First large wave power generator launched in Lysekil
Researchers and doctoral students from Uppsala University have today installed the first 6.7 metre long generator in what will become a wave power farm in Lysekil, Sweden.
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Press invitation: First large wave power generator to be launched in Lysekil
On the 12 March scientists and doctoral students from Uppsala University are installing the first large generator in what will become a full scale wave power farm in Lysekil. Media are hereby welcomed to attend the launch.
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Carl Thunberg's Japanese plants to be digitised
In stiff competition the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University, Sweden, has been granted funding for digitising the Japanese parts of the Thunberg collection. The project will make the valuable plants available to the whole world, online
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Scientists have a responsibility for research that can be used to harm
Do scientists have a responsibility for research that is used to harm others? In a doctoral thesis from Uppsala University, Frida Kuhlau discusses to what extent Life Science researchers have a responsibility to prevent their research from being used to develop biological weapons.
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First experimental plant for marine current power to be installed in Dalälven
Journalists are welcome to the river Dalälven, in the rural Swedish town of Söderfors, when the first experimental plant for marine current power will be installed on March 7. The aim is to develop new technology for utilising renewable marine current power as a means for producing electricity.
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The ‘no worries’ approach fails to identify Australian women with childbirth fear
Having a fear of birth has a negative impact on women’s pregnancy and birth. In recently published research from a collaboration of The University of Melbourne, Australia, and Uppsala University, Sweden, doctoral student Helen Haines draws the conclusion that the ‘no worries’approach to this issue in Australia has underestimated the needs of a considerable number of pregnant women.
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Lack of sleep? Keep away from the buffet
New research from Uppsala University shows that sleep-deprived people select greater portion sizes of energy-dense snacks and meals than they do after one night of normal sleep. Poor sleep habits can therefore affect people’s risk of becoming overweight in the long run. The findings are published in Psychoneuroendocrinology.
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Researchers guardians of trust in biobank research
Do we trust biobank researchers? In a doctoral thesis from Uppsala University, medical doctor and bioethicist Linus Johnsson claims that we do: At least in Sweden. And since we do, researchers in turn have a moral responsibility towards us.
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Ethical challenges of human brain simulation
One of the greatest challenges of modern science is understanding the human brain. Uppsala University’s Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics (CRB) is part of the European Commission flagship initiative to simulate the human brain and will look at the philosophical and ethical implications of this.
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Peace researchers worried over decrease in peace agreements
Over the past few years the signing of peace agreements has become an increasingly rare phenomenon, while the number of armed conflicts has increased. This is described by peace researchers at Uppsala University’s Conflict Data Program (UCDP) in the latest report on states in armed conflict, States in Armed Conflict 2011. This is a cause for serious concern.
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Carin Göring’s remains identified by researchers at Uppsala University
The putative remains of Carin Göring, wife of Nazi leader Herman Göring, were found in 1991 at a site close to where she had been buried. In a recently published article, Marie Allen, professor of forensic genetics at Uppsala University, and her associates present evidence supporting that it is Carin Göring’s remains that have been identified.
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Anthropological expertise facilitates multicultural women's health care
Collaboration between medical and anthropological expertise can solve complex clinical problems in today's multicultural women's healthcare, shows Pauline Binder, a medical anthropologist, who will present her thesis on 1 December at the Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University.
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