Published 28 November 2022 The researchers used ultrafast laser spectroscopy (Photo: Pavel Chabera) With the help of mirrors, placed only a few hundred nanometers apart, a research team has managed to use light more efficiently. The finding could eventually be useful for controlling solar energy conversion during photosynthesis, or other reactions driven by light. For example, one application coul

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-take-first-step-towards-controlling-photosynthesis-using-mirrors - 2025-04-03

Published 29 November 2022 A microglia (Image: iStock/slevaneara) The brain's big-eating immune cells can slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease. This is shown by a study that is now published in Nature Aging. The brain's own immune cells are called microglia and are found in the central nervous system. They are big eaters that kill viruses, damaged cells and infectious agents they come

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/brains-immune-cells-can-be-triggered-slow-down-alzheimers-disease - 2025-04-03

Published 30 November 2022 Photo: Kaleni/Pixabay Just over two weeks after the UN climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world’s countries are meeting again, this time to address another acute crisis facing humanity – the loss of biodiversity. The issue is less well-known than the climate crisis and no framework corresponding to the Paris agreement is in place – something that many people hop

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/un-conference-it-time-biodiversity-take-centre-stage - 2025-04-03

Published 1 December 2022 Rita Charon and David Julius Two world-leading American researchers known respectively for their research within medical humanities, and the sensory nervous system and perception of pain and temperature have been named honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine. The honorary doctorates will be conferred on 26 May 2023. Ever since David Julius’ discovery of the temperatur

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/honorary-doctors-named-faculty-medicine - 2025-04-03

Published 2 December 2022 Photo: Malmö City Council In political debate, the notion of climate transition is often presented as a road lined with sacrifices. Many researchers, however, paint a picture of a day-to-day life that could be better than today’s. What is experienced as good or bad varies from one person to the next, and may vary over time.  “Whether something is getting better or worse i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-city-life-will-be-if-we-reach-our-climate-goals - 2025-04-03

Published 12 December 2022 The two arms of the antibody can bind to two different sites on a target protein. (Illustration: Wiley Editing Services) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered an antibody with the potential to protect against Strep A infection, as well as a rare form of antibody binding, that leads to an effective immune response against bacteria. The discovery could e

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/antibody-discovery-paves-way-new-therapies-against-group-streptococcal-infections - 2025-04-03

Published 16 December 2022 Erik Renström Southern Scandinavia and Northern Germany form a leading life science region with unique research infrastructures that can help transform research into innovation. There is especially a large unused potential for industrial and clinical researchers to use these unique facilities. The HALRIC consortium led by Lund University has now received EU funding to bu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/11-million-euros-life-science-research-and-innovation-infrastructure-synergies-northern-europe - 2025-04-03

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 22 December 2022 Johan Flygare and Aurélie Baudet, stem cell researchers at Lund University. Photo: Johan Persson. Stem cells programmed to produce insulin in people with type 1 diabetes or to repair the heart muscle after a heart attack. Gene and cell therapies that improve cancer treatments. These new and innovative therapie

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/advanced-treatments-future-are-soon-here - 2025-04-03

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 22 December 2022 At the end of October 2022, the Swedish Medical Products Agency gave the go-ahead for a clinical trial of the stem cell-based therapy STEM-PD for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The cells, generated from embryonic stem cells, have been in development for several years and will now be transplanted into pa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nerve-cells-could-transform-treatment-parkinsons - 2025-04-03

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 22 December 2022 Dolly the sheep determined Filipe Pereira’s future career. The choice was between becoming an architect or a scientist, when one of the world’s most extreme examples of cellular programming sparked his curiosity about the human body. Photo: Johan Persson. By reprogramming tumour cells to become the body’s defe

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/reprogramming-cancer-cells-immune-defenders - 2025-04-03

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir) - published 22 December 2022 Jessica Almqvist, professor of International Law and Human Rights. Photo Kennet Ruona. New advanced therapies can alleviate or cure chronic diseases. But medical progress raises the question of how rights should be protected and balanced, according to Jessica Almqvist, professor in internatio

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gene-therapies-raise-difficult-legal-and-ethical-questions - 2025-04-03

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 22 December 2022 Nanotubes act like a Velcro strip to which the blood stem cell sticks. Photo: Martin Hjort. Stem cells from umbilical cords in Skåne are improved with nanotubes. By cross-pollinating nanotechnology with stem cell biology, researchers are creating gentle methods to ensure that more cells perform better

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/kind-methods-mean-happy-cells - 2025-04-03

Published 22 December 2022 Mimi Abramovitz and Leonie Huddy have been awarded honorary doctorates by the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University. Professor of Social Work Mimi Abramovitz and Professor of Political Psychology Leonie Huddy have been awarded honorary doctorates by the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University. They will receive their honorary doctorates at the doctoral degr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/expert-american-patriotism-and-welfare-researcher-awarded-honorary-doctorates - 2025-04-03

Published 9 January 2023 Monday 9 January is Arrival Day. The new students are checked in at the Ingvar Kamprad Design Center by staff and international mentors. Arrival Day aims to welcome the international students to Lund University, provide them with information and ensure that they are settled in before the start of the semester. On Arrival Day staff from Lund University welcome the students

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-welcomes-700-new-international-students-studies-during-spring-2023 - 2025-04-03

Published 11 January 2023 Paul Bourgine (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Researchers at Lund University have generated human mini bones in the lab which mirror the composition and function of human bone. The results published in Science Translational Medicine detail this step toward the future development of patient-tailored, personalized models of bone cancers and tumors. On average, the adult body consists

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/toward-personalized-approach-study-and-treatment-bone-cancers - 2025-04-03

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 12 January 2023 Europe have a long history of forced migration. That means that the refugees that have lived in an area for a long time have much in common with those arriving today. Photo: iStockphoto Throughout history and across the globe, individuals have been forced to flee conflicts, natural disasters and political oppre

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/digital-tools-building-bridges-between-local-communities-and-forced-migrants - 2025-04-03

Published 13 January 2023 Christoffer Johansson with the robotic wing (Photo: Anders Örtegren) Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden. The results could mean that wing-folding is the next step in increasing the propulsive and aerodynamic efficiency of flapping drones. Even the precursors to birds – extinct

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/feathered-robotic-wing-paves-way-flapping-drones - 2025-04-03

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 25 January 2023 Nurse Anna Hellman measures the blood pressure of a participant in a treatment study where researchers are investigating how the hormone vasopressin is affected by how much water we drink. Foto: Kennet Ruona How much water do we need to drink to stay healthy? How do different diets affect our metabolism? St

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/learning-more-about-endocrine-system-could-lead-fewer-cases-type-2-diabetes-and-obesity - 2025-04-03

Published 20 January 2023 Photo: Mostphotos For e-commerce companies, it is cheaper to throw away returned items rather than selling them again. In a new study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden interviewed members of the textile and electronics industries in Europe, hoping to better understand a problem that is snowballing, yet has been the subject of little research. Internet shopping is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/where-do-your-online-shopping-returns-end-bin-new-research-finds - 2025-04-03

Published 24 January 2023 Photo: Jörgen Wiklund Only males among the fish species crucian carp have developed a strategy to protect themselves from hungry predators, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The explanation could lie in that the surrounding environment affects the stress system in males and females differently. Some animals have evolved the ability to swiftly change

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stress-may-trigger-male-defence-against-predators - 2025-04-03