Airplane hostel prepares for lift-off Sep 15, 2008
The idea is the brainchild of Swedish businessman and entrepreneur Oscar Dios, who has been running hostels in Uppsala, Sweden for the past five years. Renovation work is underway on a plane which used to carry in excess of 350 passengers. (CNN -- International)
Mini subs to search for life on Earth and beyond Sep 12, 2008
ASTC / Uppsala UniversityArtist's impression of the remote-controlled submersible investigating an underwater environment ... "Most of the other ROVs are not this small because they don't need to be," said Jonas Jonsson of the Angstrom Space Technology Centre (ASTC) at Uppsala University in Sweden ... ASTC / Uppsala UniversityA prototype miniature submersible. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Robert W. Shaner Sep 11, 2008
Also considered as family are Peter and Catarina Lovgren of Uppsala, Sweden and Cedric and Julie Tolliver of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In Farmington, Missouri, he is survived by his mother, Rebecca Shaner, and brother and family, Dr. Jim Shaner, Carla, James and Michelle, Jarred and Rebecca. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
New Drug Protects Against Second Heart Attack Or Stroke, Study Suggests Sep 6, 2008
Alexander, along with Professor Lars Wallentin from the Uppsala Clinical Research Center in Sweden and other colleagues, studied the use of apixaban in 1,715 patients from 14 countries throughout Europe and North America who had suffered a recent heart attack. Roughly two-thirds of the patients had undergone angioplasty to clear blocked arteries and 99 percent of them were taking either aspirin or aspirin and clopidogrel. (Science Daily)
Basketball: BHSU star to play in Sweden Sep 2, 2008
Haughian departs today and will arrive in Uppsala, Sweden early Wednesday morning where she will begin practicing with the Uppsala Sallen basketball team in the Swedish professional league ... The 6-foot-2 Haughian will be joining the Sallen team in Uppsala, Sweden. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Why Transplanted Insulin Cells Die Aug 29, 2008
ping University and Uppsala University in Sweden can show that accumulation of protein aggregatess, amyloid, in the transplanted cells may be causing their death. Until now it was not known why this insulin production ceases. (Science Daily)
Clinton-Obama tension threatens to boil over Aug 26, 2008
Bassim, Uppsala, Sweden. When you think of it, the Obama campaign should be a warning bell for David Cameron. (Times Online)
Sean Paul arrested in Sweden Aug 12, 2008
The singer was among artists and festival-goers at the Uppsala Reggae Festival who were nabbed on drug-related charges. All those arrested were later released. (WOKR13 Rochester)
World's highest highest-resolution holograms debut Aug 5, 2008
Other scientists involved in the project reside at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (California), Uppsala University (Sweden), the University of Hamburg, the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY, Germany), Arizona State University (Tempe), Princeton University (New Jersey) and the University of California at Berkeley. Pinhole cameras act as a single point through which all light beams emanating from an object must pass. (EETimes)
Identical gene explains why some horses are white Jul 22, 2008
The study by Uppsala University, Sweden that proved this has a bearing on medical researches as the mutation also enhances the risk for melanoma. . (Sify.com, India)
Total Make Over! Jul 7, 2008
UPPSALA, Sweden - inkClub logo. (PRNewsFoto/inkClub) UPPSALA SWEDEN ... inkClub's New Online Shop has Opened UPPSALA, Sweden, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- inkClub, Europe's largest supplier of ink cartridges and toner on the Internet, has renovated the shop. (PR Newswire)
Most primitive four-legged creature found Jun 26, 2008
If you saw it from a distance, it would look like a small alligator, but if you look closer, you would find a fin in the back, said lead author Per Ahlberg, a professor of evolutionary biology at Uppsala University in Sweden. I imagine this is an animal that could haul itself over sand banks without any difficulty. (Globe and Mail)
Fishy Ancestors of Humans Surprisingly Diverse Jun 26, 2008
