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  • Substantial investment in SciLifeLab 2012-04-17 On April 3, 2012, Minister for Education Jan Björklund announced during a press conference that SciLifeLab is to become a national resource for the life sciences in the broadest sense from 2013. The government's plan is that SciLifeLab will, within a few years, employ around 1,000 scientists, with a turnover of SEK 1 billion per year.
  • Harko Verhagen leads Stockholm University's computer science "roadshow" to China 2011-08-15 Dutchman Harko Verhagen came to Stockholm University as a PhD student. Fourteen years later he's still in Sweden, Associate Professor at the University's Department of Computer and System Science (DSV), which is based in Kista – the heart of Sweden's tech industry.
  • Publications from Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis now more accessible 2012-04-13 The publishers Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, AUS, publish scientific works for Stockholm University. When the agreement with the previous distributors ended the University Library took over distribution. It was also decided at that time that stockpiling of books would cease. Today all AUS books are printed on demand when they are ordered.
  • Astra Zeneca decision hard blow to the University 2012-04-10 In early February came the news that Astra Zeneca is going to close down its research work in neuroscience in Södertälje. This will affect 1100–1200 research posts. In addition, some support functions will disappear.
  • Historic investment in SciLifeLab welcomed 2012-04-03 The presidents of the four Swedish universities behind the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) welcome the huge new investments in life science research announced today.
  • HRH The Prince of Wales visits Stockholm Resilience Centre 2012-03-22 HRH The Prince of Wales, together with HM Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, paid a visit to the University's Stockholm Resilience Centre on Friday 23 March, 2012. Themes for the visit included research on food security, energy, Baltic Sea and planetary boundaries.
  • Retire early and enjoy better health 2012-03-07 A new study led by researchers from Stockholm University shows that taking early retirement reduces tiredness and depression.
  • Alumn Torbjörn Schmidt on how Tomas Tranströmer's poems are going from strength to strength 2012-03-05 "Tranströmer's poems continue to be emotive. They still bring a tear to my eye when I read some of them," says Torbjörn Schmidt, doctoral student at the Department of Literature and History of Ideas. He is nearing the completion of his dissertation on Tomas Tranströmer's career as an author; a writing career that he has spent just over ten years studying, both as a editor and as a researcher.
  • Women with chronic musculoskeletal pain: Do physiological responses follow a temporal development? 2012-03-05 A new thesis from the Department of Psychology at Stockholm University shows that investigating the stress hormones as an index of physiological stress responses in women with shoulder and neck pain or with fibromyalgia may help to clarify the onset and development of such conditions.
  • Swedish cancer researcher receives major grant 2011-02-07 Thomas Helleday, professor at Stockholm University and the University of Oxford, is to receive 23 million kronor (2.5 million Euros) from the European Research Council (ERC). The grant is given to support research that can lead to better cancer treatment. Helleday is the youngest Swede to receive the prestigious grant.
  • Antimatter trapped with Swedish participation 2010-11-18 The international collaboration ALPHA has for the first time trapped atoms of antimatter. This mysterious mirror image of ordinary matter will now be studied in order to understand why our world is made up of only ordinary matter. Svante Jonsell, physicist at Stockholm University, and his colleagues now publish their new results in the prestigious scientific journal Nature.
  • The Universe likes to form galaxies similar to the Milky Way 2010-10-12 Galaxies like our own Milky Way formed easily and have also been the largest spiral galaxies in the universe for almost 4 billion years. This is shown in a new study by associate professor Kambiz Fathi of the Department of Astronomy at Stockholm University. The study is now published in the prestigious scientific journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
  • Islamic political control increases female education 2010-10-06 Islamic political participation increases female participation in non-religious education in Turkey. This finding is revealed in a new doctoral dissertation from Stockholm University, presented 23 September 2010. The Islamic movement in Turkey has played a crucial role in increasing enrolment among the poor and pious, according to Erik Meyersson from the Institute for International Economic Studies.
