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The discovery that dung beetles use the light of the Milky Way to navigate in the world has received much praise. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now taken a new step in understanding the existence of these unique beetles: when the beetles dance on top of a ball of dung, they simultaneously take a photograph - a snapshot - of how celestial bodies are positioned. Then they know where

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/when-dung-beetles-dance-they-photograph-firmament - 2025-10-19

Climate change creates more shrub vegetation in barren, arctic ecosystems. A study at Lund University in Sweden shows that organisms, such as bacteria and fungi, are triggered to break down particularly nutritious dead parts of shrubbery. Meanwhile, the total amount of decomposition is reducing. This could have an inhibiting effect on global warming. A large amount of the Earth’s carbon and nitrog

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/increased-vegetation-arctic-region-may-counteract-global-warming - 2025-10-19

After creating space for biodiversity on street fronts, streets and roofs, it is time for architects and urban planners to utilise the space indoors to increase diversity among plant and animal species, argues Wiktor Bergh, one of the around 40 architecture students estimated to leave the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Lund University with a degree this spring. Wiktor Bergh will leave his archite

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/degree-project-contributes-debate-sustainable-construction-and-biodiversity - 2025-10-19

Researchers at Lund University have successfully explained how iron-based dyes work on a molecular level in solar cells. The new findings will accelerate the development of inexpensive and environmentally friendly solar cells. The goal is to be able to use iron-based dyes in solar cells in the future. By using iron instead of other more expensive and rare metals, the production of solar cells and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-solar-cells-future-could-be-based-iron-molecules - 2025-10-19

Researchers at Lund University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States have developed a method to analyse and separate cells from the blood. Ultimately, the method, which goes under the name iso-acoustic focusing, can become significant to measure the efficiency of cancer treatments for individuals. In brief, the new method involves exposing cells to ultrasound when they

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-ultrasound-method-increases-awareness-about-cancer-cells - 2025-10-19

Plastic accounts for nearly eighty per cent of all waste found in our oceans, gradually breaking down into smaller and smaller particles. New research from Lund University investigates how nanosized plastic particles affect aquatic animals in different parts of the food chain. “Not very many studies have been done on this topic before. Plastic particles of such a small size are difficult to study”

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-finds-nanoplastics-negatively-affect-aquatic-animals - 2025-10-19

Congratulations to Stephanie Jenny Angeraini, a student of the Energy-Efficient and Environmental Building Design Master’s programme at Lund University, who was awarded the title Global Swede at a ceremony at the Swedish Institute last week. Stephanie Jenny Angeraini, a student of the Energy-Efficient and Environmental Building Design Master’s programme at the Faculty of Engineering LTH, is one of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-student-selected-global-swede-2016 - 2025-10-19

Rather than spreadable chocolate, future consumers will perhaps be spreading a bean-based paste on their toast. This is thanks to a group of innovative students in Food Technology at Lund University, who recently developed a bean paste called Le Cobean. Healthier, tastier and eco-friendly – these are some of the arguments supporting the bean-based spread. The students came up with the idea for the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-masters-students-come-nutritious-chocolate-flavored-bean-spread - 2025-10-19

Through a computer-simulated study, astronomers at Lund University in Sweden show that it is highly likely that the so-called Planet 9 is an exoplanet. This would make it the first exoplanet to be discovered inside our own solar system. The theory is that our sun, in its youth some 4.5 billion years ago, stole Planet 9 from its original star. Watch video of how the new Planet 9 was stolen by our s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-theft-behind-planet-9-our-solar-system - 2025-10-19

It has been established that not all cancer cells are equally aggressive – most can be neutralised with radiation and chemotherapy. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered that some cancer cells can accumulate fat droplets, which appear to make them more aggressive and increase their ability to spread. The interior of a cancer tumour is a hostile environment with oxygen defici

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cancer-cells-become-more-aggressive-fat-storage - 2025-10-19

In 2015, over one million people were forced to flee from war and persecution to seek asylum in Europe. More than 160,000 refugees, including over 70,000 children, applied for asylum in Sweden. To ensure that they receive a secure education and future in their new country, the Swedish school system needs to invest to develop the skills of school staff concerning reception. That is the standpoint o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-arranges-courses-school-staff-new-arrival-reception - 2025-10-19

Eight days. That's how long it takes for skin cells to reprogram into red blood cells. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues at Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, have successfully identified the four genetic keys that unlock the genetic code of skin cells and reprogram them to start producing red blood cells instead. "We have performed this experiment on mi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/genetic-code-red-blood-cells-discovered - 2025-10-19

Through a detailed study of leukaemia cells from more than 200 children, a research group at Lund University in Sweden has discovered two new types of childhood leukaemia. Using next-generation sequencing technology (NGS), the researchers were able to study the genome of cancer cells, which is how they discovered the new types of cancer. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is a rare disease, but the mos

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-types-blood-cancer-discovered-children - 2025-10-19

Reducing energy imports and mitigating climate change are often portrayed as complementary. However, new research shows that while ambitious climate policies would lower energy imports, energy independence would not bring significant climate benefits. Originally published on IIASA web site Ambitious policies to reduce energy imports would have little impact on climate change, and these energy inde

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/energy-independence-will-not-bring-enough-climate-benefits-study - 2025-10-19

Citizen journalism is often seen as more democratic form of journalism, where the public contributes to the reporting, analysis and dissemination of news. Sociologist and criminologist Agneta Mallén at Lund University in Sweden has studied the phenomenon and shown some of its downsides, including how it sometimes leads to outright cyber bullying. In recent years, citizen journalism has become a wi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-how-citizen-journalism-can-lead-cyber-bullying - 2025-10-19

During the week of Midsummer, Sweden will inaugurate its largest investment in research ever made – MAX IV Laboratory. “It has been a long process and it feels amazing that all the electrons and light are now working”, says Pro Vice-Chancellor Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen, responsible for the University’s infrastructure and Professor of Synchrotron Radiation Physics. Originally published in Lund Univ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/getting-ready-inaugurate-swedens-largest-research-investment-max-iv - 2025-10-19

Geologist Birger Schmitz from Lund University in Sweden has found the fossil of an extinct meteorite that collided with Earth about 470 million years ago. The finding is the first of its kind and of a type of meteorite that no longer falls on Earth. The discovery, which could lead to new knowledge about our solar system, attracts attention both nationally and internationally. No one knows what the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/extinct-meteorite-changes-our-understanding-solar-system - 2025-10-19

In her own words, Dean of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts Solfrid Söderlind writes about the future of the Malmö Art Academy. In the last few days there has been an intense debate in the media about the Art Academy, which has been described as threatened with shut-down due to an eviction notice from the city of Malmö on its current premises. Lund University has been warned that the city ne

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/current-and-future-premises-malmo-art-academy - 2025-10-19

For the first time ever, researchers have differentiated the risks of developing indolent or aggressive prostate cancer in men with a family history of the disease. Researchers from the Swedish universities of Lund, Uppsala and Umeå now present new and somewhat surprising results. It is a well-known fact that men with a family history of prostate cancer run an increased risk of developing the dise

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-concerning-hereditary-prostate-cancer - 2025-10-19

New research discoveries at Lund University in Sweden show that in almost any lighting conditions, colour vision is crucial for chickens – and probably other birds as well – in order to find good food that is ripe to eat and identify high quality partners to mate with. Watch short video from the experiment The researchers have established that chickens – just like people – have colour constancy. F

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-color-vision-helps-birds-find-good-food-and-right-partner - 2025-10-19