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“My research can be a bridge between materials research and electrical machine research”
08 december 2021
Hi there… Sandra Eriksson, recently appointed professor in electricity who specialises in permanent magnet electrical machines at the Department of...
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Herring and sprat: silver of the sea that turned into sand
08 december 2021
COLUMN. “I’m passionate about understanding the genetic background of biodiversity development and I’d like our research to culminate in more susta...
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Personalised treatment of traumatic brain injury
08 december 2021
Different patients recover differently from a traumatic brain injury. Researchers at Uppsala University are now aiming to develop a new drug that c...
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New technology detects rare mutations
06 december 2021
Fast, sensitive, and reliable technology for detecting rare mutations. This is the invention behind Rarity Bioscience, a spin-out company from Upps...
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Sweden’s first WHO Collaborating Centre for Migration and Health
06 december 2021
International maternal and child health at Uppsala University’s Department of Women's and Children's Health has been appointed as a WHO Collaborati...
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New telescope to reveal the universe’s infancy
06 december 2021
Delayed by a decade but ardently anticipated by astronomers, the James Webb Space Telescope is due to be launched just before Christmas. It will en...
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Genes associated with hearing loss visualised in new study
03 december 2021
Researchers from Uppsala University have been able to document and visualise hearing loss-associated genes in the human inner ear, in a unique coll...
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Solar panels in place on the roof
30 november 2021
Akademiska Hus has now completed the installation of the solar panels planned for the University’s roofs. This investment is part of a collaboratio...
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Major new research programme on materials of the future
30 november 2021
Uppsala University is among the higher education institutions jointly embarking on a big new materials research programme aimed at improving scope ...
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Multi-million kronor foundation creates innovation and entrepreneurship prize at Uppsala University
29 november 2021
A new foundation has been established with founding assets of SEK 20 million: “Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Prize Foundation”...
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Uppsala researchers among the world’s most cited
25 november 2021
In the period 2010–2020, five Uppsala University scientists were included in Clarivate’s annual “Highly Cited Researchers” lists of the world’s res...
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“I’ve received an incredible kick-start to my career”
25 november 2021
Hello there... Martina Sjölander, student in the Master’s Programme in Industrial Analytics and the second Uppsala University student in a row at t...
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Blocking inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of human cells
24 november 2021
Viruses invade our cells and turn them into virus factories. Researchers at Uppsala University, together with a network of national and internation...
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Instrument can lead to innovation opportunities for industry
22 november 2021
Swedish universities, institutes and companies collaborate on planning new instruments for installation at ESS, the world's most powerful research ...
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Spin Mixing in Ferromagnets Revealed
19 november 2021
For the first time through experiments and theory, Uppsala researchers, together with international collaborators, have been able to measure spin m...
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Quest for Central Asia’s first hominins
19 november 2021
Primitive stone tools made hundreds of millennia ago have been found on the windswept loess plateaux of Tajikistan. How old are they? What species ...
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The Swedish Linnaeus Society donates its archives to Uppsala University Library
18 november 2021
The Swedish Linnaeus Society has donated its archives to Uppsala University Library. The archives have been deposited at the library since the 1970...
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Solemn and popular science as the Faculty of Pharmacy inaugurates its new professors
18 november 2021
“The inauguration lectures provide great opportunities to get an easily accessible and up to date overview of what is happening in the neighboring ...
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More king cobra species than previously known
17 november 2021
The King Cobra, the world's largest venomous snake, is not just one species. There are at least three more, according to Uppsala University and oth...
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Multimillion kronor bequest to mycological research at Uppsala University
15 november 2021
Thanks to an SEK 10 million donation from two private citizens, a new foundation will be established: The Lennart and Kerstin Holm Scholarship Fund...