  • “Louder at the back, please” 2010-10-06 Playing white noise in class can help inattentive children learn. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions tested the effect of the meaningless random noise on a group of 51 schoolchildren, finding that although it hindered the ability of those who normally pay attention, it improved the memory of those that had difficulties in paying attention.
  • Breathtaking fish in Science 2010-08-04 Novel discoveries report how a unique fish species has adapted to a hostile environment poisonous to most other organisms. The findings were published in Science July 15th.
  • Making nanopaper and nanocellulose gels magnetic 2010-08-04 Researchers from Stockholm University, together with colleagues from KTH, have modified bacterial cellulose with magnetic nanoparticles to produce a hybrid nanocomposite that can be used as a magnetic hydrogel, aerogel, or compress to a stiff nanopaper. This material could be used for a variety of purposes ranging from counterfeiting mechanisms for banknotes to high-gradient magnetic separation.
  • Glaciers in Tibet – never really large 2010-06-03 The Tibetan Plateau is the largest and highest mountain region on Earth with glaciers whose meltwater provides the water supply for more than 1.3 billion people through several of the largest rivers in Asia. In a thesis in Physical Geography from Stockholm University, Jakob Heyman shows that the glaciers in Tibet have remained relatively small and have not been much larger than today for tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years back in time.
  • When English becomes the medium of instruction: Communicative effectiveness is more important 2010-05-28 When English becomes the medium of instruction: Communicative effectiveness is more important than accuracy.
  • Explained: Why many surveys of distant galaxies miss 90% of their targets 2010-04-26 Astronomers have long known that in many surveys of the very distant Universe, a large fraction of the total intrinsic light was not being observed. Now, thanks to an extremely deep survey using two of the four giant 8.2-metre telescopes that make up ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and a unique custom-built filter, astronomers have determined that a large fraction of galaxies whose light took 10 billion years to reach us have gone undiscovered. The survey also helped uncover some of the faintest galaxies ever found at this early stage of the Universe.
  • Research shows females are the carriers of chimpanzee culture 2010-03-25 How do young chimpanzees learn behaviours that are not genetically transmitted? Researchers at Stockholm University have analysed knowledge of chimpanzee behaviour and found that chimpanzee culture mostly is carried and transmitted by the females. The results are presented in the scientific journal PLoS ONE.
  • Seeing the hidden services of nature 2010-03-03 International team of ecosystem researchers develop new approach for managing ecological tradeoffs.
  • Prize for article about mortality among birds 2010-02-26 Last summer, researchers at the Department of Applied Environmental Science published an article demonstrating that thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency may explain increased mortality among birds in the Baltic Sea area. The article has now received an international prize as an exceptional article of the year.
  • Survivors provide new information about the 2004 tsunami disaster 2009-11-17 It has been nearly five years since the tsunami hit the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004. Together with survivors of the tsunami disaster, Johanna Mård Karlsson and research colleagues at Stockholm University have built a detailed reconstruction of the coastal impact of the tsunami in the Khao Lak area, Thailand. Besides achieving a better understanding of the event, they have been able to use the reconstruction to verify a new computer simulation of the impact of the tsunami in southeastern Thailand.
  • A strong invariant state among fragile quantum states 2009-11-11 Quantum states are in general very fragile and are easily destroyed by noise. There are, however, quantum states that can withstand much stronger hits than others, so called invariant states. The physicists Magnus Rådmark and Mohamed Bourennane at Stockholm University have recently succeeded to generate a high fidelity invariant state in six entangled photons. This invariant quantum state has potential applications in quantum computers and especially for quantum communication and quantum cryptography.
  • Elinor Ostrom of Stockholm Resilience Centre shares economy prize 2009-10-13 American economists Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson will share the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Elinor Ostrom is on the board of the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University and is regularly active in research and teaching there.
