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The official opening of building 9, the new wing of Ångström Laboratory, kicked off at 9 am on the 9th of the 9th. Due to the current gathering restrictions, the opening was broadcast digitally, wi...

The European research initiative BATTERY 2030+ is now getting going. The ambition is to make Europe a world-leader in the development and production of the batteries of the future. These batteries ...

In this year's digital version of the competition SensUs 2020, Uppsala University's student team UppSense won the second prize in the category "Creativity Award".

Hi there, Anna Ivert, President of Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students, UTN, which is behind several of the welcome receptions for new students. Welcome receptions are currently being...

The autumn semester has begun and with it on-campus teaching. The Faculty’s facilities managers have been working intensively to make the campus environments safe during the ongoing pandemic. What ...

The great long-necked dinosaurs, or sauropods, of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods were the largest animals ever to live on land. In a paper published in Current Biology, an international team o...

“Researchers are a wonderful resource and many of them want to help,” says Siv Andersson, Professor of Molecular Evolution at Uppsala University and Co-Director of SciLifeLab (Science for Life Labo...

Uppsala University and ABB can look back on a long tradition of collaboration. On Monday, a ceremony was held to spotlight the signing of an agreement on continued partnership, now with the newly f...

In a new study, a research group at Uppsala University explain their outstanding success in harvesting “hot electron holes”. The results of their work can be used to improve solar cells, photochemi...

The evolution of our teeth began among ancient armoured fishes more than 400 million years ago. In the scientific journal Science, an international team led by researchers from Uppsala University p...

Voluntary measures taken by individuals to reduce the spread of infection have been crucial in limiting the number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 in Sweden. This are the findings of a study in t...

A new mathematical model for predicting variations in solar irradiance has been developed at Uppsala University. It may help to promote more efficient use of electricity from solar energy. In tests...

This year, the Uppsala University Innovation Prize for outstanding transfer of knowledge – the Hjärnäpple* –goes to Sara Mangsbo, Assistant Professor (docent) and Associate Senior Lecturer in Medic...

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 ...