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Archaeologists at Lund University in Sweden have found carbonised germinated grains showing that malt was produced for beer brewing as early as the Iron Age in the Nordic region. The findings made in Uppåkra in southern Sweden indicate a large-scale production of beer, possibly for feasting and trade. “We found carbonised malt in an area with low-temperature ovens located in a separate part of the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/swedes-have-been-brewing-beer-iron-age-new-evidence-confirms - 2026-01-17

Both Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degrees at the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University have been labelled as “success stories” by the European Commission. The Master’s programme in Fire Safety Engineering (IMFSE) already received this label of quality last summer and the Master’s in Food Innovation and Product Design (FIPDes) recently received the same distinction from a panel of experts from

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/two-joint-masters-programmes-engineering-are-labelled-success-stories - 2026-01-17

A major international study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden has proven for the first time that certain nocturnally migrating insects can explore and navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field. Until now, the ability to steer flight using an internal magnetic compass was only known in nocturnally migrating birds. WATCH: The incredible journey of the bogong moth“Our findings are the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-insects-also-migrate-using-earths-magnetic-field - 2026-01-17

A team of researchers at Lund University in Sweden has developed a fluorescent variant of a molecule that inhibits cancer stem cells. Capturing images of when the molecule enters a cell has enabled the researchers, using cell-biological methods, to successfully describe how and where the molecule counteracts the cancer stem cells. Salinomycin is a molecule produced by terrestrial bacteria of the s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fluorescent-molecules-reveal-how-cancer-stem-cells-are-selectively-inhibited - 2026-01-17

A prize worth SEK 1 million for outstanding and groundbreaking research, and a full day dedicated to popular science and interdisciplinary lectures in economics. This is the result of the generous donation from the Jan and Åsa Söderberg family to the School of Economics and Management at Lund University, Sweden. “For several years, we have supported the School of Economics and Management in differ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-international-prize-lund-university-school-economics-and-management - 2026-01-17

Susanne Åkesson, a biologist at Lund University in Sweden, refutes the theory that zebras have striped fur to stay cool in the hot sun. That hypothesis is wrong, she and her colleagues show in a study recently published in Scientific Reports. There has been an ongoing discussion among researchers, dating back to Darwin, on why zebras have their signature black and white stripes.One of several theo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stripes-may-be-cool-they-dont-cool-zebras-down - 2026-01-17

Heart failure is known to be more common in certain families but whether this familial transition is caused by genetic or lifestyle factors. By studying adoptees in relation to both their biological parents and adoptive parents, a new population study in Sweden has found that genetic heritage is the dominant factor when it comes to heart failure in these families. “The results of our study do not

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-highlights-genetic-risk-heart-failure - 2026-01-17

Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased in recent years. A study conducted at Lund University in Sweden is now published in one of the leading haematology journals, Blood Advances, and reveals a previously unknown link between the bacteria in the gut and acute lung injury after blood transfusions. It is now

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gastrointestinal-flora-culprit-severe-lung-damage-after-blood-transfusion - 2026-01-17

Ever since the blood type was discovered in 1962, no one has been able to explain why some people become Xga positive while others are Xga negative. But now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have finally solved the mystery, and their study is being published in the scientific journal Blood. In case of a blood transfusion, it is important to know the blood type of both the donor and the pat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-crack-code-final-blood-group-system - 2026-01-17

Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best, according to a comprehensive review study from Lund University in Sweden. The researchers looked at thousands of scientific studies, and found that around 30% of cited studies were clustered around only two research stations in the vast Arctic region. The Arctic is said to be warming at

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-lack-vital-knowledge-rapid-arctic-climate-change - 2026-01-17

Biologists at Lund University in Sweden have in a recent study shown that the great tit, a common European songbird, has a tremendous capacity for self-control. Up to now, such impulse control has been primarily associated with larger cognitively advanced animals with far larger brains than the great tit. According to the new results, the great tits’ ability for self-control is almost the same as

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/great-tit-birds-have-much-impulse-control-chimpanzees - 2026-01-17

