The evolution of our teeth began among ancient armoured fishes more than 400 million years ago. In the scientific journal Science, an international...

Characteristics of palm trees differ from those of other tropical trees in many ways. In a major new study led by scientists at Uppsala University,...

A new mathematical model for predicting variations in solar irradiance has been developed at Uppsala University. It may help to promote more effici...

Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a hitherto unknown function of blood platelets in cancer. In mouse models, these platelets have pr...

Life depends on an intricate game of hide-and-seek taking place inside the cell. New research, which is now published in the journal Nature, sheds ...

Many pharmaceuticals work by targeting what are known as “G-protein-coupled receptors”. In a new study, scientists from Uppsala University describe...

New data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Uppsala University, shows that the number of fatalities in organised violence continues to ...

A research team at Uppsala University has resurrected several billion-year-old enzymes and reprogrammed them to catalyse completely different chemi...

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a method for identifying functional mutations and their effect on genes relevant to the developmen...

In previous research, it has been assumed that insects in temperate regions would cope well with or even benefit from a warmer climate. Not so, acc...

What kind of interactions did the various Stone Age cultures have with one another? In a new interdisciplinary study, researchers have combined arc...

Researchers at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital have developed a new method to measure levels of the medication hydroxychloroquin...

Enzymes from cold-loving organisms that live at low temperatures, close to the freezing point of water, display highly distinctive properties. In a...

The organ of balance in the inner ear is surrounded by the hardest bone in the body. Using synchrotron X-rays, researchers at Uppsala University ha...

Patients taking part in clinical trials do not receive better treatment than other patients. This is the conclusion of a new study led from Uppsala...

Despite the traditional view that species do not exchange genes by hybridisation, recent studies show that gene flow between closely related specie...

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be an aid to interpreting ECG results, helping healthcare staff to diagnose diseases that affect the heart. Resear...

In an international collaboration, researchers from Uppsala University have mapped the lymph node lymphatic vessels in mice and humans down to the ...

Individuals with social anxiety disorder have markedly different personality traits than others. Emotional instability and introversion are hallmar...

Under the volcanoes in the Andes where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet, there is a gigantic reservoir of molten magma. For several million years,...