  • Scandinavians are descended from Stone Age immigrants 2009-09-25 Today’s Scandinavians are not descended from the people who came to Scandinavia at the conclusion of the last ice age but, apparently, from a population that arrived later, concurrently with the introduction of agriculture. This is one conclusion of a new study straddling the borderline between genetics and archaeology, which involved Swedish researchers and which has now been published in the journal Current Biology.
  • Doctorates and honorary doctorates to be awarded at Stockholm City Hall 2009-09-25 On Friday, September 25th, eight honorary doctorates will be conferred during the University's graduation and installation ceremony in the Blue Hall at Stockholm City Hall. Among the new honorary doctors are the author and Professor Cecilia Lindqvist and Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg. Others include professors Okko Behrend, Germany, Michael Long and Daniel Stern, United States, Paul Artaxo, Brazil, Janos Mink, Hungary and James Whelan, Australia.
  • Planetary Boundaries: A Safe Operating Space for Humanity 2009-09-18 New approaches are needed to help humanity deal with climate change and other global environmental threats that lie ahead in the 21st century. A group of 28 internationally renowned scientists propose that global biophysical boundaries, identified on the basis of the scientific understanding of the Earth System, can define a ‘safe planetary operating space’ that will allow humanity to continue to develop and thrive for generations to come. This new approach to sustainable development is conveyed in the coming issue of the scientific journal Nature where the scientists have made a first attempt to identify and quantify a set of nine planetary boundaries.
  • Early infection and protection against allergies? 2009-06-22 Allergies have become more common in the last few decades. It is still not fully clear why certain people develop allergies, but a strong risk factor is if the mother is allergic. Also, changes in life style are seen as playing a major role and several studies indicate that early exposure to bacteria and viruses may reduce the risk of allergies later in life. A dissertation in immunology at Stockholm University can now demonstrate a connection between infection by the herpesvirus, Epstein-Barr virus, in small children and protection against the production of allergy-related antibodies.
  • Bioinformatic reconstruction of global networks provides shortcuts to protein functions 2009-06-22 Researchers at the Stockholm Bioinformatics Center have developed bioinformatic methods for reconstructing global networks of proteins and genes that interact with each other functionally. Eight different types of large-scale genomic, proteomic, and functional genetic data have been combined in the largest reconstructions ever of networks in nine different species. The work is published in the June issue of the journal Genome Research, and the networks are available to researchers and others via a Web-based database.
  • Solo is not strong – a study of team entrepreneurship 2009-05-29 Behind many new, innovative companies there often lies more than one founder. Starting a venture in a team, however, is a neglected area both in research and in practice. A new dissertation in business administration contributes to our understanding of how these "venture teams" are formed, develop and finally dissolve. At the same time, the study focuses on how the roles in the team are created and develop over time in relation to the innovation process in new start-ups.
  • Who owns things that do not exist? 2009-05-29 - On fictions, gaps in the law, and the uncertainty of the securities trade.
  • New regulatory opportunities for the EU: Rules for how rules are to be followed 2009-05-22 The European Union readily brings to mind rules and regulations regarding everything from the shape of a cucumber to the generation of statistics. The EU's formal regulations consist of more than 300,000 legal documents. However, a new dissertation in business studies at Stockholm University in Sweden shows that, in practice, the regulation of the EU is much more comprehensive than that.
  • Better water use could reduce future food crises 2009-05-06 If the overall water resources in river basins were acknowledged and managed better, future food crises could be significantly reduced, say researchers from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, Stockholm Environment Institute and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
  • Great differences between Muslim-profiled schools in Sweden and England 2009-04-24 The differences are great between Muslim-profiled schools in Sweden and England. The fundamental reason lies in the frameworks that are set up as conditions for getting permission to start and operate a school with a confessional orientation in the two countries. This is shown in Åsa Brattlund's doctoral dissertation in international education at Stockholm University, which will be submitted on Friday, April 24.
