News
-
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and eleven years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster
10 mars 2022
March 11 marks the day of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan that caused thousands of fatalities and the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. On the same day, two years ago, the World Health...
-
To salt or not to salt icy roads?
09 mars 2022
Salt is used to de-ice roads to make them safer to drive on, but what are the negative impacts beyond rusting cars and angry letters to the editor? A new global study examines how life in lakes is ...
-
Mummification in Europe may be older than previously known
03 mars 2022
Mummification of the dead probably was more common in prehistory than previously known. This discovery was made at the hunter-gatherer burial sites in Portugal, dating to 8 000 years ago. A new stu...
-
Uppsala University first with a Master’s programme in battery technology and energy storage
28 februari 2022
This autumn, the new Master's Programme in Battery Technology and Energy Storage – a first in the Nordic region – will kick off at Uppsala University. This programme has been designed in cooperatio...
-
Hidden weaknesses may cause volcano collapse
28 februari 2022
Lava domes form at the top of many volcanoes when viscous lava erupts. When they become unstable, they can collapse and cause a hazard. An international team of researchers has analysed summit dom...
-
350 years old remains in a Stone Age site in Portugal
25 februari 2022
An African man who lived just 350 years ago was buried in a prehistoric shell midden in Amoreira in Portugal. This was very surprising because Amoreira and other midden sites in the Muge region are...
-
The reign of the dinosaurs ended in spring
25 februari 2022
The asteroid which killed nearly all of the dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime. This conclusion was drawn by an international team of researchers after having examined thin sections, high-res...
-
“We’re so excited about this anniversary!”
24 februari 2022
Hello there…Max Mesch, student in the Master’s Programme in Engineering Physics and project manager for the celebrations to mark the Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students’ (UTN’s) 20th ...
-
New measuring tool to improve radiation safety in Chernobyl
22 februari 2022
Hello there... Peter Andersson, researcher in the Division of Applied Nuclear Physics (part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy), now setting out to measure airborne radioactivity in the wre...
-
Materials company in Uppsala launches special toothpaste
21 februari 2022
Hello there... Håkan Engqvist, Professor of Materials Science at Uppsala University and co-founder of Psilox, the company bringing new biomaterials to the dental market. Psilox has now launched its...
-
Exposure to chemical mixtures during pregnancy alters brain development
17 februari 2022
By linking human population studies with experiments in cell and animal models, researchers have provided evidence that complex mixtures of endocrine disrupting chemicals impact children’s brain de...
-
Uppsala professor to take over as head of MAX IV in Lund
16 februari 2022
Professor Olof Karis is succeeding Ian Mc Nulty, who has vacated the post of director at MAX IV after three and a half years. Karis has been engaged in research at the facility since its inception,...
-
Promising molecule for treatment of COVID-19
11 februari 2022
Uppsala researchers have succeeded in designing a molecule that inhibits the replication of coronaviruses and that has great potential for development into a drug suitable for treating COVID-19. Th...
-
Dual magma chambers under La Palma’s volcano
10 februari 2022
After 50 years of dormancy, the Cumbre Vieja (“Old Peak”) volcanic ridge on the Canary Island of La Palma burst into life in September 2021. Lava, ash and volcanic bombs were hurled from multiple c...
-
The Swedish Energy Agency grants funding to USER
10 februari 2022
The Swedish Energy Agency has granted funding for implementation of the project ”Evaluating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on electricity consumption patterns in the residential, public and ...
-
Genomic effects of inbreeding on Scandinavian wolves
10 februari 2022
For many years, researchers at Uppsala University have been exploring the genetic origins of the Scandinavian grey wolf population, which was founded by only three immigrating wolves. In their new ...
-
Uppsala University integrating into solar energy research
08 februari 2022
Marika Edoff, Professor and director for the Division of Solar Cell Technology will become the coordinator of Uppsala University’s new centre of excellence for solar energy, research – SOLVE. The a...
-
Dan Larhammar and Ulf Danielsson to be royally rewarded
02 februari 2022
King Carl XVI Gustaf has decided to award Dan Larhammar, Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, and Ulf Danielsson, Professor of Theoretical Physics, H.M. The King’s Medal.
-
Cleaner air on the bus could soon be a reality
01 februari 2022
During the corona pandemic, most people who had a choice steered away from travelling by bus. We have been urged to avoid and not contribute to congestion on board. New technology for air purificat...
-
The Ångström Library is relocating
25 januari 2022
The Ångström Library is relocating to house 10 (the new house at Ångström Laboratory) and will open in new premises on February 7.