Uppsala University

A new DNA study refines the picture of how different groups mixed during the European Stone Age, but also how certain groups of people were isolated. The study has been carried out by researchers at Uppsala University together with an…

Belén Martín-Matute, professor at Stockholm University, has been named recipient of the Ulla and Stig Holmquist Scientific Prize in Organic Chemistry 2023. She is being rewarded for her pioneering development of new reagents and reactions…

Younger men take more responsibility for joint family communication than their fathers did. This is shown by a new study from Uppsala University where Swedes from several generations have been interviewed about their communication…

The frequency of precursor cells to mast cells in the blood circulation is higher in asthma patients during the birch pollen season than outside. This is shown by a new study from Uppsala University published in the scientific journal…

The 2023 Disa prize is awarded to Sofia Häggman, Egyptologist and curator at the Mediterranean Museum. She receives the award for her efforts in popular science, including with the book Mummies. Fact, research, fiction.The jury's…

Mattias Lundberg is known from several radio series in Sweden's radio's P2, most recently "Fråga musikprofessorn". Now he is awarded a royal medal.- I am happy that musicology and the humanities are being noticed in these contexts, he…

Medicines with beta blockers have been part of the standard treatment for heart attacks for over 30 years to reduce the risk of new heart attacks. But now a new study, in which roughly 43,000 Swedish heart attack patients were included,…

At least 237,000 people worldwide died in organized violence last year. This means an increase of 97 percent compared to the previous year and the highest figure since the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. This is shown by a new report from the…

In a special issue of the journal Science, studies are presented in which researchers from 24 different countries compared the genomes of over two hundred species of primates. The results constitute the most complete catalog of primate…

A new study by Uppsala University shows that a higher body mass index (BMI) increases the risk of five different rheumatic diseases: rheumatism, osteoarthritis, gout, psoriatic arthritis and inflammatory spondylitis. The researchers also…