  • Half of group free of phobia after a single treatment 2009-03-31 Fifty-five percent of children who underwent an intensive so-called one-session treatment of three hours were freed from their phobia. The treatment is carried out on a single occasion, is quick and cost-effective, with no side effects. The treatment form is also culture-neutral and does not need to be adapted to the country or the place it is to be used. This is shown by Lena Reuterskiöld at the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, in the dissertation she recently submitted.
  • Internet can warn of ecological changes 2009-03-19 The Internet could be used as an early warning system for potential ecological disasters, according to researchers from Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University and the University of East Anglia.
  • Silica algae reveal how ecosystems react to climate changes 2009-03-09 A newly published dissertation by Linda Ampel from the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology at Stockholm University in Sweden examined how rapid climate changes during the most recent ice age affected ecosystems in an area in continental Europe.
  • Suicide at the workplace ”contagious” 2009-03-11 It has previously been known that the risk of suicide increases if a family member has taken his/her life. This connection is also confirmed in a new study from Stockholm University and the University of Oxford. But the study also reveals something that was previously unknown: suicide at the workplace increases the risk of more people committing suicide. The contagious effect, which is statistically significant only in the case of men, is greater than that of suicide in the family, since more individuals are involved.
  • How do patients diagnosed with schizophrenia communicate? 2009-02-23 Negative emotional facial expressions dominate in the interplay with patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. This has been shown in previous research and has now been confirmed in a dissertation from the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, in Sweden. The dissertation is based on video-recorded clinical interviews carried out by psychologists.
  • Meet, try and see by tomorrow's mobile services 2009-02-20 It is now two years since the Mobile Life VINN Excellence Centre in Kista was inaugurated. Then there was talk that mobile services were on the way to becoming an integral part of our daily lives. Today, we have reached that point.
  • Coffee cultivation good for diversity in agrarian settlements but not in forests 2009-02-20 Coffee shrubs, both in themselves and because they are most often cultivated in the shade of large trees, can have a positive impact on plant and animal diversity in those parts of the landscape that are deforested and dominated by agriculture. What constitutes a dilemma for consumers wishing to shop ecologically is that when coffee is grown in a forest, which is also common, the impact on diversity is negative.
  • Invitation to 150th Anniversary Celebration: Chemist and Nobel Laureate Svante Arrhenius 2009-02-19 Chemist and Nobel Laureate Svante Arrhenius was one of the greatest naturalists of our times. He was also one of the very first scientists to make the link between the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and global temperature levels – what we now call the greenhouse effect.
  • International conference on discrimination and persecution of Roma, Sinti and Travellers 2009-02-17 In recent years Roma and Travellers have gained increasing influence and as a consequence have been able to counter the heritage of many hundreds of years of persecution. A great deal has happened, at least within Europe, and not least in the field of social research. There is, however, still a long way to go to equality.
  • "Wrong" comb jelly in Baltic Sea? 2009-02-16 The invasive comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi, which has caused enormous ecological impacts in the Black and Caspian seas, has expanded its distribution to the European Atlantic coast and Baltic Sea. By summer 2007, it has been reported from virtually all basins of the sea, including its northern part. The Mnemiopsis invasion in the Baltic region is receiving a great attention because of the potential impact on pelagic food webs and fishery, and currently there are several on-going research projects studying invasion process and its consequences.
  • Swedish astronomy motif for new series of stamps 2009-02-03 To highlight the International Year of Astronomy 2009 the Swedish Postal Service, Posten, released a series of postage stamps on January 29 2009, on the theme of space. The motif for the stamps is PoGOLite, an international collaborative project with researchers from Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). The instrument – which is currently being built in Stockholm and will be sent up by balloon from the space base Esrange in Kiruna – measures X-rays from space.
