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  • 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.

  • European cisco – genetic adaptation to variation in salinity and spawning time

    A new study has shown that there are different types of European cisco in Swedish waters that are each genetically adapted to fresh, saline or brackish water. Genetics also steers where European cisco spawn. The new knowledge from this study can be used in continuing the sustainable management of the species, and for investigating whether the spawning environment affects the quality of the roe.

    Portrait of Leif Andersson, Professor at Uppsala University
  • How meat alternatives ended up on Sweden’s supermarket shelves

    Twenty years ago, vegetarian options in Swedish supermarkets were few and far between. Today there is a broad selection of products available including vegetarian sausages and fillets, and veggie balls, the vegetarian version of meatballs. New research shows how a range of actors have managed to drive this change, despite the fact that interest from politicians has been lukewarm at best.

  • AI can find cancer pathologists miss

    Men assessed as healthy after a pathologist analyses their tissue sample may still have an early form of prostate cancer. Using AI, researchers at Uppsala University have been able to find subtle tissue changes that allow the cancer to be detected long before it becomes visible to the human eye.

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