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Materials researchers at Uppsala University have made a breakthrough in the understanding of energy storage in sodium ion batteries by using ultra-high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy. These findings...

Relevant research infrastructure is crucial for being able to collect, process and access data. But advanced technology is expensive and then there is the question of who should bear the costs. ...

Uppsala University has a long-standing tradition of inviting new Nobel laureates to visit Uppsala in conjunction with the Nobel Prize ceremonies. On 13 December a number of the 2019 laureates will ...

International climate summits come and go, with hopes of reaching agreement on climate undertakings. But how is collaboration around social challenges faring among our higher education institutions...

Per Ahlberg, Professor of Evolution and Developmental Biology at the Department of Organismal Biology, and Lars Holmer, Professor of Historical Geology and Palaeontology at the Department of Earth ...

8 January is the last day for registering publications published in 2015 to 2019 that are to be included in the annual report for the university.

This year’s Uppsala Student of the Year is in his seventh semester of the Master’s Programme in Sociotechnical Systems Engineering. Alongside his studies, he has been a powerful driving force, on a...

Uppsala researchers have developed a new method for investigating dynamic processes in large genetic libraries. By using this method to study cell cycle regulation, they help paint a clearer pictur...

In species with sexual reproduction, no two individuals are alike and scientists have long struggled to understand why there is so much genetic variation. In a new study published in Nature Ecology...

This year’s Nobel Laureates in Physics, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, have been working closely with Uppsala University for a quarter century. The next collaboration is already in the works, and ...

Jonas Bergquist, Professor of Analytical Chemistry/Neurochemistry at the Department of Chemistry - BMC, has been awarded the Qilu Friendship Award 2019 by the Shandong provincial people's governmen...

Ambuj Varshney, post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Information Technology has been awarded the ABB Research Award 2019 for his research into more sustainable network-based built-in syste...

An exceptionally rare fossil jaw from a giant Jurassic pliosaur has been found in Switzerland, and recently identified by an international team of scientists. Pliosaurs were huge marine reptiles th...

Hello there Petter Elgh, President of the Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students, which traditionally organises the Utnarm careers fair on 7 November. What is on the programme for this y...

Hi there Maria Strømme, Professor in nanotechnology, and participating in the Kvalitetsmässan, a conference on AI, nanotechnology and cyber-attacks among other topics, on 12 – 14 November in Gothen...

On 15 November more than 20 new professors will be inaugurated at Uppsala University at a formal ceremony in the Grand Auditorium. Each will describe their research in short lectures in the Univers...

In a new collaborative project involving chemists with various backgrounds, researchers are seeking greener and more sustainable ways of producing organic compounds. If they succeed, several thousa...

Cars, satellites, aircraft, robots and pacemakers are all controlled by software in embedded computer systems. That they should be updatable in a simple and, above all, safe way without the entire ...

The nine faculties at Uppsala University have decided on who they wish to appoint as honorary doctors this academic year. The new honorary doctors include researchers in fields as diverse as string...

“This grant provides us with resources to meet one of science’s major challenges,” says Olle Eriksson, professor of theoretical magnetism, who is receiving an ERC Synergy Grant for the project Ultr...