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Jens Mattsson, Director General of the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), recently met with researchers and representatives of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University during...

As society becomes more digitalised, the need for protection against intrusion and disruption in various control systems is increasing. André Teixeira at Uppsala University is researching methods ...

The Swedish Research Council has decided on a number of grants within natural sciences and engineering for 2023. The Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology at Uppsala University is awarded 7...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are expected to play an important role in the energy system of the future. This nuclear technology is also the focus of the national competence centre ANItA, which is ...

Since it started in 2020, the Master's Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management has attracted the most applicants of all the engineering programmes in Uppsala. Management, engineering and...

The Swedish Research Council has decided on funding for Swedish and international research infrastructures of national interest. Of these, four will receive funding with Uppsala University as the m...

He has taught countless students how to build Stirling engines and hundreds of secondary school girls how to operate workshop machinery. His fingerprints are - literally - on many components as he ...

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency recently granted a total of SEK 21 996 806 to the project 'Navigating the Political Landscape: Barriers and Synergies in Climate and Biodiversity Strateg...

Life in the ocean is the focus for the major new EU project BioEcoOcean. One main task will be developing a working method for supporting the development and coordination of ocean observations and ...

He opened up a completely new field of research by sequencing the genome of our long-extinct relatives. For his scientific accomplishment, Svante Pääbo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or ...

Tobias Andermann, computational biologist at the Department of Organismal Biology, has been honored with the Benzelius Award 2023 in the natural history and medicine class by the Royal Society of S...

For the first time, researchers have produced an image of the Milky Way using neutrinos, which were observed with the IceCube telescope in the Antarctic ice. The neutrino image suggests that cosmic...

To counteract the current biodiversity crisis, we need more effective monitoring of biodiversity. Can DNA-based analysis of environmental samples be a solution? This is the theme of a panel discuss...

Scientists have long warned that the depletion of species and the limits of the world’s ecosystems are approaching a tipping point. We also know that the problem lies in how we produce and how we c...

After nine years, Johan Tysk is stepping down from his role as Vice-rector for the Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology. “It’s been a wonderful role to have.”

He has 10,000 ticks in a freezer and is one of the media’s frequently hired experts on the subject. Professor Thomas Jaenson has dedicated the last 40 years to studying ticks and the diseases they ...

In a new study, researchers from Uppsala University, together with colleagues in Brazil, have investigated the impact that a barren living environment for sows leaves on the next generation. The pi...

In the quest for fossil-free fuels for aircraft, a new study shows that isoprene could be part of a future solution. Isoprene can be produced by blue-green algae from sunlight, water and ordinary c...

During the spring, around 80 Ukrainian university teachers have had the chance to take a course on online teaching and learning from Uppsala University. The hope is to give them new perspectives on...

On 9-10 May, the EU flagship Battery 2030+ will be hosting its annual conference at Uppsala University. To promote new innovations in the field of battery research, 300 representatives from the res...