Published 23 February 2017 David Bryder (Photo: Gunnar Menander) Our blood stem cells generate around a thousand billion new blood cells every day. But the blood stem cells’ capacity to produce blood changes as we age. This leads to older people being more susceptible to anaemia, lowered immunity and a greater risk of developing certain kinds of blood cancer. Now for the first time, a research tea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-blood-can-be-rejuvenated - 2025-04-25

Published 28 February 2017 Photo: Carola Yovanovich The night vision of frogs and toads appears to be superior to that of all other animals. They have the ability to see colour even when it is so dark that humans are not able to see anything at all. This has been shown in a new study by researchers from Lund University in Sweden. Most vertebrates, including humans, have two types of visual cells l

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/frogs-have-unique-ability-see-colour-dark - 2025-04-25

Published 5 March 2017 Lund University celebrates its 350th anniversary by organising the first out of five science weeks, starting with the topic: Is the World Becoming a Better Place? The week takes place 6–12 March 2017 in Lund, Sweden, and includes almost 20 open seminars, activities and debates. It almost seems as if there is no end to the major global challenges that we face, including globa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/science-week-world-becoming-better-place - 2025-04-25

Published 8 March 2017 Photo: Blekinge Museum A unique trove of bone material from the 9,200 year old coastal settlement Norje Sunnansund in Blekinge, Sweden, has revealed that surprisingly sophisticated hunting strategies were used at the time. One key find was that the early Mesolithic humans practiced so-called selective hunting – seemingly in order to maximise gain and preserve the local popul

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fish-selective-hunting-strategies-and-delayed-return-lifestyle-among-ancient-foragers - 2025-04-25

Published 8 March 2017 In the QS World University Rankings by Subjects 2017 released today, Lund University once again reinforces its position as a top 100 University. Four Lund University subjects are ranked in the top 50 in the new QS 2017 subject ranking: geography (26th) environmental sciences (38th) development studies (32nd) nursing (49th) An additional 16 subjects are ranked in the top 100

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/top-100-rank-20-lund-university-subjects-new-qs-subject-ranking - 2025-04-25

Published 8 March 2017 David Gisselsson Nord (Photo: Kennet Ruona) When David Gisselsson Nord, a cancer researcher at Lund University in Sweden, read a history book last summer, he was struck by the similarities between how cancer and insurgencies evolve over time. Could military strategy be used as inspiration for cancer treatment? He teamed up with Robert Egnell at the Swedish Defence University

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-what-cancer-research-can-learn-military-strategy - 2025-04-25

Published 13 March 2017 Illustration: Per Uvdal Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used the MAX IV synchrotron in Lund – the strongest of its kind in the world - to produce images that predate the formation of toxic clumps of beta-amyloid, the protein believed to be at the root of Alzheimer’s disease. The unique images appear to contradict a previously unchallenged consensus. Instead of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/never-seen-images-early-stage-alzheimers-disease - 2025-04-25

Published 15 March 2017 Johan Hollander Rarely do we encounter a scientific fact that stirs public controversy and distrust in science as much as climate change. However, the theory is built on honest reporting of facts. This emerges from a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The study in question investigates whether there is a so-called publication bias within climate research, i.e. a stat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/no-publication-bias-found-climate-change-research - 2025-04-25

Published 20 March 2017 Illustration of a network-based biocomputer (Till Korten) Crashing computers or smartphones - and security loopholes that allow hackers to steal millions of passwords - could be prevented if it were possible to design error-free software. To date, this is a problem that neither engineers nor current supercomputers have been able to solve. A major reason for this is the comp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/biological-supercomputers-be-powered-molecular-motors - 2025-04-25

Published 21 March 2017 Samuel Bengtsson and Johan Mauritsson in the laser lab We may soon get better insight into the microcosm and the world of electrons. Researchers at Lund University and Louisiana State University have developed a tool that makes it possible to control extreme UV light - light with much shorter wavelengths than visible light. The new method uses strong laser pulses to direct

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/electrons-used-control-ultrashort-laser-pulses - 2025-04-25

By Jonas [dot] Wisbrant [at] cs [dot] lth [dot] se (Jonas Wisbrant) - published 24 November 2017 A super-efficient quantum computer – one of the hopes associated with the quantum technology investment. Connecting many quantum bits is relatively easy, but controlling quantum states and errors is challenging. Photo: Johan Bodell/Chalmers. Developments in quantum technology and artificial intelligenc

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/billions-be-invested-ai-and-quantum-technology - 2025-04-25

Published 5 August 2018 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 krafte

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/debattartikel-om-behovet-av-breddad-kunskap-inom-artificiell-intelligens - 2025-04-25

Published 28 August 2018 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 des

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/strudl-new-open-source-software-package-tracking-objects-video - 2025-04-25

By jessica [dot] bloem [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessica Bloem) - published 11 December 2018 Christian Balkenius Bild: Jessica Bloem. 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

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/kognitionsvetenskap-drommen-om-en-mansklig-robot - 2025-04-25

By jessica [dot] bloem [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessica Bloem) - published 11 December 2018 Maria Hedlund. Bild: Jessica Bloem. "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 beslutsprocesse

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/rostande-robotar-och-filterbubblor-hur-mycket-ai-tal-demokratin - 2025-04-25

Published 11 December 2018 Robert Willim forskar om uppkopplade hem. Bild: Johan Bävman. 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 förändra

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/uppkopplat-hemma-komfort-kan-ga-fore-integritet - 2025-04-25

By jessica [dot] bloem [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessica Bloem) - published 11 December 2018 Roboten på bilden heter AIBO ERS-7 och var en av de mest populära experimentella plattformarna för intelligent robotik mellan 1998 och 2006. Numera pensionerad. Bild: Jessica Bloem. Professor Jacek Malec kom till institutionen för datavetenskap 1999. Då hade AI-forskningen där pågått under fler

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/datavetenskap-vi-vill-bygga-smarta-och-hjalpsamma-robotar - 2025-04-25

Published 11 December 2018 Bilden visar en så kallad samarbetsrobot som i det här fallet har ögon (kameran längst upp) och läser en text. Bild: Martin Karlsson 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 so

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/reglerteknik-vi-var-lite-tidigt-ute - 2025-04-25

Published 11 December 2018 Carsten Peterson började tidigt intressera sig för neuronnätverk. Bild: Kennet Ruona. Forskare inom teoretisk fysik i Lund var tidigt ute med att skapa artificiella neuronnätverk, det vill säga den typ av algoritmer som nu ligger till grund för den enorma AI-utvecklingen i samhället. Inom teoretisk fysik är man van vid att hitta mönster i stora datamängder med hjälp av a

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/natverken-som-harmar-hjarnan-idag-forandrar-de-varden - 2025-04-25

Published 13 December 2018 Algoritmer som gör 3D-modeller av riktiga ansikten har utvecklats av Matematikcentrum och Sony. Finns till vardags i nyare telefoner. ”Ny algoritm”, ”en magisk formel”… Kokar man ner vad som gömmer sig bakom nya, spännande AI-uppfinningar tycks det ofta handla om matematik. Konsten att bygga nya AI-formler utövas gärna av matematikerna på LTH. Särskilt stor är kunskapen

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/ai-borjar-med-matematik - 2025-04-25