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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...

Varför uppstår vissa typer av extremväder? Hur kan vi använda denna kunskap för att göra bättre prognoser? Det är frågor för ett stort internationellt EU-projekt om extremväder med säte vid institu...

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...

Electric cars have long been established on Sweden’s roads. Now electric aircraft are being primed to seize the skies. “Sweden meets all the requirements for domestic aviation to switch to electric...

The funding of a number of research projects has been fast-tracked in order to speed up the development of drugs and vaccines to combat COVID-19. Jens Carlsson and his doctoral student Andreas Lutt...

Despite the traditional view that species do not exchange genes by hybridisation, recent studies show that gene flow between closely related species is more common than previously thought. A team o...

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be an aid to interpreting ECG results, helping healthcare staff to diagnose diseases that affect the heart. Researchers at Uppsala University and heart specialists ...

Under the volcanoes in the Andes where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet, there is a gigantic reservoir of molten magma. For several million years, it has been there without fully solidifying or ca...

Antidemocratic forces have increasingly moved online to organise hate crimes. Until now, many of these perpetrators of violence have avoided detection, but researchers at Uppsala University will so...

What does it actually look like deep inside our ears? This is has been very difficult to study as the inner ear is protected by the hardest bone in the body. But with the help of synchrotron X-rays...

There is currently a high demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and care staff to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. And some of those who want to do their part are the engi...

Hundreds of protective face shields, face masks, safety glasses, aprons and bottles of hand sanitiser from Uppsala University were delivered to Uppsala University Hospital on Friday afternoon, in r...

The European Research Council is awarding ERC Advanced Grants to two researchers at Uppsala University: Susanne Höfner, professor of theoretical astrophysics, and Johan Elf, professor of physical b...

Sustainable energy storage is in great demand. Researchers at Uppsala University have therefore developed an all-organic proton battery that can be charged in a matter of seconds. The battery can b...

As a consequence of the outbreak of the coronavirus and the Swedish Government's recommendations to begin distance education, Uppsala University has switched to online teaching from 18 March. Felix...

At present, all libraries are open, but with other opening- and staffed hours. Ask the library is open as usual, 9-18 Monday-Friday.

The European large-scale research initiative BATTERY 2030+ presents the long-term research roadmap that outlines the actions needed to invent the sustainable batteries of the future.