"Ventastega gives clues to what the very earliest tetrapods looked like," said study leader Per Ahlberg of Uppsala University in Sweden. Ventastega was first described from a few bone fragments unearthed in Latvia in 1994, but it took additional years of excavation and the discovery of remains from many more individuals before scientists had a good idea of what the creature looked like. (National Geographic)
Evolutionarily Preserved Signature Found In The Primate Brain Jun 25, 2008
"Knowledge about gender differences is important for many reasons. For example, this information may be used in the future to calculate medical dosages, as well as for other treatments of diseases or damage to the 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 that have been identified as male or female-oriented. (Science Daily)
Expert: Oil industry at peak production Jun 11, 2008
Kjell Aleklett, physics professor at Sweden s Uppsala University, said such a move was important as the world was now already in a phase of transition to an uncertain future with oil getting more difficult and costly to produce ... Aleklett, also a leader of the Global Energy Systems Research Group and Uppsala Hydrocarbon Depletion Study Group, said many oil-producing countries, including Russia, had already passed their peak, suggesting that the world s peak production was now imminent. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
TeliaSonera Rejects $41.9 Billion France Telecom Bid (Update1) Jun 6, 2008
Elektriska Telegraf-Verket to run a 70-kilometer (44-mile) telegraph line linking Stockholm and Uppsala. The company installed its first telephone line a year after it was invented in 1876. (Bloomberg)
Swedes to name harbor redevelopment in honor of Galva, Bishop Hill Jun 5, 2008
They will also appear in other cities connected with Esbjrn s ministry, including Hille where he served as teacher and choir director, sterv la, where he finished his ministry after returning to Sweden in 1863, and Uppsala, where he was ordained in 1832. The choir returns home on June 16. (Kewanee Star Courier, IL)
* World News Quick Take Jun 3, 2008
The city council of the university city of Uppsala, north of Stockholm will pay Nasreen a monthly stipend of 5,000 kronor (US$833) and pay for her accommodation during a two-year period, the report said. It is the second time Nasreen will live in Sweden. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The Tipping Point May 24, 2008
In September I'm attending a weekend conference on Performance Art at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. I'm not going by coach. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
The Sum of Many Hopes and Fears About the Energy Resources of the Middle East May 22, 2008
In her important book, Professor Maureen Crandall of the U.S. National Defense University (2006) has labelled claims emanating from the Caspian a scam, while Dr Fredrik Robelius of Uppsala University (2006) has called talk about the enormous oil riches that will ostensibly be hauled from the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico a bluff. That might sound harsh, but lets remember that oil output is Mexico is falling, and falling rapidly. (Energy Pulse, CO)
Staring down the barrel May 15, 2008
Aleklett, a Professor of Physics at Uppsala University, Sweden is concerned about the production problem allied to growing consumption. He highlights the current situation in China. (CNN -- International)
Biomarkers to Predict Death from Cardiovascular Causes May 15, 2008
Methods We used data from the Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men (ULSAM), a community-based cohort of elderly men, to investigate whether a combination of biomarkers that reflect myocardial cell damage, left ventricular dysfunction, renal failure, and inflammation (troponin I, N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide, cystatin C, and C-reactive protein, respectively) improved the risk stratification of a person beyond an assessment that was based on the established risk factors for... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Can HGH Reverse Brain Damage in Drug Addicts? May 14, 2008
Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA that brain cells targeted for early death by continued opiate use may be salvaged by injections of synthetic (HGH) ... Elderly patients treated with synthetic growth hormones have experienced improved memory, says study co-author Fred Nyberg, a professor of pharmaceutical biosciences at Uppsala. (Scientific American)
Studies test new approaches to islet transplantation May 2, 2008
Dr. Olle Korsgren Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. Dr. Annika Tibell. (EurekAlert!)
