Published 18 September 2014 Consumers may say they look for high quality when they choose groceries at the supermarket - or that they would be willing to pay more for eco-friendly, locally sourced food products. However, what really drives our choices is the status of a product, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden.   WATCH: What drives our choices at the supermarket?   "Consum

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/status-most-important-food-shoppers - 2025-03-11

Published 23 September 2014 The first live concert with a band consisting only of 3D-printed instruments has taken place at Lund University in Sweden. The band included a drum, keyboard and two guitars, all 3D-printed by Lund University professor Olaf Diegel. The band members were students at Lund University’s Malmö Academy of Music. WATCH: 3D-printed band rehearse for the first time  ”3D printing

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/worlds-first-live-concert-3d-printed-band - 2025-03-11

Published 25 September 2014 Erik Leonsson/imagebank.sweden.se The traditional understanding in neuroscience is that tactile sensations from the skin are only assembled to form a complete experience in the cerebral cortex, the most advanced part of the brain. However, this is challenged by new research findings from Lund University in Sweden that suggest both that other levels in the brain play a g

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-how-brain-handles-tactile-sensations - 2025-03-11

Published 26 September 2014 Niclas Vestefjell/imagebank.sweden.se Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and other institutions have worked out how the pigment of the skin manages to protect the body from the sun’s dangerous UV rays. The skin pigment converts the UV radiation into heat through a rapid chemical reaction that shoots protons from the molecules of the pigment. In a new study, the te

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/skin-pigment-renders-suns-uv-radiation-harmless-using-projectiles - 2025-03-11

Published 30 September 2014 The traditional view is that learning is based on the strengthening or weakening of the contacts between the nerve cells in the brain. However, this has been challenged by new research findings from Lund University in Sweden. These indicate that there is also a third mechanism – a kind of clock function that gives individual nerve cells the ability to time their reactio

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-learning-mechanism-individual-nerve-cells - 2025-03-11

Published 3 October 2014 Olle Melander Many of those who are genetically predisposed to develop atrial fibrillation, which dramatically raises the risk of stroke, can be identified with a blood test. This is shown by new research from Lund University in Sweden. The number of people affected by atrial fibrillation is rising rapidly, partly as a result of the ageing population. Over recent years, a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/genetic-test-reveals-risk-atrial-fibrillation-and-stroke - 2025-03-11

Published 3 October 2014 A simple ”smart control” box invented by a PhD student at Lund University in Sweden has made it possible to connect solar panels to your boiler - without making any changes to the existing hot water system. WATCH: How new technology is making domestic solar power use cheaper and easier ”With current technology, if you want to install a solar panel and connect it to your ho

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/solar-energy-can-now-heat-your-shower - 2025-03-11

Published 6 October 2014 Alex Evilevitch Viruses can convert their DNA from solid to fluid form, which explains how viruses manage to eject DNA into the cells of their victims. This has been shown in two new studies carried out by Lund University in Sweden. Both research studies are about the same discovery made for two different viruses, namely that viruses can convert their DNA to liquid form at

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/liquid-dna-behind-virus-attacks - 2025-03-11

Published 6 October 2014 By studying identical twins, researchers from Lund University in Sweden have identified mechanisms that could be behind the development of type 2 diabetes. This may explain cases where one identical twin develops type 2 diabetes while the other remains healthy. The study involved 14 pairs of identical twins in Sweden and Denmark. One twin had type 2 diabetes and the other

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-identical-twins-reveals-type-2-diabetes-clues - 2025-03-11

Published 10 October 2014 A previously unknown mechanism through which the brain produces new nerve cells after a stroke has been discovered at Lund University and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The findings have been published in the journal SCIENCE. A stroke is caused by a blood clot blocking a blood vessel in the brain, which leads to an interruption of blood flow and therefore a shortage of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mechanism-repairs-brain-after-stroke-discovered - 2025-03-11

Published 13 October 2014 Jia-Yi Li Parkinson's disease may start in the gut Parkinson's disease is strongly linked to the degeneration of the brain’s movement center. In the last decade, the question of where the disease begins has led researchers to a different part of the human anatomy. In 2003, the German neuropathologist Heiko Braak presented a theory suggesting that the disease begins in the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/disputed-theory-parkinsons-origin-strengthened - 2025-03-11

Published 14 October 2014 Anders Rosengren Researchers at Lund University in Sweden are testing a treatment for type 2 diabetes which targets the disease mechanism itself - and not just the symptoms. For the first time, knowledge about the individual patient’s genetic risk profile is being used. The treatment completely restores the capacity to secrete insulin, which is impaired by the risk gene.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/personalised-treatment-stress-related-diabetes - 2025-03-11

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 13 September 2022 Thomas Pugh, principal investigator at BECC and researcher at MERGE, is one of the researchers behind a new study that is published in Science. In the study, the researchers compared results from three major modeling approaches that provide information on different aspects of risk on the impact of climate cha

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climate-risk-analysis-earths-forests-21st-century - 2025-03-11

Published 15 September 2022 Wild bees that ingest the neonicotinoid clothianidin when they feed from nectar of rapeseed flowers grown from clothianidin-coated seeds, become lethargic. In addition, strawberries pollinated by these bees become smaller. These are the results of a study conducted by three BECC researchers at Lund University. Wild and managed bees are important providers of pollination

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/smaller-strawberries-after-pollination-red-mason-bees-have-ingested-neonicotinoid-clothianidin - 2025-03-11

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 16 September 2022 Image: IStock Tree-planting has been widely seen as an effective way of binding carbon as carbon dioxide levels rise in the atmosphere. But now, BECC researcher Louise C Andresen among others, are warning that forests on nutrient-poor land won’t be an additional carbon sink in the long term. As forests age, t

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/planting-trees-not-always-effective-way-binding-carbon-dioxide - 2025-03-11

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 21 September 2022 China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer and the Yangtze River has been completely dried up in parts. This is the topic of a new episode of the Swedish podcast Kinapodden with BECC-researcher Deliang Chen as one of the guests. China has suffered an extreme heat wave this summer. The Yangtze River h

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-researcher-deliang-chen-guests-kinapodden-talk-about-drought-along-yangtze-river - 2025-03-11

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 29 September 2022 A new study led by Lund University with researchers at BECC shows that cities negatively affect the diversity of birds. There are significantly fewer bird species in urban forests compared with forests in the countryside - even if the forest areas are of the same quality. The researchers examined 459 natural

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/less-bird-diversity-city-forests - 2025-03-11

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 30 September 2022 Climate change threatens slow-growing tree species that are important carbon storages according to a new thesis by BECC researcher Maria Witteman. The rainforest's ability to store carbon may decrease in step with climate change according to a new thesis from the University of Gothenburg written by BECC resea

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/rainforest-grows-warmer-trees-become-overheated - 2025-03-11

By anna_maria [dot] erling [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Maria Erling) - published 4 October 2022 Effects of a warmer Arctic are not only negative for the climate, according to a new thesis from the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science at Lund University, Sweden. Modelling showed that moving the tree line upwards could increase carbon storage, as trees sequester more carbon in their bio

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/complex-consequences-warmer-arctic - 2025-03-11

By therese [dot] ek [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Therese Ek) - published 17 October 2022 How can we protect society from the extremities of a changing climate while also protecting nature and enhancing biodiversity? BECC-researchers Johanna Alkan-Johansson and Helena Hanson are guests in this episode of the podcast by nordics.info. Listen to a dialogue about how nature-based solutions are used in t

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-researchers-nature-based-solutions-nordicsinfo-podcast - 2025-03-11