Published 7 February 2025 Reconstruction of the new plesiosaur with scales on the flipper and smooth scale-less skin along the body as informed by this new plesiosaur fossil. This is a significant update to how we reconstruct plesiosaurs (Image: Joschua Knüppe) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have analysed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/soft-tissue-183-million-year-old-jurassic-plesiosaur-analysed - 2025-03-06

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 11 February 2025 Atopic eczema is one of the most common chronic skin diseases in Sweden and affects just over 25 per cent of all children and 10 per cent of all adults. More than half of sufferers contract the disease before the age of two. Photo: iStock Cold weather, dry air, an overactive immune system or our modern

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/atopic-eczema-widespread-disease - 2025-03-06

Published 13 February 2025 For the first time, researchers have been able to measure the quantum state of electrons ejected from atoms that have absorbed high-energy light pulses. This is thanks to a new measurement technique developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The results can provide a better understanding of the interaction between light and matter. When high-energy light with

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/quantum-state-photoelectrons-measured-first-time - 2025-03-06

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 14 February 2025 When the researchers examined each type of fibre individually, it didn’t seem to matter what kind of fibre it was. It was the proportion of fibre the children ate that seemed to influence the risk of coeliac disease. Photo: iStock The results of an observational study from Lund University in Sweden

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-research-track-higher-amounts-dietary-fibre-age-two-can-reduce-later-risk-coeliac-disease - 2025-03-06

Published 26 February 2025 Phtoto: Kennet Ruona The Mrs Berta Kamprad Foundation is donating SEK 420 million to cancer research at Lund University. This is the largest donation to the university since its foundation in 1666. The donation is dedicated to translational cancer research, meaning applied cancer research in antibody and cell therapies with the aim of improving prognosis and quality of l

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sek-420-million-cancer-research-lund-university - 2025-03-06

Published 27 February 2025 The ultra-hot exoplanet's atmosphere is so hot that it can melt iron (Illustration: Bibiana Prinoth) Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers have made detailed observations of the mysterious exoplanet WASP-121 b. The discoveries of the element titanium and jet streams challenge our understanding of the winds and chemistry foun

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/titanium-and-mysterious-jet-streams-discovered-extreme-exoplanet - 2025-03-06

Published 21 March 2011 The European Commission has listed the 50 organisations that receive the most money from the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development. Lund University is in 23rd place and is the only full-scale Swedish university to make the list. Lund University has received a total of EUR 50 million for 110 different research projects. It is primarily research within

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-researchers-successful-obtaining-eu-funding - 2025-03-06

Published 12 April 2024 The large-eyed bristle worm Vanadis has long been of interest to the world’s vision researchers. But the worm has been difficult to study since it lives in the open sea and is active at night. Now, a research team has succeeded in locating an Italian worm colony and is able to confirm that the worm has completely unique vision. Bristle worms are a group of annelid worms tha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/marine-worm-outstanding-vision-fascinates-researchers - 2025-03-06

Published 15 April 2024 Photo: Anna-Britta Magnusson/Mostphotos The strong connection between financial problems and mental health issues is well known. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that only one in five young adults could correctly answer three basic questions about inflation, interest rates and risk diversification. At the same time, they are getting more into debt. This, the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alarmingly-low-financial-awareness-among-todays-youth - 2025-03-06

Published 17 April 2024 The team during field work in northern Sweden (Photo: Geerte Fälthammar-de Jong) During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from Lund University in Sweden has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. The boreal forests form a single biome that sp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-field-study-shows-how-climate-change-affects-fire-impacted-forests - 2025-03-06

Published 18 April 2024 Lund researchers Thomas Pugh and Raimund Muscheler have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant. Photo: Private/Kenneth Ruona Quaternary geologist Raimund Muscheler and physical geographer Thomas Pugh have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. They will receive EUR 2.5 million each over a five-year period to study historical solar storms and the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/two-lund-researchers-receive-prestigious-eu-grant - 2025-03-06

Published 29 April 2024 The Hulk-like lizard (Photo: Javier Abalos) Body shape, colour and behaviour often evolve together as species adapt to their environment. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied this phenomenon in a specific type of large, bright green and aggressive common wall lizard found near the Mediterranean. They discovered that a unique cell type might have played a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/incredible-hulk-lizard-provides-clues-understanding-evolution - 2025-03-06

Published 6 May 2024 Photo from stem cell transplantation at Skåne University Hospital. Source: Skåne University Hospital. Higher dose cohort initiated after positive early safety evaluation in Parkinson's therapy. After a positive initial safety evaluation, the pioneering STEM-PD clinical trial has advanced to higher dose testing.
STEM-PD is a first-in-human clinical trial testing a new investiga

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/update-stem-pd-clinical-trial-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2025-03-06

Published 14 May 2024 Photo: Emma Kritzberg Climate researchers often emphasise the fact that reducing carbon emissions is in everyone’s best interest, and should involve all of us. But how good are they at minimising their own carbon footprint? A new study carried out jointly by Lund University in Sweden and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland shows that some of them use up half their annua

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/conferences-make-scientists-climate-transgressors - 2025-03-06

Published 24 May 2024 A new study from Lund University in Sweden suggests that tattoos could be a risk factor for cancer in the lymphatic system, or lymphoma. Now, the researchers underline the need for more research on the topic. Our knowledge regarding the long-term health effects of tattoos is currently poor, and there is not a lot of research within this area. Now a research group at Lund Univ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/possible-association-between-tattoos-and-lymphoma-revealed - 2025-03-06

Published 4 June 2024 Lund University has risen to 75th place in the prestigious QS annual ranking. This is an improvement of ten spots on the previous year, placing Lund as the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. In addition, the University has been awarded the QS Sustainability Champions Award. QS has published annual university rankings since 2004. On 4 June, QS published its latest

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-global-ranking-wins-sustainability-award - 2025-03-06

Published 9 June 2024 The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, can spread dengue fever, Zika virus and chikungunya. Photo: James Gathany/CDC/Wikimedia commons. Global warming has meant that diseases such as West Nile fever, NTM infections, and new tick-borne viruses are on their way or have already taken hold in Sweden. People are being affected by new diseases, and challenges for the health sy

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-diseases-tropical-sweden - 2025-03-06

Published 10 June 2024 A record number of doctors received their hat or laurel wreath during the University’s ceremonial highlight of the year – the Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony – on 31 May. A total of 266 doctors received their laurel wreath or hat together with 15 honorary doctors. At the same time, 67 doctors became jubilee doctors. A record number of doctorates were conferred this year,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pernilla-august-named-honorary-doctor-lund-university - 2025-03-06

By louise [dot] larsson [at] ehl [dot] lu [dot] se (Louise Larsson) - published 18 June 2024 Jonas Ljunggren began to examine the data on historical consumer price indices in several popular databases. He found that in several cases the figures had been distorted compared to what was stated in the original source. (AI-generated image/Firefly) New research from Lund University found several inaccur

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/errors-detected-several-historical-consumer-price-indices - 2025-03-06

Published 11 July 2024 Filipe Pereira and Per Augustsson have been awarded Proof of Concept grants. Photos: Håkan Röjder and Kennet Ruona Per Augustsson at LTH and Filipe Pereira at the Faculty of Medicine have been awarded Proof of Concept grants from the European Research Council (ERC) in the first round of 2024. The ERC today announced 100 new Proof of Concept grants, of which a total of three

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-receive-prestigious-erc-grant - 2025-03-06