSENCE is a research program designed to bring together disparate competencies and research fields in order to better exploit the potential of e-s...
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Birds’ genes can explain how new species emerge
07 september 2010
How does a new species arise? Mapping the genes of flycatchers may reveal the answer.
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Wireless sensors – soon of use nearly everywhere?
15 augusti 2010
Tiny, cheap, and reliable smart wireless sensors open up unimagined potential. In the near future we will have sensors that can measure pollution i...
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Solar energy has potential to provide electricity for all
15 juli 2010
The solar cells that are installed around the world today produce as much energy as an entire nuclear power station. The supply of solar energy is ...
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Ocean waves -- our new electricity supplier
01 juli 2010
Uppsala researchers have developed an entirely unique energy technology that is adapted to the slow movements of waves. Now this technology is to b...
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Genetic mapping with aid of chickens
13 maj 2010
The development of our domestic animals and crops was the most important innovation in human history. However, the genetics behind this development...
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MicroRNA can move between cells
03 maj 2010
MicroRNAs can move between cells and play a role in their communication. This discovery was made by plant researchers at Uppsala University toget...
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Troublesome green algae turned into green battery
15 mars 2010
The unwanted blooming of the green alga Cladophora along the Baltic coast, and elsewhere in the world, may not only be a bad thing. A research team...
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Seeds from Moringa tree can purify water
15 mars 2010
Pure water is vital to humans, and in many countries there is a great need for alternative, inexpensive purification methods. In collaboration with...
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Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures on unknown worlds
18 februari 2010
The mystery of quantum physics and the potential of genetic research to create new life: this years Celsius-Linnaeus Lectures deal with two of the ...
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Save energy with smart windows
17 februari 2010
Do you have a battery layer in your window that regulates the amount of light coming through? You don’t? But in the future this may be possible. Re...
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Footprints that alter history
15 januari 2010
Researchers at Uppsala University, working with Polish scientists, have discovered fossil footprints from land-dwelling animals that are 395 millio...
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No new mathematical solution by Swedish Teen
01 juni 2009
Swedish and international media have recently reported that a 16-year old Swede has presented the solution to the Bernoulli numbers. This is not co...
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Uppsala University competing for strategic funding
18 mars 2009
This week the Vice Chancellor submitted Uppsala University’s applications for the strategic research funding that the government made available wit...
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The forefront of research progressed by precision
01 januari 1970
A faint but clear scent of oil or lubricant wafts through the air as we open the door of the Ångström Workshop. This is where various measurement i...