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The bell has rung for the autumn term and sleeves are being rolled up around the faculty. What’s in the works for Teknat in the near future? Johan Tysk, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for the Disciplinary ...

The European Research Council (ERC) has now announced which researchers have been awarded ERC Starting Grants in the 2019 call. A total of EUR 621 million will be shared out among 408 researchers a...

A moment with... Charlotte Platzer-Björkman, professor in solid state electronics and researcher on thin-film solar cells, who began a three-year appointment as the director of the Centre for Envir...

An international team of scientists, led by researchers from Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, reports that a single amino acid change in the light-sensing rhodopsin protein played a critical ro...

Modern flamingoes employ filter feeding and their feces are, as a result, rich in remains of microscopically-small aquatic prey. Very similar contents are described from more than 150 million year ...

Hi, Helena Danielson, professor of biochemistry and this year’s recipient of Hjärnäpplet, the innovation prize at Uppsala University. The explanatory statement indicates that you have been very suc...

In large parts of Bangladesh, obtaining safe drinking water is a constant challenge. A research group from Uppsala University and the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh have identified a possible so...

The problem of access to safe drinking water in most parts of Bangladesh is a persistent challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Uppsala University, Sweden, and Dhaka University, Bangladesh, show...

Long-lived mushrooms that grow in ‘fairy rings’ accumulate surprisingly few mutations over time. This finding indicates that their protection against harmful mutations is well developed. The result...

Soon we will be able to replace fossil fuels with a carbon-neutral product created from solar energy, carbon dioxide and water. Researchers at Uppsala University have successfully produced microorg...

Uppsala University is making a major investment in new study programmes in the field of tomorrow’s technologies, with eight new programmes beginning in the autumn term of 2020. “It is not every d...

Hi there! Georgios Dimitroglou Rizell at the Department of Mathematics, one of the organizers of the international String-Math conference in the University Main Building in Uppsala on 1–5 July. On ...

During the spring semester, groups of students from Uppsala University had the chance to utilise the Testa Center at GE Healthcare’s facility as part of their courses. The students spent their last...

What’s needed to give girls in East Africa the opportunity to study science at university level? Well, one way is to hold a summer school at Uppsala University. This resulted in networks that have ...

Today, between 10,000 and 40,000 people in Sweden are suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME. In the search for a cure for the complex disease, a new research centre is being built up in Up...

Patients favour eHealth records more than healthcare professionals did before online patient medical records were introduced. A research group at Uppsala University has followed the perceptions and...

As a researcher in nuclear physics, Karin Schönning gets to explore what the Universe is made of. Last year, she received the Robert Thalén prize for her contributions to the particle physics exper...

The security and safety department at Uppsala University conducts a safety survey aimed at students and employees at the university. The survey will be available until the 30 June 2019.

An international research team in which Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) are participating has for the first time reconstructed the tree of life for all ...

You cannot be the best at everything. A plant can be visible and very aromatic to attract pollinators or maintain a lower profile to avoid being eaten by herbivores. A new research study published ...