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New project seeks answers about the needs of preschool children
11 mars 2021
Preschool age is an important period for human social, emotional and cognitive development. Despite this, we still do not know how to design childh...
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New tool makes students better at detecting fake imagery and videos
09 mars 2021
Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a digital self-test that trains users to assess news items, images and videos presented on social ...
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Antimicrobial resistance and behaviour change in focus at Uppsala Health Summit
09 mars 2021
Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global threat to human and animal health. This year’s Uppsala Health Summit, which will take place online on ...
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New model can predict how bacteria develop antibiotic resistance
08 mars 2021
Using theoretical models of bacterial metabolism and reproduction, scientists can predict the type of resistance that bacteria will develop when th...
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Biodiversity makes us more resilient
08 mars 2021
Biodiversity is declining globally. Why is it so important, in the forest and for humans? Can it protect us from the effects of climate change? Wha...
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Dried blood spots – simple and efficient sample collection for analyses of protein biomarkers
06 mars 2021
Recent results from Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet demonstrate that self-collected blood in the form of dried blood spots works well ...
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New light shed on the early evolution of limb bone marrow
03 mars 2021
When and how bone marrow first originated in the limbs of early four-legged animals is disputed in evolutionary biology. With the help of powerful ...
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Surveying diseases with new technology
02 mars 2021
COVID-19, cardiovascular disease, diabetes... Tove Fall’s speciality is dealing with large amounts of data in advanced genetics, and asking tricky ...
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Nordic conspiracy theories through the ages
01 mars 2021
Conspiracy theories are becoming more common in the world, and the Nordic countries are no exception. Are some conspiracy theories unique to the No...
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Brain damage can be detected in COVID-19 patients
01 mars 2021
Many COVID-19 patients have neurological symptoms, but routine tests usually do not show any effect on the brain. In a study at Uppsala University,...
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Uppsala researchers involved in multimillion SEK project on wireless body area networks
01 mars 2021
The idea that we humans could control prosthetic parts of our bodies with our thoughts is no longer a utopian fantasy. The first steps are now bein...
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Enlight European University Kick-off Week
26 februari 2021
In July 2020, Uppsala University’s application was accepted to become one of nine European universities in the three-year European pilot project ca...
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The plague year of 1710 was also a difficult year
24 februari 2021
As historians, it is our job to take a step back and give perspective to our current situation. For anyone looking back, it isn’t hard to find othe...
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Important to understand the flow of refugees from conflicts
24 februari 2021
Hello there, Margareta Sollenberg, a researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research. You were recently awarded a grant from the Swedis...
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New method for finding Earth-like planets
24 februari 2021
A new technique for reducing light interference during telescope observations enables imaging of Earth-like planets in nearby solar systems. An int...
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3D map for inner ear created with advanced X-ray technology
24 februari 2021
Researchers at Uppsala University have created the first 3D map of the hearing nerve showing where the various sound frequencies are captured. Usin...
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Beta blockers can repair malformed blood vessels in the brain
23 februari 2021
Propranolol, a drug that is efficacious against infantile haemangiomas (“strawberry naevi”, resembling birthmarks), can also be used to treat cereb...
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Björn Wettermark creates tools for optimised drug utilisation
23 februari 2021
The path of the drug from laboratory to patient is long and every year non-optimised medication use costs both human lives and astronomical amounts...
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Innate immune system worsens the situation in severe COVID-19
23 februari 2021
In patients with severe COVID-19, the innate immune system overreacts. This overreaction may underlie the formation of blood clots (thrombi) and de...
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Lessons from the Ebola disaster can be applied to COVID-19
22 februari 2021
How can we build trust in the community in the midst of a crisis, such as the Ebola disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo? And can it be rel...