  • Swedish and Indian researchers examine climate and health afflicting soot pollution 2009-01-28 A gigantic brownish haze from various burning and combustion processes is blanketing India and surrounding land and oceans during the winter season. This soot-laden Brown Cloud is affecting South Asian climate as much or more than carbon dioxide and cause hundreds of thousands of premature deaths annually, yet its sources have been poorly understood. In this week's issue of Science Örjan Gustafsson and colleagues at Stockholm University and in India use a novel carbon-14 method to constrain that two-thirds of the soot particles are from biomass combustion such as in household cooking and in slash-and-burn agriculture.
  • Become a polar researcher for a day at ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi 2009-01-22 Scientific expeditions play a crucial roll in pushing forward research within the areas of climate and environment. During 2008 archaeologists, geologists, meteorologists, glaciologists and zoologists from Stockholm University took part in Polar research expeditions. The researchers' films, photos and stories of everything from cloud formation and Arctic foxes to climate research in the Antarctic are on display during 2009 at one of Sweden’s foremost tourist attractions – ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi.
  • How we are tricked into providing our personal information 2009-01-19 We human beings don't always do as we have been taught, and organizations are poorly prepared for IT security attacks that target human weaknesses. Since it is difficult to change people's behavior, it doesn't help to provide training about how to behave securely. This is shown by Marcus Nohlberg in his dissertation at Stockholm University in Sweden in which he studied attacks that are called social engineering in IT contexts.
  • UN Security Council has 'Responsibility to Protect' human security within states 2008-12-17 UN Security Council has a 'Responsibility to Protect' human security within states – even by military means.
  • Knowledge and inspiration result of Ericsson collaboration with Mobile Life Centre 2012-02-15 Ericsson is one of the partners in the Mobile Life Centre and, Martin Körling was chair of the board until October 2011.
  • Stockholm University experts hold two-day workshop at Fudan University 2012-02-08 At the end of October 2011, Stockholm University's Centre for Academic English held a two-day workshop, entitled "Writing for International Publication", for researchers at Fudan University, as part of the Stockholm University Academic Initiative.
  • How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst 2012-02-08 Is there any truth in the image of Sweden portrayed in the Millennium books and films? Stockholm University ethnologist Jonas Engman argues that the stories have tapped into Swedish fears that their society’s success is not all they had been brought up to believe.
  • New zeolite material may solve diesel shortage 2012-02-06 World fuel consumption is shifting more and more to diesel at the expense of gasoline. A recently published article in Nature Chemistry by a research team at Stockholm University and the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain presents a new porous material that evinces unique properties for converting gasoline directly into diesel. The material has a tremendously complex atomic structure that could only be determined with the aid of transmission electron microscopy.
  • Mobile Life Centre: an international research lab with a ‘wow’ factor 2012-01-18 Stockholm University's Mobile Life VINN Excellence Centre has, according to a recent evaluation, established itself as an international research lab with a ‘wow’ factor. The international team that made the evaluation congratulated the centre on its interdisciplinary and innovative research ideas, as well as its outstanding progress.
  • Keep up-to-date on the latest in sustainability research 2012-01-12 Want to be kept up-to-date on the latest in sustainability research? Subscribe to Stockholm Resilience Centre's newsletter and receive top news on resilience research direct to your mailbox.
  • Leading expert in digital forensics joins University's Computer Science Dept 2012-01-09 David Billard, one of Europe’s leading experts in digital forensics, is to join the CSI – Cyber Scene Investigations – lab at the University's Department of Computer and Systems Sciences as visiting professor. Professor Billard will be instrumental in setting up both research and educational activities within the area of digital forensics.
  • International students come to Stockholm to study Geological Sciences 2011-12-29 Professor Barbara Wohlfarth embraces social media to promote wider interest in Geological Sciences and past climate change research.
  • SciLifeLab – a major national scientific resource 2011-12-15 SciLifeLab, a collaboration between Stockholm University, the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Uppsala University, is a major national scientific resource in Sweden with state-of-the-art technologies for high-throughput biosciences.
  • Sven Lidström to spend a second winter in the Antarctic 2011-12-07 Stockholm University scientist Sven Lidström journeyed to the South Pole in November and he will remain there until December next year. A few years ago he became the second Swede in history to spend the winter at the South Pole and now it is time to spend just over another year at the Amundsen-Scott base.
