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While studying genetic diversity in bumblebees in the Rocky Mountains, USA, researchers from Uppsala University discovered a new species. They name...

Battery research is an important piece of the puzzle for the transition to renewables and a sustainable society. Uppsala University has the largest...

Sustainable energy storage is in great demand. Researchers at Uppsala University have therefore developed an all-organic proton battery that can be...

A new technology that can significantly increase electricity and heat production from solar radiation is under development in the lab of Ilia Katar...

In March 2020, SciLifeLab launched a national COVID-19 research program together with the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW). Now, the prog...

Welcome to the opening symposium of Uppsala University’s Centre for Women’s Mental Health during the Reproductive Lifespan – Womher. On 26 April, a...

Hello there, Kristine Eck, researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, the only Swede in the humanities and social sciences to rec...

When teaching about antibiotic resistance, it is not sufficient to rely on biological and medical facts. Pupils also need to be trained to make dec...

Hello there, Sofia Näsström, a professor at the Department of Government. You have recently released a new book, ”Demokrati: En liten bok om en sto...

The research programme FAIRTRANS (Fair Transformations to a Fossil-Free Future) has been awarded a grant totalling SEK 40 million from Mistra and t...

As a recession deepens, so households tighten the purse strings. The new car can wait as the fear of unemployment takes hold, while those already u...

For a successful transition to a sustainable energy system, there must be comprehensive research on, first, technology and, second, the behaviour a...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. Diabetes, which had previously resulted in certain death, suddenly became treata...

With the upcoming launches of his award winning method to analyse protein activity in cells and a new artificial enzyme, Ola Söderberg, Professor o...

The Swedish government has designated Gotland for a pilot project to pave the way for the energy transition facing all of Sweden. Stefan Ivanell, p...

Over 50 millennia, at least five major immigration waves have successively populated the Philippines, the most comprehensive survey of genetic vari...

Over the past five years, more than 30,000 Swedes have undergone extensive health examinations as part of the ongoing Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioIm...

Mantle cell lymphoma is a malignant disease in which intensive treatment can prolong life. In a new study, scientists from Uppsala University and o...

Uppsala University and Region Uppsala are now starting a research project in collaboration with Hundhjälpen in Uppland and Stock Hundutveckling to ...

Preschool age is an important period for human social, emotional and cognitive development. Despite this, we still do not know how to design childh...