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    Record-small pixels deliver unrivalled clarity

    Do you think this looks a bit pixelated? A little hard to read? That could soon be a thing of the past. Researchers have developed new technology with record-small pixels, creating a display with the highest resolution the human eye can perceive. The study, led by Uppsala University in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, has been published in Nature.

  • European voters say no to tariffs

    There is no popular support for imposing trade tariffs in Europe − not even in response to Trump’s trade policies. This is according to a new study based on responses from 5,500 people in Germany and the UK.

    Portrait of Michal Grahn in front of a bookshelf.
  • Origins of Ancient Egypt’s Karnak Temple revealed

    The most comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of Egypt’s Karnak Temple complex has been carried out by an international research team led from Uppsala University. The temple is one of the ancient world’s largest temple complexes and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site within the modern-day city of Luxor.

  • Deaths in heatwaves are predictable

    More than 100,000 people are estimated to have died as a result of extreme heat during the summers of 2022 and 2023 in Europe. A new study shows that it is possible to make accurate forecasts of heat-related mortality about a week in advance. The forecasts could be used in heat warnings to protect vulnerable groups.

    Portrait of Emma Holmberg
  • Very few regret a legal gender change in Sweden

    Fewer than one per cent of people who have changed their legal gender choose to revert to the gender they were assigned at birth. This has been shown in a new study from Uppsala University in which the researchers looked at how stable a gender change is over time in Sweden.

    Kristen is standing in front of the Psychiatry Building in Uppsala. She looks into the camera.
  • Trust more important than cost in climate policy

    How much people trust politicians affects their support for climate policies. The less trust we have in politicians, the less likely we are to accept climate policies that mean paying a price as individuals. And people are especially resistant towards taxes. These are the results of a new survey of over 6,000 respondents in four European countries, published in the Journal of Public Policy.

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