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Access to water – also a future issue in Sweden
24 januari 2022
There is enough water on Earth. Just not everywhere – and for everyone. Now researchers at Uppsala University and the Uppsala University Sustainability Initiatives (UUSI) network want to spotlight ...
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Why did ocean productivity decline 4.6 million years ago?
21 januari 2022
By drilling deep down into sediments on the ocean floor researchers can travel back in time. A research team led from Uppsala University now presents new clues as to when and why a period often ref...
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Previously unknown dinosaur habitat found in Poland
13 januari 2022
In summer 2021, in an opencast clay mine in Borkowice, Poland, researchers found what may be Europe’s largest array of dinosaur tracks. Several hundred very well-preserved footprints from at least ...
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Uppsala University Library 400 years - anniversary book release
22 december 2021
Uppsala University Library celebrates its 400 years by publishing an anniversary book written by present and former coworkers. The anniversary book was handed over to Vice- Chancellor Anders Hagfel...
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Doctoral student with key role in Uppsala municipality's energy future
21 december 2021
For almost three years, a strategic partnership agreement concerning research in the area of sustainable urban development has been in place between Uppsala University and Uppsala Municipality. Thi...
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The University’s weather observations are some of the oldest in the world
19 december 2021
Hi there Erik Sahlée, Senior Lecturer in meteorology and responsible for Uppsala University’s weather observations, which will become 300 years long in 2022. This milestone will be marked by Uppsal...
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Leadership – a key to achieving climate goals
10 december 2021
Everyone needs to be on board if climate goals are to be reached in time. Yet, the countries of the world continue debating how responsibility for climate solutions should be shared. Researchers in...
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“Climate change demands collaboration across borders”
10 december 2021
“As a researcher, I thrive when I can work in an environment that combines social sciences and the humanities with natural science. It opens the way for a broader mindset.” So says Magdalena Kuchl...
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“My research can be a bridge between materials research and electrical machine research”
08 december 2021
Hi there… Sandra Eriksson, recently appointed professor in electricity who specialises in permanent magnet electrical machines at the Department of Electrical Engineering, who is one of 86 new prof...
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New telescope to reveal the universe’s infancy
06 december 2021
Delayed by a decade but ardently anticipated by astronomers, the James Webb Space Telescope is due to be launched just before Christmas. It will enable study of the universe's first bright objects,...
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Major new research programme on materials of the future
30 november 2021
Uppsala University is among the higher education institutions jointly embarking on a big new materials research programme aimed at improving scope for a sustainable society. The programme is to be ...
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“I’ve received an incredible kick-start to my career”
25 november 2021
Hello there... Martina Sjölander, student in the Master’s Programme in Industrial Analytics and the second Uppsala University student in a row at to be named Female Leader Engineer of the Year.
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Uppsala alumna awarded for Master’s dissertation on nuclear power technology
24 november 2021
Uppsala alumna Emma Ekberg Berry recently accepted the Sigvard Eklund Prize for her degree project on wear in control rod drives at the Forsmark nuclear power plant. “I was pleasantly surprised a...
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Blocking inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of human cells
24 november 2021
Viruses invade our cells and turn them into virus factories. Researchers at Uppsala University, together with a network of national and international collaborators, have identified the way SARS-CoV...
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Instrument can lead to innovation opportunities for industry
22 november 2021
Swedish universities, institutes and companies collaborate on planning new instruments for installation at ESS, the world's most powerful research facility for neutron radiation, outside Lund. The ...
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Spin Mixing in Ferromagnets Revealed
19 november 2021
For the first time through experiments and theory, Uppsala researchers, together with international collaborators, have been able to measure spin mixing in a ferromagnetic material. Through the exp...
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Quest for Central Asia’s first hominins
19 november 2021
Primitive stone tools made hundreds of millennia ago have been found on the windswept loess plateaux of Tajikistan. How old are they? What species of hominin created them? And how did past climate ...
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The Swedish Linnaeus Society donates its archives to Uppsala University Library
18 november 2021
The Swedish Linnaeus Society has donated its archives to Uppsala University Library. The archives have been deposited at the library since the 1970’s and contain documents from the Society’s foundi...
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More king cobra species than previously known
17 november 2021
The King Cobra, the world's largest venomous snake, is not just one species. There are at least three more, according to Uppsala University and other researchers, who have analysed DNA from, and st...
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High participation in Uptown Tech
17 november 2021
An impressive 254 female upper-secondary school students attended Uptown Tech at the Ångström Laboratory on 13 –14 November. The aim of the weekend was to inspire young women to become engineers an...