Krister Stendahl, 86, ecumenical bishop Apr 17, 2008
Stendahl earned his doctorate from Uppsala University in Sweden, writing his dissertation on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the biblical-era writings found in Jordan in 1947. In 1954, Harvard hired him to teach New Testament studies. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Q-Med Sees Continued Weak Deliveries to North America and Japan Apr 11, 2008
Q Med today has just over 700 coworkers, with close to 500 at the company's head office and production facility in Uppsala, Sweden ... Q-Med AB (publ), Seminariegatan 21, SE-752 28 Uppsala, Sweden. (BusinessWire)
Diabetes In Mid-life Linked To Increased Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease Apr 11, 2008
nnemaa, MD, with Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden ... The study was supported by grants from Uppsala University Hospital and the Swedish Research Council. (Science Daily)
Mid-life diabetes raises Alzheimer risk in men: study Apr 10, 2008
The findings "have important public health implications given the increasing numbers of people developing diabetes and the need for more powerful interventions," said study author Elina Ronnemaa of Sweden's Uppsala University. "It's possible that insulin problems damage blood vessels in the brain, which leads to memory problems and Alzheimer's disease, but more research is needed to identify the exact mechanisms.". (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Mid-Life Diabetes Increases Alzheimer's Risk Apr 10, 2008
Our results have important public health implications given the increasing numbers of people developing diabetes and the need for more powerful interventions, said study author Elina Rnnemaa, MD, with Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden. The study involved 2,269 men in Sweden who underwent glucose testing at age 50 to test for diabetes, which is caused by abnormal insulin levels. (Newsmax)
Statistics Are Insufficient For Study Of Proteins' Signal System: New Study Contradicts Previous Work Mar 28, 2008
In an article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Uppsala researchers are now presenting results of experiments that contradict the theory ... "But in other instances very little is known about the mechanisms or whether such signal transfer even occurs," says Per Jemth, who together with his research group at Uppsala University is studying whether signal transfer also occurs in small proteins ... But the Uppsala researchers saw several things that were not right about... (Science Daily)
Japanese Satellite First to Use Magnetic Memory Mar 15, 2008
The four-megabit Freescale MRAM device is part of Uppsala, Sweden based. ngstr. (Scientific American)
Orexo: Rapinyl(TM) has Received Swedish Marketing Authorization Mar 7, 2008
UPPSALA, Sweden--()--Regulatory News ... Orexo has head office in Uppsala and is listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm, Small Cap (ticker: ORX). (BusinessWire)
NALP5 — A Major Parathyroid Autoantigen in APS-1 Mar 6, 2008
From University Hospital, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (M.A., P.B. ... mpe at the Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, SE 75185, Uppsala, Sweden, or at olle. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Fashion counted for some Vikings Feb 29, 2008
The men were especially vain while the women dressed provocatively, adorning themselves in vivid colors, silk ribbons and glittering bits of mirrors, said Annika Larsson, a textile researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden. They combined oriental features with Nordic styles, she said in a statement. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Vikings With Vanity: Vivid Colors, Flowing Silk, Fashionable Until Advent of Christianity Feb 28, 2008
"They combined oriental features with Nordic styles. Their clothing was designed to be shown off indoors around the fire," says textile researcher Annika Larsson, whose research at Uppsala University presents a new picture of the Viking Age ... laren,Valley, the area that includes Stockholm and Uppsala and was one of the central regions in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. (Science Daily)
Photo in the News: Viking Women Wore "Sexy" Outfits Feb 28, 2008
A modern reconstruction of a Norse outfit (worn above by textile researcher Annika Larsson of Uppsala University in Sweden) is a single piece of fabric held in place by clasps that sit on the middle of each breast. Such a provocative outfit was probably common among Viking women before Christianity took hold in Scandinavia, Larsson said in a statement. (National Geographic)
The Incontrovertible Facts About Fathers Feb 27, 2008
com, the lead researcher, Dr. Anna Sardaki of Uppsala Universitys Department of Womens and Childrens Health in Sweden, said, We hope that this review will add to the body of evidence that shows that enlightened father-friendly policies can make a major contribution to society in the long run by producing well-adjusted children and reducing major problems like crime and antisocial behavior ... The review of the studies was published in the February issue of the peer-reviewed journal... (Townhall.com)
Pre-Christianity Viking women were sexy dressers Feb 27, 2008
"Now we can say the pre-Christian dress code was very rich," textiles researcher Annika Larsson of Uppsala University in Sweden told LiveScience. "When Christianity came, the dress was more like that of nuns. There was a big difference.". (Xinhuanet, China)
'Fat Steven's' Ferrari crash sparks international intrigue (90) Feb 21, 2008
Friday, February 24, 2006 Edition. " Eriksson served prison time but then dropped from public sight, according to the Swedish newspaper. Several years later he surfaced as chief technology officer at a British game console company called Gizmondo, which British newspapers say was looted by executives of millions of dollars in inflated salaries, perks like Formula One race cars and other unearned benefits.The high tech British-American electronic game manufacturing company is being liquidated in... (Malibu Times, CA)