  • Nobel Lectures in Physics, Chemistry and Lectures in Economic Sciences 2011-12-07 On 8 December the traditional Nobel Lectures in Physics, Chemistry and Lectures in Economic Sciences will take place at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, starting 9:00 a.m. CET.
  • Democratization takes place in rapid leaps 2011-12-05 Democratization is often viewed as a slow process. Now, researchers at Stockholm University have analyzed all transitions to democracy that have ever occurred. This research shows that in reality, democratization is a rapid process. In half of all cases it has taken less than 2.4 years to go from dictatorship to democracy, and in nearly a quarter of the cases the process took place overnight.
  • Unique Greek-Swedish research cooperation between industry and academia on environment and climate 2011-11-16 A unique Greek-Swedish research cooperation between industry and academia on environment and climate in the Mediterranean was signed today in Stockholm. The Academy of Athens, Stockholm University and TEMES launch a European research collaboration that represents an important step in efforts to increase Swedish and Greek cooperation in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development. (03.12.2009)
  • One step closer to dark matter in universe 2011-11-02 Scientists all over the world are working feverishly to find the dark matter in the universe. Now researchers at Stockholm University have taken one step closer to solving the enigma with a new method.
  • 10 new honorary doctors for 2011 2011-10-24 In April this year Stockholm University announced the recipients of Honorary Doctorates for 2011, to be awarded to ten internationally outstanding figures within the areas of science, the humanities, the social sciences and law. The honorary degrees were awarded on Friday 30 September 2011, during the inauguration and graduation ceremony that took place in the beautiful surroundings of Stockholm City Hall. New doctoral graduates and Jubilee Doctors were awarded degrees during the ceremony, which also saw the inauguration of new professors to the University.
  • Nobel Laureate in Literature Stockholm University alumnus 2011-10-18 The 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday October 6 to the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer. During the 1950s Tomas Tranströmer read literature and poetics at Stockholm University College, which in 1960 became Stockholm University.
  • Stockholm University physicist in Nobel Laureate's research group 2011-10-05 Ariel Goobar, Professor in Experimental Particle Astrophysics is one of the researchers involved in the research group led by Saul Perlmutter, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2011.
  • Stockholm University: making an enemy of cancer 2011-09-20 The work of Stockholm University's Professor Thomas Helleday has been described as 'potentially the biggest breakthrough in cancer research for decades'. The Swedish way of working has been key to his success, he says.
  • New generation of Arctic scientists flourish at Stockholm University 2011-09-14 The wild and mysterious polar regions - planet Earth's last relatively unexplored areas - have long struck a cord with the adventurous side within many of us.
  • Exercise at work boosts productivity 2011-09-07 Devoting work time to physical activity can lead to higher productivity. This is shown in a study performed by researchers at Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet that is being published in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
  • Askö Laboratory celebrates 50 years of marine research 2011-08-19 The Askö marine research field station (1961-2011) turns fifty this year. The event will be marked by celebrations on the island of Askö in September, and a conference in Stockholm in November.
  • Stockholm University in pictures – an animated history 2011-07-15 A new animation shows how Stockholm University has developed since its founding in 1878 – as Stockholms högskola – to the present day, when the University is one of the largest institions of higher education in Sweden, with over 50,00 students.
  • Laura Álvarez on a unique collaboration around Afro-Latin languages 2011-07-13 Laura Álvarez is excited to be coordinating a project which brings together Stockholm University's Department of Spanish, Portugese and Latin American Studies, Universidade Estadual de Campinas in Brazil and Universidad de La República in Uruguay.
  • Ordinary chemicals hidden risk to human health 2011-07-13 Today there are around 145,000 registered industrial chemicals in the world, and by no means all of these are tested and guaranteed safe. The spread of dangerous chemicals in our everyday environment could lead to a global human catastrophe.
