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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.

Males that face tougher competition for females risk having offspring with a greater number of harmful mutations in their genome than males without rivals. Researchers at Uppsala University have di...

The spreading of the corona virus makes it difficult for some users to return their books.

Sharks have roamed the earth’s oceans for around 450 million years. Although they survived the catastrophic extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, that event did alter the balance between t...

Palaeontologists Mohamad Bazzi and Benjamin Kear have recently returned from an expedition to Gafsa in southern Tunisia. Having arrived to collect fossils, once there they found themselves involved...

Cybersecurity has become increasingly important as the digitalisation of industry gathers pace. Attacks on digitally controlled physical systems such as self-driving vehicles may have devastating c...

Forgotten bones of an ancient sea monster shed light on a poorly known timeframe from the Age of Dinosaurs in Europe.

A long time ago in a remote part of the galaxy, two stars met in a fight for survival. Now the light of that confrontation is reaching our planet, just in time for astronomers to document the seque...

In a future where most things in our everyday life are connected through the internet, devices and sensors will need to run without wires or batteries. In a new article in Chemical Science, researc...

Scientists at Uppsala University have proposed an addition to the theory of evolution that can explain how and why genes move on chromosomes. The hypothesis, called the SNAP Hypothesis, is presente...

Many passers-by have been casting curious gazes at the glass cage located in the Ångstrom Library. So far however, it’s mainly been students who have taken the step inside the Ångström Makerspace.

Hi there! Christoffer Hallgren of the Department of Earth Sciences who, together with Leonie Esters and Gabriele Messori, will be conducting the SciFest workshop Weather Forecasting: Science or Gue...

Hi there! Joëlle Rüegg is professor in environmental toxicology at the Department of Organismal Biology and one of the researchers that will be participating in SciFest between 5-7 March at Fyrisho...

Finally, the new cafe at Carolina Rediviva has a restaurateur!