Science news articles about 'Uppsala University'

  • Major advanced cancer study to be led by Uppsala University

    ... their effect after a period of use. The study is to be directed by Tobias Sjoblom, associate professor of tumor biology at Uppsala University, Sweden ...
  • Studies test new approaches to islet transplantation

    ... ,” said study chair Dr. Camillo Ricordi of the University of Miami. The studies are enrolling individuals with type ... , Norway Dr. Olle Korsgren Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden Dr. Annika ...
  • Nitrates in vegetables protect against gastric ulcers

    ... to an increased risk of cancer," says Joel Petersson of Uppsala University's Department of Medical Cell Biology ... to an increased risk of cancer," says Joel Petersson of Uppsala University's Department of Medical Cell Biology ...
  • Human vision inadequate for research on bird vision

    ... published in the latest issue of American Naturalist, Uppsala researchers show that our human vision is not an adequate ... , research assistant at the Department of Animal Ecology at Uppsala University, who carried out this study with his colleague ...
  • When following the leader can lead into the jaws of death

    ... someone that goes it alone. The study was carried out at the University of Leicester, by Ashley J. W. Ward ... and in collaboration with David J. T. Sumpter of Uppsala University; Iain D. Couzin of Princeton ...
  • Why rebel groups attack civilians

    ... towards civilians is one such strategy,” explains Lisa Hultman of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. In her dissertation “Targeting the Unarmed ...
  • Shopping is a way of interacting with the world around us

    ... and often very emotional, and this is expressed in the way we shop. Swedish ethnologist Erik Ottoson of Uppsala University has studied the way we look for things ...
  • A promising step towards more effective hydrogen storage

    ... led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen ... the hydrogen release. The extensive simulations were performed at Uppsala University's Multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Computational ...
  • Researchers find an evolutionarily preserved signature in the primate brain

    ... ," says team leader Professor Elena Jazin, at Uppsala University, Sweden. In addition to the results mentioned above, the researchers also report on evolutionary speeds in genes ...
  • Closing the gap between fish and land animals

    ... researchers Per Ahlberg and Henning Blom from Uppsala University have reconstructed parts of the animal and explain ... Ahlberg at the Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Uppsala University. The recontructions made by Professor Ahlberg ...
  • Fossils show evolution from water to land

    UPPSALA, Sweden, June 30 (UPI) -- Scientists at Uppsala University in Sweden say newly found fossils from Latvia suggest the transformation of fish into land creatures occurred gradually.
  • New discovery a step towards better diabetes treatment

    ... 's issue of the prestigious journal Cell Metabolism Uppsala scientists are presenting new findings that shed ... (glucose). Anders Tengholms research team at Uppsala University has developed methods that make it possible ...
  • The genetics of the white horse unraveled

    ... which has had a huge impact on human culture across the world. An international team led by researchers at Uppsala University has now identified the mutation causing ...
  • The brightest, sharpest, fastest X-ray holograms yet

    ... ; the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; Uppsala University, Sweden; the University of Hamburg and the Deutsches Elektronen ... (DESY), Germany; Arizona State University; Princeton University; and the University of California at Berkeley. Their results ...
  • Diabetes Breakthrough - Why Transplanted Insulin Cells Die

    ... . Now researchers at Linköping University and Uppsala University in Sweden can show that accumulation of protein aggregatess, amyloid, in the transplanted cells may be causing their death ...

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