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  • “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.

  • Researcher Sten Svantesson has identified five new species in the fungal genus Piloderma, including the "shy" old-growth forest species Piloderma fugax, shown here under the microscope. Photo: Kristina Stenmarck/Sten Svantesson.

    New ‘shy’ fungus found in old-growth forest

    Although fungi of the genus Piloderma are common, scientists have now discovered five previously unknown species. One of these is one of the most widely distributed species in Northern Europe, while another is found only in old-growth forests. The discoveries show that diversity in this genus is much greater than previously thought.

  • BioArctic’s co-founder Lars Lannfelt and CEO Gunilla Osswald receive the Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award together with co-founder Pär Gellerfors. Photo: Simon Hastegård/Bildbyrån and BioArctic

    Trio behind Alzheimer’s drug receives Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award

    The drug that slows down Alzheimer’s disease is already being used by more than 20,000 patients in 10 different countries – and could soon be available in Europe too. The success story is down to the two founders of BioArctic Lars Lannfelt and Pär Gellerfors and the company’s CEO Gunilla Osswald. Their achievement is now recognised by the Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award.

  • Patrik Johansson took up his role as new battery professor on 1 March 2025. He was previously Professor of Physics at Chalmers University of Technology. Photo: The European Commission

    World-leading battery researcher joins Uppsala University

    Professor Patrik Johansson is the new director of the flagship project Battery 2030+. He has led many large international research projects and was most recently director of the EU research programme the Graphene Flagship.

  • Initiative for research on conflicting objectives in sustainable development

    Initiative for research on conflicting objectives in sustainable development

    Uppsala University inaugurates a new research institute, UUniCORN, aimed at identifying, analysing and navigating conflicting objectives in sustainable societal transition. The new institute is set up on the initiative of Vice-Chancellor Anders Hagfeldt as part of Uppsala University’s ambition to be a more active partner in creating an ecologically, socially and economically sustainable society.

  • Structure of the protein OGG1 (colour: purple, left) and one of the molecules that inhibit the activity of the enzyme (colour: yellow, middle and right). Image: Andreas Luttens

    New method searches through 10 sextillion drug molecules

    A recent study shows that computer algorithms can be used to find molecules that can be developed into anti-inflammatory drugs. In the article, the researchers also describe how the same strategy can be used to search through 10 sextillion alternatives to identify the best drug candidate.

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