  • H.M. The Kings Medal to Stockholm University professors 2011-06-15 Two professors at Stockholm University were this week awarded H.M. The King's Medal for significant contributions to Swedish research. Professor Brita Bergman of the Department of Linguistics and Professor Lars Bergström, Director of the Oskar Klein Centre, were awarded the medal at a ceremony that took place at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on June 14, 2011.
  • Jerzy Sarnecki on criminology as a leading academic discipline 2011-06-27 Professor Jerzy Sarnecki from Stockholm University's Department of Criminology is a regular commentator in the Swedish media on the subject of crime. Sarnecki came to Sweden in 1968, where he earned a PhD in sociology at Stockholm University.
  • Exploding star shines brighter 2011-06-17 Researchers at Stockholm University have studied the exploding star Supernova 1987A. In an article published in Nature, they present findings that show, among other things, that the supernova has entered a new phase of shining ever more brightly.
  • Stockholm University in top 100 in QS 2011 subject rankings 2011-07-07 Higher education specialists Quacquarelli Symonds, QS, publish a subject-by-subject ranking list for world universities. According to QS, Stockholm University is ranked among the world's top one hundred educational establishments in several areas within the Natural Sciences, the Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences in the 2011 subject ranking.
  • Resilience: Stockholm centre helps the world grow sustainably 2011-06-14 The Stockholm Resilience Centre is leading the charge to put global development on a sustainable footing - a task that is engaging leading scientists and politicians worldwide.
  • Rare giant flower soon to bloom in Bergius Botanic Garden 2011-05-12 One of the wonders of the plant world–the Titan Arum or Amorphophallus titanium–is about to bloom in the Edvard Anderson Greenhouse in the Bergius Botanic Garden. The species has only flowered twice before in Sweden—the first time being in 1935 in the Bergius Botanic Garden. The spectacular plant is distinguished by its large size, odd shape and the terrible stench. Once in bloom, the flower lasts only for two or three days.
  • 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability 2011-05-10 Nobel laureates, politicians and decision makers from government, culture and business gather in Stockholm, May 16-19, to discuss concrete solutions to global sustainable development. The Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University is one of the organisers of the symposium.
  • Stockholm University: at the forefront of Chemistry research 2011-05-09 With four Nobel Chemistry Prize winners through history and leading research in many fields of science, Stockholm University provides a unique environment for chemistry researchers and students.
  • Ten new honorary doctors at Stockholm University 2011-04-12 Stockholm University has selected the recipients of Honorary Doctorates in 2011.
  • Losing a parent can be fatal 2011-03-30 The death of parents entails an increase in their children’s risk of dying. This is shown in a new study performed by Mikael Rostila, a researcher at the Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS) in Sweden, and Jan Saarela, a researcher at Åbo Akademi University in Finland. Those especially affected are younger children, and primarily if they lose their mother.
  • World-leading polar research at the University 2011-04-06 Three polar research projects at Stockholm University are considered world-leading by the Swedish Research Council.
  • Learn the language and make better business abroad 2010-11-18 Being able to speak the local tongue could be decisive for anyone wishing to win contracts and do successful business abroad. Seventy-five percent of Sweden’s export goes to Europe, where Central and Eastern Europe are the fastest growing regions. However, many expatriate managers could markedly improve their communication skills on these markets. This is shown by Kjell Ljungbo in a recently defended doctoral thesis in intercultural business communication from Stockholm University’s School of Business. Kjell Ljungbo will present his findings at Stockholm University 6-7 October 2010 at the University’s “Forskardagarna” event, during which new doctors present their theses.
  • New process for natural phosphorus removal 2010-07-30 Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for all marine organisms. High concentrations of phosphorus disturb the balance of marine ecosystems and have been identified as the main culprit for coastal eutrophication in the Baltic Sea. Researchers from inter alia Stockholm University now reports on a new process for natural phosphorus removal.