Identical Twins Not As Identical As Believed Feb 20, 2008
Researchers at UAB( University of Alabama), Leiden University Medical Center and VU University, The Netherlands; and Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden recently published their findings. . (Science Daily)
Children Who Have An Active Father Figure Have Fewer Psychological And Behavioral Problems Feb 16, 2008
"Our detailed 20-year review shows that overall, children reap positive benefits if they have active and regular engagement with a father figure" says Dr Anna Sarkadi from the Department of Women's and Children's Health at Uppsala University, Sweden. "For example, we found various studies that showed that children who had positively involved father figures were less likely to smoke and get into trouble with the police, achieved better levels of education and developed good friendships with... (Science Daily)
Crucial studies on stents turn in Boston Scientific Corp.'s favor Feb 1, 2008
But after examining several additional years of data, the same researchers at the Uppsala Clinical Research Centre in Sweden reported last year that there was actually no difference in death rates and that drug-coated stents were safe after all. Boston Scientific chief executive Jim Tobin dubbed the flip-flop the "oops from Uppsala." And more recent studies have indicated that drug-coated stents may, in fact, be safer than the old, bare-metal versions. (Boston Globe)
Pilot is bundled out of cockpit and tied up Feb 1, 2008
Bess, Uppsala, Sweden. Someone here asks if this was a 'Canadian Muslim. (Times Online)
Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found in Arctic Jan 26, 2008
"We were extremely surprised" to find otherwise, said researcher Bjrn Olsen, an ornithologist and infectious disease physician at Uppsala University in Sweden. Olsen, Bonnedahl and colleagues ventured out into the Arctic aboard the icebreaker Oden. (Fox News)
Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep Jan 25, 2008
The study carried out by scientists from the blue-chip Karolinska Institute and Uppsala University in Sweden and from Wayne State University in Michigan, USA is thought to be the most comprehensive of its kind. Published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium and funded by the Mobile Manufacturers Forum, representing the main handset companies, it has caused serious concern among top sleep experts, one of whom said that there was now "more... (Belfast Telegraph)
Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found in Wild Arctic Birds Jan 25, 2008
"This is an indication how far we have pushed antibiotic resistance," said study leader Bjrn Olsen, a professor in the department of infectious diseases at Uppsala University Hospital in Sweden. The researchers sampled waste from 97 birds belonging to a dozen different species from the Arctic of northeastern Siberia, northern Alaska, and northern Greenland. (National Geographic)
Sweden To Study Belching Cows Jan 23, 2008
About 20 cows will participate in the project run by the Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, about 40 miles north of Stockholm, officials said Monday. Cattle release methane, a greenhouse gas believed to contribute to global warming, when they digest their food. (WTKR.com, VA)
Cell Phones Blamed For Sleeplessness Jan 23, 2008
Bengt Arnetz, a researcher from Sweden's Uppsala University, said that radiation from mobile phones causes insomnia, headaches and problems concentrating. Scientists from Sweden and Wayne State University studied 35 men and 36 women between the ages of 18 and 45 for 18 months. (Click2Houston, TX)
Mobile effect on sleep Jan 22, 2008
Bengt Arnetz and colleagues of Wayne State University and Uppsala University, and Foundation ITIS, USA, and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. The study was funded by the Mobile Manufacturers Forum. (NHS Choices)
Headaches linked to mobile phones Jan 21, 2008
By Lewis CarterLast Updated: 1:02am GMT 21/01/2008. Radiation from mobile phones damages sleep and causes headaches, according to a study by telephone makers. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Cell Phone Radiation Linked to Insomnia, Confusion Jan 21, 2008
The study, sponsored by the Mobile Manufacturers Forum, an industry group representing the makers of cell phones, was conducted by scientists from the Karolinska Institute and Uppsala University in Sweden and from Wayne State University in Mich. and is considered to be the most comprehensive ever done, The Independent reported. (Fox News)
DNA variations signal lupus risk Jan 21, 2008
The consortium includes investigators from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City, Wake Forest University, the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, the University of California at San Francisco, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, the Imperial College London and the University of Uppsala in Sweden. Funding for the study came from the Alliance for Lupus Research, the National Institute of Arthritis,... (EurekAlert!)
Sun to acquire MySQL for $1B Jan 17, 2008
MySQL is headquartered in Cupertino and Uppsala, Sweden and has 400 employees in 25 countries. As part of the transaction, Sun will pay about $800 million in cash in exchange for all MySQL stock and assume about $200 million in options. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
High degree of resistance to antibiotics in Arctic birds Jan 12, 2008
We were extremely surprised, says Bjrn Olsen, professor of infectious diseases at Uppsala University and at the Laboratory for Zoonosis Research at the University of Kalmar ... Contacts: Bjrn Olsen, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, cell phone: +46 (0)70-238 49 44, or Jonas Bonnedahl, County Hospital in Kalmar, cell phone: +46 (0)70-720 36 92. (EurekAlert!)
