The introduction of a policy protecting parental leave benefits in Sweden in 1980 had unintended consequences on child health. The policy led to an increase in premature birth rates. This is shown by a study from researchers at Stockholm University, published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Tens of thousands of unknown chemicals surrounds us. Most are harmless, but some are harmful to our health and the environment. Anneli Kruve at Stockholm University has received a five-year EU grant to develop an AI model that can quickly determine which chemicals in a sample are potentially toxic.
With spring around the corner is the arrival of migratory birds, flowering of plants and emergence of insects. The timing of these ‘phenological events’ is starting earlier for many organisms with climate warming. A new study from researcher at Stockholm University shows that spring starts earlier also in the Baltic Sea but their zooplankton grazers are not following up with the same speed and miss this high-quality spring food resource.
By blending polystyrene, a type of plastic, with other electronic materials, researchers at Stockholm University and KTH hope to make organic electronic devices both cheaper and more sustainable. The research is published in the scientific journal Advanced Materials.
Stockholm University has been awarded 13 Wallenberg Scholars, 5 new and 8 with extended funding, by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Researchers have revealed new insights into how the brain processes speech and listening during conversations through advanced investigations using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In a groundbreaking study published in the esteemed journal Cerebral Cortex, researchers compared brain activity in individuals while both speaking and listening during natural conversational situations.
How does climate change and human activities affect lakes in Sweden? A new study from Stockholm University reveals changes in water levels across 144 lakes in Sweden using satellite data and water level stations.
Biologists from Stockholm University and University of Neuchâtel present groundbreaking research shedding new light on the evolution of social bonds and cooperation among group-living animals. The study was published in the journal PNAS.
How should Sweden lower its emissions to be in line with the Paris Agreement? This question is at the core as Sweden’s first national citizens’ assembly on climate starts in March 2024.
Bacterial poisoning via food and water – but also via contact such as kisses – caused a lot of suffering during the Stone Age. Diseases that today can be treated with antibiotics were then fatal, a new study shows.
No one has yet managed to combine Einstein’s general theory of relativity with quantum mechanics. Wallenberg Academy Fellow Magdalena Zych is rising to the challenge using a new mathematical framework in which time is the link between the theories.
Stockholm University's environmental research takes significant strides forward with a donation of 25 million SEK in entrepreneur Sverker Lerheden's will. The donation will enable researchers to address more questions regarding climate change and biological diversity of the Baltic Sea.
