News on Science and Technology
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Hundreds of large habitat shifts have shaped life on Earth today
05 augusti 2022
An international team led by Uppsala University researchers has uncovered that eukaryotes (organisms with a cellular nucleus) have made hundreds of...
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DNA gives clues to clean and effective energy production
19 juli 2022
Researchers from several universities, including Uppsala University, have, by studying helical molecules in the body such as DNA, received clues as...
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“I want the method to be utilised, not stored in a drawer”
05 juli 2022
Hi there, Robin Dürr, a PhD student in physical chemistry. With your novel and patented method to fabricate a membrane electrode assembly, you hop...
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New approach to reduce shoplifting
05 juli 2022
Adib Ahrari and Ali Jumaa have started the company Datana together with five fellow students from Uppsala University and KTH Royal Institute of Tec...
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Iceland volcano opens a rare window into the Earth beneath our feet
05 juli 2022
The recent Fagradalsfjall eruption in the southwest of Iceland has enthralled the whole world, including nature lovers and scientists alike. The er...
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Uppsala University welcomes the next generation of neutron-scattering researchers
05 juli 2022
Three doctoral students from the graduate school Swedish Neutron Education for Science and Society (SwedNESS) have received grants to continue thei...
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“The mathematics in a Gömböc is impressive”
05 juli 2022
Hello Georgios Dimitroglou Rizell, head of the Department of Mathematics, who was recently presented with a Gömböc by the Hungarian Ambassador at a...
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Linnaeus medalist and Rudbeck medalists nominated
30 juni 2022
This year, the Rudbeck Medal is awarded to Professors Lena Claesson-Welsh, Emily Holmes, and Wang Yi, while the Linnaeus Medal is awarded to Profes...
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Wijnand Boonstra elected to UN panel on biodiversity
28 juni 2022
Approximately one million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction – but what can we do about it? Uppsala University researcher Wijn...
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New chemical biology method aims at more specific disease diagnoses
27 juni 2022
Are there more effective ways to detect diseases in biological samples than the standard ones today? A new method developed at Uppsala University s...
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Students enter student motor racing competition with their own electric motorcycle
23 juni 2022
Uppsala University now has its first student motor racing team – UPPström Racing! It includes students from no less than 11 different engineering a...
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The professor of physics with an aptitude for popular education
17 juni 2022
His calm and methodical way of explaining the most advanced cosmological concepts has made him much in demand for everything from lectures and deba...
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Sustainable Tourism Across Borders
14 juni 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic had enormous consequences for our society. Not least, it had negative consequences for the hospitality and tourism industries...
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Uppsala University new national coordinator for MOOCs
14 juni 2022
As part of the Swedish Government’s initiative to develop skills to meet the challenge of climate change, nine Swedish higher education institution...
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Nuclear fusion may provide tomorrow’s safe and cheap energy
13 juni 2022
Imagine cheap nuclear power without any long-lived radioactive nuclear waste or greenhouse gas emissions. Fusion has been described as the solution...
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Tourism as a tool for sustainable local development
13 juni 2022
Marije Poort, a PhD student at Uppsala University’s Campus Gotland, is focusing on sustainable destination development. Marije is exploring how peo...
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King honours Hans Ellegren and Lennart Elmevik
13 juni 2022
King Carl XVI Gustaf has decided to award H.M. The King's Medal to Hans Ellegren, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, and Lennart Elmevik, Professor...
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Evidence of very early Islamic burials in the Levant
09 juni 2022
A new study combining archaeological, historical and bioarchaeological data provides new insights into the early Islamic period in modern-day Syria...
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Major successes for Uppsala University researchers’ battery material
08 juni 2022
Uppsala-based battery company Altris AB was recently given the green light for funding to the tune of SEK 100 million. The company’s roots are at t...
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Inauguration of the Beijer Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
30 maj 2022
Earlier in May, the Beijer Artificial Intelligence Laboratory was inaugurated in Building 10 of the Ångström Laboratory. The lab will focus its res...