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T cells, antibodies, immune defences – concepts we have learnt more about after a couple of years of a global Covid-19 pandemic. Understanding of how the immune system works against cancer is another major issue for research and development of new treatments. ‟Antibodies have been used in cancer care for close to 25 years but it is over the past five years that new techniques and treatments have t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bodys-fantastic-defence-system-gets-help-fight-against-cancer - 2025-11-03

The Vombsjö basin in Skåne could become the world's first biosphere reserve integrating the cultural dimension. If the application to UNESCO is successful, the area could become an international forerunner as the first to work with culture in various forms of collaboration with citizens, academia, industry and the public sector. The Vombsjö basin in the municipalities of Eslöv, Lund and Sjöbo in S

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/vombsjo-basin-way-becoming-unique-new-biosphere-reserve - 2025-11-03

The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University and Volvo Cars have signed an agreement to strengthen existing research collaborations and identify new areas for mutual benefit and development – and in this way contribute to solutions for sustainability. The partnership focuses on five areas: electrification, wireless communications, security-critical software, circular materials, and machine learni

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-collaboration-between-lund-university-and-volvo-cars - 2025-11-03

An interdisciplinary research team has successfully used innovation to solve a persistent major problem in stem cell research. More specifically, to gently introduce therapeutic biomolecules into target cells to increase their growth. The project has now been awarded the ‟Proof of Concept” grant by the European Research Council (ERC). Jonas Larsson, professor of molecular medicine, and his researc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-nanostraws-can-increase-number-blood-stem-cells - 2025-11-03

The Wolf Prize in Physics has been awarded to Anne L'Huillier at Lund University, Paul Corkum at the University of Ottawa, and Ferenc Krausz at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. They were selected for pioneering contributions to ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics. The recipients share the prize for "pioneering and novel work in the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/professor-anne-lhuillier-awarded-wolf-prize-physics - 2025-11-03

In a recent study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers discovered that metabolic changes affect how blood cells are formed during embryonic development. They found a previously unknown metabolic switch with a key role in how different types of blood cells develop. This means blood cell formation can be directed towards producing natural killer cells in the laboratory to ultimately be used i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/metabolism-found-regulate-production-killer-cells - 2025-11-03

Do you work in graphic design, are you passionate about games development, or do you design jewellery in your own business? The market for entrepreneurs with cultural and creative business concepts is growing in Sweden. However, many of these initiatives require tailored support to be able to develop and find clients and partnerships. For several years, there has been a sharp increase in our inter

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cultural-and-creative-business-concepts-need-specific-and-strategic-support - 2025-11-03

The Faculty of Law at Lund University has appointed Deputy Director and Principal Legal Advisor at the European Commission Leo Flynn as the faculty's Honorary Doctor for 2022. Leo Flynn will be promoted at the doctoral degree conferment ceremony 3 June. Leo Flynn is Irish and educated at Cambridge University and University College Cork. He is Deputy Director and Principal Legal Adviser at the Lega

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/leo-flynn-appointed-honorary-doctor-2022-faculty-law - 2025-11-03

Honeybees are common pollinators, but other insects such as hoverflies, beetles and butterflies, and wild bees, including bumble bees, are also needed for pollination and are important in many different ways. With simple measures, we can help these insects thrive so they can contribute to a diversity of wild flowers, crops and rich nature experiences. Oilseed rape, apples, strawberries and field b

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/habitat-important-wild-pollinators-under-threat - 2025-11-03

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in developing a simple hydrocarbon molecule with a logic gate function, similar to that in transistors, in a single molecule. The discovery could make electric components on a molecular scale possible in the future. The results are published in Nature Communications. Manufacturing very small components is an important challenge in both resear

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-create-molecule-can-pave-way-mini-transistors - 2025-11-03

Cultural and creative industries are steadily growing and driving regional development in Sweden. The CROCUS network at Campus Helsingborg wants to strengthen knowledge exchange for students and researchers as well as for those involved and interested in this sector. "The network's ability to quickly mobilise researchers means that when an opportunity arises, we can act immediately", says project

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/crocus-flourishing-network-culture-and-creativity - 2025-11-03

A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has shown how solar power can convert carbon dioxide into fuel, by using advanced materials and ultra-fast laser spectroscopy. The breakthrough could be an important piece of the puzzle in reducing the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in the future. The study is published in Nature Communications. The sunlight that hits Earth during one

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-converting-co2-fuel-using-solar-energy - 2025-11-03

Less than ten per cent of energy intake from food should come from added sugar, according to the current Nordic Nutrition Recommendations. For adults, this corresponds to approximately 50–75 grams of added sugar per day and one can of soft drink contains approximately 30 grams of sugar. “Drinking soft drinks is not necessarily dangerous for a particular individual, however, at the group level, acr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/better-methods-are-needed-understand-how-sugar-affects-our-bodies - 2025-11-03

A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has provided an important clue to the origin of the element Ytterbium in the Milky Way, by showing that the element largely originates from supernova explosions. The groundbreaking research also provides new opportunities for studying the evolution of our galaxy. The study is published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Ytterbium is one of four elements i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/astronomers-map-mysterious-element-space - 2025-11-03

How vulnerable is humanity in the face of climate change? And how have people around the world already been impacted? These are some of the questions to be answered on 28 February by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Two researchers from Lund University participated in the final report – Martina Angela Caretta and Emily Boyd. For three years, approximately three hundred top resea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/un-climate-report-how-vulnerable-are-we-and-how-can-we-adapt - 2025-11-03

In recent years, great advances have been made in the development of new successful immunotherapies to treat cancer. CAR T-cell therapy and antibody treatments are two types of targeted immunotherapies that have revolutionised areas of cancer care. However, there are still significant challenges in the identification of cancer cell surface proteins as targets for immunotherapies. A research group

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-precision-technology-immunotherapy - 2025-11-03

On Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a new report on how climate change is impacting nature and people worldwide, and on the necessity for adaptation. According to the researchers, more than three billion people live in environments that are particularly vulnerable to climate change, and the same applies to many species. The researchers establish that thos

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/uns-climate-change-panel-world-must-act-now - 2025-11-03

Geologists at Lund University in Sweden have mapped 300 years of research on the prehistoric marine reptiles known as ichthyosaurs. Using a uniquely well-preserved fossil, the team has also created the scientifically most up-to-date reconstruction of an ichthyosaur currently available. Fish lizards, or ichthyosaurs, were a very successful group of animals that, much like today's whales, migrated f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-reconstruct-ancient-fish-lizard - 2025-11-03

Three research projects involving a total of 10 postdocs received a total of SEK 23.5 million in the first round of Lund University’s research programme for excellence, focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. In March this year, Lund University announced SEK100 million in funding for a research programme for excellence,focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development.  The aim of t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ten-postdocs-kick-excellence-programme-sustainable-development - 2025-11-03

“It’s 2050. Selma is dead. But before she is buried, she wants to talk to a person from 2021 and show them how, in Malmö, everything is possible. That person is you.” That is the dramatic beginning of a climate soundwalk that gives the listener the opportunity to imagine how Malmö, Sweden, might be affected by climate change over the coming 30 years. The project is a collaboration between research

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/soundwalk-future-imagines-climate-transition - 2025-11-03