A unique study from Lund University in Sweden has discovered for the first time that there is a genetic sexual conflict in the immune system in animals. In females, the variation in central genes of the immune system is too high, whereas in males, it is too low. The researchers argue that the conflict is linked to differences in the immune responses of females and males. The fact that the strength

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/differences-immune-responses-create-genetic-conflict-between-sexes - 2026-01-17

Developments in quantum technology and artificial intelligence, AI, are predicted to transform research, as well as business and society as a whole. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awarding a total of SEK 1.6 billion over ten years to these promising fields, in two separate research projects involving several Swedish higher education institutions. Together with other funding, the budge

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/billions-be-invested-ai-and-quantum-technology - 2026-01-17

Stefan Larsson, digitaliseringsforskare och lektor vid avd för fastighetsvetenskap, skriver i Sydsvenskan tillsammans med bland andra Anna Felländer (regeringens digitaliseringsråd, m.m.), Fredrik Heintz (AI-forskare och ordförande i svenska AI-sällskapet) och Rebecka Cedering Ångström om behovet av breddad kompetens inom AI. "För att omfamna och frigöra den positiva kraften av teknologin på ett l

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/debattartikel-om-behovet-av-breddad-kunskap-inom-artificiell-intelligens - 2026-01-17

We recently released STRUDL, a software program for automatically creating world coordinate trajectories of road users from surveillance videos, based on a neural network object detector and tracking. It is available for free and as an open source by clicking here. STRUDL was made as a part of a collaboration between Lund University, Aalborg University and TNO. A paper describing the research that

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/strudl-new-open-source-software-package-tracking-objects-video - 2026-01-17

Christian Balkenius började vid Lunds universitet 1988. Då var AI-forskningen inriktad på att göra datorsimuleringar över emotionella processer. – Vi hade inga riktiga robotar som vi gjorde försök med, utan de kom först en bit in på 90-talet. Då handlade det mycket om navigering, att få roboten att ta sig från ett ställe till ett annat. Nu sker fler olika försök med robotar med målet att de ska ut

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/kognitionsvetenskap-drommen-om-en-mansklig-robot - 2026-01-17

"Det är viktigt att koppla ihop AI med demokrati eftersom det handlar om vilket samhälle vi vill ha, vilka möjligheter vi har att påverka och hur vi fattar våra beslut", säger statsvetaren Maria Hedlund. Som forskare har hon tittat särskilt på beslutsprocesser och AI. – AI är extra genomgripande för att den finns överallt och på grund av dess förmåga att se mönster i stora datamängder. Om system o

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/rostande-robotar-och-filterbubblor-hur-mycket-ai-tal-demokratin - 2026-01-17

Det uppkopplade hemmet är redan här. Men hur mycket avkall på integriteten är vi beredda att göra för högre komfort? Den och andra frågor ställer sig etnologen Robert Willim i ett nytt forskningsprojekt som rör AI i vår hemmiljö. – Jag är nyfiken på att förstå den digitala tekniken och hur den gradvis förändrar och präglar vårt vardagsliv, säger Robert Willim, som nu startat det fyraåriga forsknin

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/uppkopplat-hemma-komfort-kan-ga-fore-integritet - 2026-01-17

Professor Jacek Malec kom till institutionen för datavetenskap 1999. Då hade AI-forskningen där pågått under flera år tillsammans med kognitionsforskarna. – I vår forskning använde vi robotar med sensorer som kunde känna av omgivningen, navigera sig fram och ”prata” med varandra, säger Jacek Malec. Under en period under 90-talet upplevde AI-forskningen en svacka som till stor del berodde på brist

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/datavetenskap-vi-vill-bygga-smarta-och-hjalpsamma-robotar - 2026-01-17

Sysslar man med att få system att sköta sig själva, exempelvis vattenrening, farthållare i bilar eller temperaturreglering, faller det sig naturligt att snegla på möjligheterna med konstgjord intelligens. För vad vore bättre än processer som inte bara uppför sig automatiskt på önskat sätt, utan också kan lära sig och bli bättre efter hand? Sådant som kan kallas föregångare till AI arbetade forskar

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/reglerteknik-vi-var-lite-tidigt-ute - 2026-01-17