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  • The antechamber in the University Main Building. Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt

    "A unique position in Swedish architecture"

    Uppsala University’s Main Building is one of the few well-preserved intact milieus from the 1880s and has a unique position in Swedish architecture. This applies to both the façade and the entire interior, where the colour scheme, decoration, artworks and furniture have largely remained exactly as they were when the building was inaugurated, writes curator Anna Hamberg in her new thesis.

  • Schematic figure of the fusidic acid resistance “stop-motion” movie.

    New molecular movie reveals how antibiotic resistance to fusidic acid works

    Researchers from Uppsala Antibiotic Center, Uppsala University and SciLifeLab describe a fundamental mechanism of antibiotic resistance. What happens in a bacterium that is resistant to the antibiotic fusidic acid? With a stop-motion movie at the atomic level, they can show that the resistance protein FusB works nearly like a crowbar. Article published in Nature Communications

  • In the study, the researchers used different methods to examine the association between fitness level in late adolescence and premature death. Photo: Getty Images

    The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated

    That fit people have a reduced risk of premature death from various diseases is a recurring result in many studies. New research from Uppsala University shows that people with high fitness levels in their late teens also have a reduced risk of dying from random accidents. This suggests that the associations seen in previous studies have probably been misleading.

  • The combination of claw marks and the shape of the feet suggests that the tracks were made by a primitive reptile. The image shows a reconstruction of the reptile. Illustration: Marcin Ambrozik.

    355 million-year-old footprints rewrite the history of backboned land animals

    Newly discovered fossilised footprints with long toes and claws have been found in a rock slab from Australia. The discovery pushes the origin of reptiles back by 35 million years and overthrows the established evolutionary timeline of backboned land animals. The study, led by researchers at Uppsala University, has been published in the journal Nature.

  • Jonathan Cedernaes, physician and docent in Medical Cell Biology at Uppsala University. Photo: Juliana Wolf Garcindo/Hjärnfonden

    Lack of sleep can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease

    Even a few nights with insufficient sleep increases promote molecular mechanisms linked to a greater risk of heart problems. This has been shown in a new study in which the researchers investigated how sleep deprivation affects biomarkers (in this case proteins) associated with cardiovascular disease. The study was led from Uppsala University and is published in the journal Biomarker Research.

  • “By recognising patterns from previous patients, the model can determine whether a patient has the relapsing-remitting form or whether the disease has transitioned to secondary progressive MS.", says Kim Kultima. Photo: David Naylor

    New AI model improves MS diagnostics

    To provide the right treatment for MS, it is important to know when the disease changes from relapsing-remitting to secondary progressive, a transition that is currently recognised on average three years too late. Researchers at Uppsala University have now developed an AI model that can determine with 90 per cent certainty which variant the patient has.

  • Researchers used eye movement measurements, filming children’s eyes and using an algorithm to calculate where the child was looking.

    Babies follow social cues despite trauma

    Babies living as refugees have some of the same social skills as children with more secure home conditions. This is shown by a new study that researchers from Uppsala University have conducted in cooperation with colleagues in Uganda, Zimbabwe and Bhutan. Over 800 children participated in the study, making it one of the largest infant studies ever conducted using eye movement measurements.

  • Blue light reduces starch accumulation, while red light increases starch storage.

    Controlling starch levels in algae could reduce greenhouse gases

    High-starch algae are important in biofuel production, as a feed supplement in agriculture and as an efficient way to bind carbon dioxide. Researchers have now found a new method to control starch storage in algae - a finding with potential applications in areas such reducing greenhouse gases.

  • “It’s important to be aware and to ask yourself: what emotions are these opinion pieces trying to evoke?", says Carin Leibring Svedjedal, PhD in Scandinavian languages. Photo: Getty Images

    How the media write about transgender people

    Transgender people are the subject of polarised debate in Sweden and there is a tendency to use alarmist examples to stir up emotions. This is shown in a new thesis that examines the language used in opinion pieces on trans-related issues.

  • "May contain relatively high levels of cholesterol-elevating substances". Photo: Uppsala University

    Cholesterol-elevating substances in coffee from machines at work

    The coffee from most of the coffee machines in workplaces contains relatively high levels of cholesterol-elevating substances. There is a big difference in comparison to coffee made in regular paper filter coffee makers, which filter out most of these substances.

  • Our study shows that it may be that some women simply do not want to have children, says Cerisa Obern, intern physician and doctoral student at Uppsala university. Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt

    New study: Fewer women want to have children

    More and more young women are hesitant about having children. New research from Uppsala University shows that one in four are either unsure about or do not want to have children at all – a big increase compared to 2014, when only one in ten felt this way. The same study also shows that fewer are using condoms and that a large proportion perceived consent when sexual activity was initiated.

  • Lobate shape of mammalian lymphatic endothelial cells. Photo: Hans Schoofs

    Unique cell shape keeps lymphatic vessels and plant leaves stable

    The cells that make up the walls of the finest of all lymphatic vessels have a lobate, oak leaf-like shape that makes them particularly resilient to changes in fluid volume. A similar cell shape also supports mechanical stability in plants. This has been shown by researchers from Uppsala University in a new article published in the journal Nature.

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