World's Tamils can only watch as Sri Lanka edges closer to war Jan 11, 2008
"The process of reversing pacifist civil values into martial values is not easy," said Peter Schalk, a scholar of religions at Uppsala University in Sweden who has closely observed the Sri Lankan conflict. But the JHU's monks have managed it through a concept called "war for peace". (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Palomar and Q-MED AB Enter Into International Distribution Agreement Jan 9, 2008
Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ), a leading researcher and developer of light-based systems for cosmetic treatments, today announced the execution of an international distribution agreement with the Swedish company Q-MED AB (OMX Nordic Exchange, Stockholm Mid Cap: QMED), a leading biotech/medical device company based in Uppsala, Sweden ... Q-MED today has just over 700 coworkers, with close to 500 at the company's head office and production facility... (PR Newswire)
Skanska Develops, Builds and Leases out New Premises for Detention Facility in Sollentuna - Construction Project Valued at About SEK 650 M Jan 9, 2008
In similar projects, Skanska has developed, built and been responsible for leasing of premises in Sweden to the police, the public prosecutor office and correctional authorities in Uppsala, V. xj, Flemingsberg and Malm. (BusinessWire)
Amic Signs Non-Exclusive License Agreement With Roche Diagnostics for Key Cardiac Marker NT-proBNP Jan 3, 2008
UPPSALA, Sweden, January 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Amic AB (Uppsala, Sweden) announced today that is has been granted a non-exclusive license under patent rights of Roche Diagnostics to commercialise a point-of-care (POC) test for NT-proBNP on the European market ... "This agreement with Roche Diagnostics marks a major milestone in Amic's development. The NT-proBNP test will be one of the first to be launched on our Forecast POC diagnostic system. The market for NT-proBNP testing is growing... (PR Newswire)
Three Palm Software Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Its WorkstationOne(TM) Breast Imaging Workstation Jan 1, 2008
"WorkstationOne's unique reading protocol provides a very efficient environment for reading digital mammography exams," said Dr. Laszlo Tabar, Professor of Radiology at the School of Medicine, University of Uppsala, Sweden. "It is critical to be able to read the ever increasing number of digital mammography examinations in an efficient and effective manner and WorkstationOne helps the radiologist accomplish this goal." WorkstationOne supports IHE integration profiles and the display of CAD... (PR Newswire)
Rowling in tears on return to Harrys lowly birthplace Dec 24, 2007
Bess, Uppsala, Sweden. Kudos to her for not giving up and fighting the odds and obstacles to achieve success. (Times Online)
The Architecture of World Oil: Realities and Delusions Dec 20, 2007
When I walked into the faculty of economics at the University of Uppsala one day in October, 1973, I knew immediately that something was drastically wrong ... According to Dr Fredrik Robelius of Uppsala University, 20 years ago 15 oil fields had the capacity to produce more than one million barrels of oil a day, while today there are only 4 fields: Ghawar in Saudi Arabia, Kirkuk in Iraq, Greater Burgan in Kuwait, and Cantarell in Mexico. (Energy Pulse, CO)
Semen boosts HIV transmission Dec 14, 2007
But none had been previously shown to affect virus transmission, says Per Westermark, who studies the fibrils at Uppsala University in Sweden. The seminal fibres physically capture the HIV virus, the researchers found, and help HIV to interact with host cells in culture. (Nature News Service)
Keeping At-risk Cells From Developing Cancer Dec 12, 2007
Authors on the paper are Atsushi Kaneda, Chiaochun Wang, Raymond Cheong, Winston Timp, Patrick Onyango, Bo Wen, Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue, Andre Levchenko and Feinberg of Hopkins; Rolf Ohlsson of Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden; Rita Andraos and Mark Pearson of Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research in Basel, Switzerland; and Alexei Sharov, Dan Longo and Minoru Ko of the National Institute on Aging in Baltimore, Md. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Peab Industri AB: Peab Industri Strengthens its Position within Foundation Work Dec 3, 2007
Peab Industri (STO:PINDB) is starting production of concrete piles at the S:t Erik s factory in Uppsala ... Starting concrete pile production in Uppsala will mean that we become largely self-sufficient and further increase our competitiveness in the important markets in Stockholm and M. (BusinessWire)
Cavidi Signs Agreement With the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative to Lower Costs of HIV Monitoring Nov 30, 2007
New HIV Viral Load Assay Developed Specifically for Resource-Limited Settings Joins Global Procurement Consortium UPPSALA, Sweden, November 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Cavidi AB, a producer of medical diagnostic products, today announced an agreement with the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) ... "We face a global HIV/AIDS emergency and laboratory tests are a vital component of HIV/AIDS care and treatment," said Deepak Verma, CEO of CHAI. "The success of treatment programs is dependent not... (PR Newswire)
