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Long-lived mushrooms that grow in ‘fairy rings’ accumulate surprisingly few mutations over time. This finding indicates that their protection again...

In a new study from SciLifeLab at Uppsala University, researchers have found a total of 141 regions (genes) in our genetic material that largely ex...

The philosopher Pär Segerdahl has been the editor of the Ethics Blog for seven years. He describes blogging as a way to supplement public debate wi...

Soon we will be able to replace fossil fuels with a carbon-neutral product created from solar energy, carbon dioxide and water. Researchers at Upps...

The Uppsala University Innovation Prize ‘Hjärnäpplet’ for the outstanding transfer of knowledge has been awarded to Helena Danielson, Professor of ...

Mummies, dinosaurs, beautiful art, plants from all over the world and several hundred-year-old books... Uppsala University has unique collections o...

The majority of women who undergo surgery for suspected ovarian cancer do not have cancer. A novel blood test developed by researchers at Uppsala U...

Carolina Rediviva has long been a treasure chamber for researchers and others interested in history. It holds one of Sweden’s largest collections o...

Hi there! Georgios Dimitroglou Rizell at the Department of Mathematics, one of the organizers of the international String-Math conference in the Un...

During the spring semester, groups of students from Uppsala University had the chance to utilise the Testa Center at GE Healthcare’s facility as pa...

What’s needed to give girls in East Africa the opportunity to study science at university level? Well, one way is to hold a summer school at Uppsal...

Today, between 10,000 and 40,000 people in Sweden are suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME. In the search for a cure for the complex dise...

Maria Grahn-Farley, Associate Professor in Public Law at the Department of Law, has won the annual course literature prize from the publisher Stude...

Fuck is probably the most widespread profanity in the world. In the Nordic languages, fuck has become a well-established part of the vocabulary, wh...

On Sunday, 30 June, six seminars on sustainability and urbanisation focusing on India and Sweden will take place in Almedalen. To find out more, we...

Patients favour eHealth records more than healthcare professionals did before online patient medical records were introduced. A research group at U...

New data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Uppsala University shows that in 2018 the number of fatalities in organised violence reache...

One key question in evolutionary biology is how novel genes arise and develop. Swedish researchers now show how new genes and functions that are ad...

Peter Wallensteen, senior professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, has been awarded the James A. Burns, C....

In a new thesis in human geography, Erik Hansson analyses Swedish society’s reactions to the presence of begging European citizens. The thesis cove...

The winners of this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards teach subjects connected with history, peace and conflict research, medicinal chemistry an...

Knowledge about what happens in the brain during anxiety is increasing. Which signal substances are involved? And why are young people more likely ...

Joscha Legewie is awarded the Hans L. Zetterberg prize for his innovative studies within classic and central fields in sociology, including, race, ...

What happens when the densification of cities increases while more and more green areas disappear? At this year’s national conference on housing, B...

Waste is not just a problem that needs dealing with and a symbol for unsustainable consumption. A market has grown around managing waste, which has...

In typical development, both infants and their parents flexibly use verbal and non-verbal behaviours to establish frequent episodes of joint attent...

What consequences will climate change have on housing construction and urban planning? This was one of the themes of the seventeenth annual nationa...

Currently on a two-year tour of the United States, the Vikings Begin Exhibition contains exhibits dating back some 1,300 years to the era prior to ...

On 17 May, Professor Toomas Asser, rector of the University of Tartu, presented the Skytte Medal to Eva Åkesson, vice-chancellor of Uppsala Univers...

The Young Academy of Sweden has chosen a new Academy Board for the coming year. The new chair is Magnus Jonsson of Linköping University and the new...

A team of Swedish and British scientists have studied the heritability of dog ownership using information from 35,035 twin pairs from the Swedish T...

Cancer researcher Sara Mangsbo has been named one of the most prominent individuals among Sweden’s 101 Super Talents listed by the Swedish magazine...

Multilingualism among children is becoming more common, but we need to know more about how it affects language development. What language should be...

Many students at Uppsala University participate in sports at the elite level in parallel with their studies, and for several years a special schola...

Nearly ninety per cent of all cancer patient deaths are due to metastasis. A study from Uppsala University shows that a process that allows the cel...

Last year, a first meeting was organised between Swedish and South African universities aimed at initiating research cooperation on challenges asso...

The formal presentation of the Göran Gustafsson prizes to young researchers at Uppsala University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) took ...

An international research team in which Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) are participating has for the ...

You cannot be the best at everything. A plant can be visible and very aromatic to attract pollinators or maintain a lower profile to avoid being ea...

Akademiska Hus and Uppsala University have signed an agreement to extend cooperation on the development of the university’s physical teaching, rese...

On 24 May it is time for Uppsala University’s grand graduation celebration – the doctoral degree conferment ceremony. All are welcome to the tradit...

On 25 April, the University Board decided to appoint Caroline Sjöberg as Uppsala University Director.

This year’s SSF Utilisation Award from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research goes to Maria Strømme and Håkan Engqvist of Uppsala University...

Participating in a race for women plays an important role for women and increases self-confidence among participants. Women aim to perform as well ...

Uppsala University is taking the initiative on immigration and working life issues in the new Uppsala Immigration Lab research environment.

A research project led by Uppsala University has been awarded a EUR 3.2 million grant by the European Commission. The aim is to create renewable so...

Uppsala University is setting up a chair in artificial intelligence (AI). It will be funded with SEK 15 million, over five years, by the Kjell and ...

Swedish and South African university representatives are meeting in Stellenbosch, South Africa, from 6 to 11 May. The occasion is the SASUF network...

In the future, oral and maxillofacial surgeons will be able to perform an operation on a computer before actually making an incision in the patient...

With her school strike outside the Riksdag, Greta Thunberg initiated what would become a global climate campaign on the part of school children. Wh...