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Uppsala University’s current vice-rectors and deputy vice-rectors reach the end of their term of office on 30 June. The Vice-Chancellor has now decided who the new vice-rectors for the period 1 Jul...

What determines what sex an organism develops? How do new species evolve? Plant ecologist Sophie Karrenberg seeks answers to these questions in different combinations of ecological and genetic proc...

On 17 June the University Board decided to propose Anders Hagfeldt, Professor of Physical Chemistry, as new Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University from the beginning of next year. The proposal now p...

Gunnar Broberg, Professor Emeritus in Science History at Lund University, received the Linnaeus medal in gold in Uppsala in January. The following week he was awarded a grant of EUR 10,000 from The...

Hello there, Jonas Bergquist, Professor of Neurochemistry at the Department of Chemistry (BMC), who has started a collaboration with the neurointensive care unit at Uppsala University Hospital in o...

The International Science Programme (ISP) at Uppsala University and Sida have signed an agreement on the continued operation of the ISP Core program for 2020-2023. The Sida contribution amounts to ...

In a time in which new guidelines and decisions are changing on a daily basis, how does one go about advising students? Study counsellor Liselott Dominicus van den Bussche encounters many students ...

Uppsala Municipality is growing, and the city plans to keep expanding rapidly between now and 2050. One challenge is to supply electricity sustainably. Jointly with Uppsala University, the municipa...

A research team at Uppsala University has resurrected several billion-year-old enzymes and reprogrammed them to catalyse completely different chemical reactions than their modern versions can manag...

In previous research, it has been assumed that insects in temperate regions would cope well with or even benefit from a warmer climate. Not so, according to researchers from the Universities of Upp...

What kind of interactions did the various Stone Age cultures have with one another? In a new interdisciplinary study, researchers have combined archaeological and genetic information to better unde...

A material’s magnetism may be used within a number of different areas. With the development of greener technology in society, the need of new and improved magnetic materials is expected to become e...

Use of AI and large quantities of data are increasing continuously and will influence tomorrow’s society. Major initiatives in the field are underway both nationally and internationally. Uppsala Un...

This year’s winners of Uppsala University’s Distinguished Teaching Awards teach subjects in the fields of pedagogy, political science, surgery and chemistry. The Independent Pedagogical Award has b...

Researchers at Uppsala University, jointly with colleagues in Israel, have succeeded in extracting DNA from the over 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls. Data on which animals’ skins were used for the ...

Why does a specific type of weather extreme occur? How can we use this knowledge to better predict it? These are topics for a big international EU-project on weather extremes coordinated from the D...

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in wastewater. Scientists from Uppsala University, KTH and SLU have received support from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and SciLifeLab to d...

A moment with… Johan Tysk, Vice-Rector of the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology:

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are growing rapidly on a global scale and offering unique opportunities for research, education and the development of human societies. To be able ...

Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and its impact on our lives will continue to expand. With the five-year AI for Research initiative, Uppsala University is taking an interdisciplinary approa...