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Anders Hagfeldt has spent a large part of his life researching the chemistry behind solar cells, for the past six years in Switzerland with researchers from around the world. He will soon be return...

The Indian subcontinent is a hotspot for wild felines. A new study headed by Uppsala University now shows that only 6–11 per cent of the areas where three rare cat species have their habitat are pr...

Hydrogen gas and methanol for fuel cells or as raw materials for the chemicals industry, for example, could be produced more sustainably using sunlight, a new Uppsala University study shows. In thi...

In cases of severe infection, identifying the correct antibiotic – and doing so quickly – can be a matter of life and death. At Uppsala University a very fast test for antibiotic resistance is bein...

How can stress in animals be measured? Scientists from Uppsala University and elsewhere have now found that what are known as epigenetic biomarkers could be used to detect long-term exposure to str...

Due to current circumstances, the University Management and the faculties have jointly decided to cancel the Conferment Ceremony on Friday 13 November.

The Scandinavian wolf originally came from Finland and Russia, and unlike many other European wolf populations its genetic constitution is virtually free from dog admixture. In addition, individual...

The COVID-19 pandemic has not halted work to identify needs and uses for antibiotics. The PLATINEA cooperation platform engages academia, industry, health care and government agencies to improve ac...

Immune cells protect us from contagions and keep us healthy, but sometimes they mistakenly attack our own bodies in autoimmune diseases. There are still no cures for autoimmune diseases, but, in my...

The first modules have arrived and work can now begin. Uppsala University’s FREIA Laboratory will test whether the new accelerator modules for the large accelerator at European Spallation Source (E...

This year, the students of the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology (Teknat) will meet potential employers online as the Utnarm careers fair goes digital. According to project manager Feli...

The 2020 Little Polhem Prize has been awarded to Uppsala alumnus Richard Hedlund for his degree project on a drone-based detection system for avalanche beacons. “It feels great and it’s a great ho...

On Tuesday evening, the prize-winners for the ThinkTank 2030 ideas competition run by Naturvetarna, the Swedish Association of Professional Scientists, were announced. The prizes were awarded for s...

Malin Källsten, who received her doctorate from the Department of Chemistry – BMC, has been awarded this year's Phabian Award by the Swedish Pharmaceutical Society. The award is for her thesis on m...

Big tidal ranges some 400 million years ago may have initiated the evolution of bony fish and land vertebrates. This theory is now supported by researchers in the UK and at Uppsala University who, ...

In situ sequencing enables gene activity inside body tissues to be depicted in microscope images. To facilitate interpretation of the vast quantities of information generated, Uppsala University re...

Kristina Edström, battery researcher and professor of inorganic chemistry at the Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory at Uppsala University, is one of four 2020 gold medallists honoured by...

In the winter of 2020, a novel robotised laboratory for cell profiling will open at Uppsala's Biomedical Centre – a high-tech facility ready to deliver as the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation n...

In various ways, the pandemic has naturally forced us to come up with new solutions. For the nuclear engineering students, the pandemic means that their nuclear reactor laboratory session has to be...

Despite all the world-leading research being done at Uppsala University, the University’s most valuable contribution is the students who complete their degree. This is emphasized by Marcus Lindahl,...