  • DSV hosts Nordic Digra – new Nordic game Conference 2010-07-09 On August 16 and 17, the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) will host the first Nordic Digra – a new Nordic game Conference focusing on games, gaming and gamers.
  • Researchers from around the world gather to discuss brown fat and obesity 2010-07-07 Researchers from all over the world will meet at Stockholm University this weekend, July 10 and 11, to discuss for the first time the connection in adult humans between brown fat and the risk of becoming obese.
  • School of Business' Advisory Board is strengthened with international academic members 2010-05-26 Stockholm University School of Business’ Advisory Board is strengthened through the addition of three well-qualified international members: Finn Junge Jensen, Peter Moizer and Jaap Spronk.
  • Defendant's gender affects length of sentence 2010-05-26 A study of 300 simulated court cases shows that experienced judges, jury members, prosecutors, police officers, and lawyers make decisions and convict defendants differently depending on whether they are men or women and what the defendant looks like. Eyewitnesses to crimes are also affected by these factors. This is especially pronounced if there is an extended period of time separating the crime and the testimony. This is what Angela S. Ahola, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, shows in her dissertation.
  • Sulfur in marine archaeological shipwrecks – the “hull story” gives a sour aftertaste 2010-04-26 Advanced chemical analyses reveal that, with the help of smart scavenging bacteria, sulfur and iron compounds accumulated in the timbers of the Swedish warship Vasa during her 333 years on the seabed of the Stockholm harbour. Contact with oxygen, in conjunction with the high humidity of the museum environment, causes these contaminants to produce sulfuric acid, according to a new doctoral thesis in chemistry from Stockholm University.
  • Russian and Swedish researchers report in Science on significant methane emissions in the Arctic 2010-04-14 Russian and Swedish researchers report in Science on significant methane emissions in the Arctic from thawing seabed north of Siberia.
  • Death and burial - how social identities are reflected in archeological grave material 2010-02-26 The function and placement of graves in a burial ground reflected the social role and status a person had in society during the Middle Ages. Factors such as gender, age, and health affected this evaluation and categorization of people. This is shown in a dissertation by Kristina Jonsson that was recently submitted at Stockholm University.
  • Diatoms reveal climate changes 2009-10-19 Some 500 years ago there was a change in the circulation in the atmosphere over Scandinavia. This probably led to increased amounts of winter precipitation in northern Sweden for a period. This is shown in a new dissertation in physical geography at Stockholm University.
  • New research explains why cultivation of biofuels leads to more greenhouse gas 2009-10-12 In a scientific article from 2008, Nobel laureate in chemistry Paul Crutzen found that cultivating biofuels to replace fossil fuels can increase, rather than decrease, global warming. This finding, based on a calculation of how much laughing gas is released from cultivated land and winds up in the atmosphere, diverged considerably from the IPCC estimate. Crutzen’s global calculations are corroborated in a new article in Environmental Research Letters by scientists Georgia Desouni and Amélie Darracq at the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology and the Bert Bolin Center from Climate Research, Stockholm University. The new article also explains the reason for the differences in comparison with the IPPC results.
  • Stockholm University and Imprimatur Capital collaborate to give support to young research companies 2009-09-25 SU Innovation at Stockholm University has signed an agreement with the British risk capital company Imprimatur Capital. Imprimatur Capital, with offices in over fifteen countries around the world, is investing in a long-term collaboration for the funding and development of the University’s business incubator and the projects that it includes.
  • The art of passing the buck 2009-09-17 How are the claims of Indigenous peoples dealt with by states and corporations? Rebecca Lawrence, in her PhD dissertation in Sociology presented at Stockholm University on Friday September 11, illustrates that both states and corporations attempt to ignore Indigenous peoples’ rights (urfolksrättigheter) by claiming that responsibility for protecting those rights lies with the other party.
  • Andra artikeln 2009-06-12 Vi leker vidare med Polopoly 9 i bunkern. Snart ska vi äta bulle.