Research news from Uppsala University
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New investment in research into AI in Swedish workplaces
03 februari 2023
While automation, robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly used in Swedish workplaces, there is a lack of knowledge concerning how this affects the human work environment. Insurance...
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ERC grant for research into extreme weather
03 februari 2023
Gabriele Messori, Professor of Meteorology, has been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He will be analysing large volumes of data in order to extract inform...
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ERC grant for research into Swedish slavery
03 februari 2023
Fredrik Thomasson, researcher at the Department of History at Uppsala University, has received the ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This grant relates to a project o...
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ERC Consolidator Grant to research on superconductivity
02 februari 2023
Professor Annica Black-Schaffer of the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been awarded a 2023 European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for the project SUPERLAND. For the next five ye...
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Keen to see more applied environmental policy research
01 februari 2023
“I would like to see a great deal more applied environmental research in social sciences,” says Sverker C. Jagers, the newly appointed Zennström Professor of Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala Un...
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Worms, bacteria and fungi help reduce carbon dioxide emissions
27 januari 2023
Can we use the Earth's own natural thermostat and accelerate the process to help reduce global warming? Promising progress has been made in the research project BAM (Bio-Accelerated Mineral Weather...
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“There wasn't one Soviet Union – there were a lot of Soviet Unions”
27 januari 2023
Hello there, Li Bennich-Björkman, professor at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Skyttean Professor of Eloquence and Political Science at the Department of Political Science, who w...
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Laser beams can divert lightning strikes
26 januari 2023
A powerful laser aimed at the sky can create a virtual lightning conductor and divert the path of lightning strikes, as demonstrated by experiments conducted by researchers on a mountain in Switzer...
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Climate change influences infection via ticks and mosquitoes
24 januari 2023
Infections spread via mosquitoes and ticks are becoming increasingly common. Tove Hoffman, Researcher in Infectious Medicine at the Zoonosis Science Centre (ZSC), Uppsala University, will study how...
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Early tastings shorten breastfeeding
19 januari 2023
The earlier infants begin to taste small samples of solid food, the earlier they eat more food and stop breastfeeding. This is shown in a new study from Uppsala University and Sophiahemmet Universi...
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3D printing for better healthcare
18 januari 2023
Anatomical models for surgeons to practise on, patient-specific prostheses and implants, specially designed tools and pharmaceuticals... the list of areas within healthcare that could benefit from ...
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Long road into work for highly educated refugees
17 januari 2023
Highly educated refugees who come to Sweden have to wait a long time before they are able enter the labour market, as shown by research at Uppsala University examining the situation among professio...
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Desire to experiment provides starting point for new virus test
10 januari 2023
An enthusiastic researcher, a lab experiment that was actually supposed to go wrong, and dedicated innovation support. That is the recipe for how a new rapid test for diagnosing respiratory disease...
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Perseverant bacteria challenge antibacterial treatment
04 januari 2023
Bacterial perseverance is a new phenomenon that helps explain how bacteria adapt to survive antibiotic treatments. A group of researchers at Uppsala University have studied how individual bacteria ...
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How fat takes over the lymph nodes as we age
28 december 2022
A new study from researchers at Uppsala University presents novel findings on why human lymph nodes lose their function with age and the consequences for the effectiveness of our immune system. The...
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Scandinavian wolves carry many harmful mutations
15 december 2022
In a new scientific study, researchers at Uppsala University have shown that Scandinavian wolves carry around 100,000 harmful mutations in their genome. As long as the harmful mutations can be com...
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Y chromosome loss linked to men's increased risk of severe COVID-19
14 december 2022
Men are at an increased risk of a severe bout of COVID-19 compared to women. Researchers at Uppsala University have now shown that this may be due to loss of the Y chromosome in part of their white...
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Svante Pääbo's path to the Nobel Prize began in Uppsala
09 december 2022
Svante Pääbo, this year's Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, created a completely new field of research when he succeeded in mapping the DNA of the Neanderthals, thus contributing to complet...
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Atopic dermatitis in dogs linked to certain parts of the genome
09 december 2022
Using new gene mapping methods, researchers have found connections between atopic dermatitis (eczema) in dogs and several regions of the genome. Some of the genes identified coincide with genes lin...
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Young people with cancer may experience problems with sexuality and fertility
09 december 2022
Many young adults treated for cancer experience problems in their sex life and worry about their chances of becoming a parent in the future. The research programme Fex-Can – Fertility and sexuality...