Published 22 January 2018 Researchers have long wondered how our cells navigate inside the body. Two new studies, in which Lund University researcher Pontus Nordenfelt has participated, have now demonstrated that the cells use molecular force from within to steer themselves in a certain direction. This knowledge may be of great significance in the development of new drugs. Pontus Nordenfelt, resea

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Published 23 January 2018 Photo: Nicholas Loubere Nicholas Loubere at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, shares some reflections on the major achievements as well as the downsides of China’s reform period ahead of the upcoming conference “Assessing 40 Years of Reform and Opening in China” What have been the major changes in China since the reform and opening, both for society as a w

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Published 25 January 2018 Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg Last autumn, the unique Ravensbrück Archive was opened to the general public as well as to researchers. Now requests are flooding in from all over the world to the archive in Lund, Sweden. “We are touched by the response”, says Håkan Håkansson at the University Library. Saturday 27 January is international Holocaust Remembrance Day. Just ove

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Published 29 January 2018 Certain microorganisms are used to stimulate cultivated plants’ growth and disease resistance. Sometimes such bio-fertilisers works well, sometimes not. Now, researchers at Lund University, Sweden, are to study the exact requirements for improving the growth of sugar beet. If they succeed, biological fertilisers of crops will provide more benefits and bigger harvests. In

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Published 1 February 2018 This nanowire is three micrometres long and connected to two rectangular metal contacts. Image: Lert Chayanun. Researcher Jesper Wallentin at the Department of Physics at Lund University in Sweden has received a grant of approximately SEK 15 million for a research project on the ability of nanowires to act as detectors for X-ray radiation. If successfully developed, this

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/physicist-awarded-millions-research-x-rays-using-nanowires - 2025-01-11

Published 5 February 2018 Colourful clutter of both distant galaxies and foregrounded stars in our own galaxy. Stephan’s Quintet can be seen in the right-hand corner. Photo: CFHT, Pierre-Alain Duc (Obs. De Strasbourg) & Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CEA Saclay/Obs. De Paris). Astronomers have managed to take unusually colourful images of a group of galaxies using a telescope in Hawaii. The photos revea

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Published 5 February 2018 Gisela Lilja (Photo: Roger Lundholm) A major international study shows that if cardiac arrest patients are treated like heart attack patients only, this will potentially have negative consequences on their rehabilitation and return to working life. These patients often lack follow-up of the injuries they may have suffered to the brain in connection with their cardiac arre

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/inadequate-follow-many-cardiac-arrest-patients - 2025-01-11

Published 6 February 2018 Photo: Niclas Burenhult A previously unknown language has been found in the Malay Peninsula by linguists from Lund University in Sweden. The language has been given the name Jedek. “Documentation of endangered minority languages such as Jedek is important, as it provides new insights into human cognition and culture”, says Joanne Yager, doctoral student at Lund University

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Published 9 February 2018 Karin Lindkvist (Photo: Tove Smeds) The Novo Nordisk Foundation recently made the announcement to grant DKK 225 million to Lund University for the construction and operation of MicroMAX, a new beamline for the MAX IV research facility in Lund, Sweden. The beamline will become one of the world’s strongest protein microscopes and an important tool for researchers studying p

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Published 8 February 2018 Photo: Mikael Risedal Sweden is trending right now, with cultural concepts such as “lagom” (just enough) and “fika” (coffee break) selling everything from books to fashion. The nation is often seen as a social democratic model country, where people are egalitarian, wealthy and happy. As Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of the Swedish multinational furniture retailer IKEA, rece

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-ikeas-founder-exported-certain-image-sweden-frugality-fika - 2025-01-11

Published 9 February 2018 Chemistry professor Kenneth Wärnmark at Lund University in Sweden has been awarded SEK 35 million for a research project about using iron molecules to develop solar cells and solar fuel. The grant is aimed at producing cheaper and more environmentally-friendly materials that can capture the energy of the sun. Kenneth Wärnmark has for many years conducted research on the p

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/major-investment-more-environmentally-friendly-solar-energy - 2025-01-11

Published 19 February 2018 Photo: Chris Collingridge Nocturnal animals can use the stars and the Milky Way to find their way during the darkest hours. While animal navigation is studied all over the world, some of the leading researchers are based at Lund University in Sweden. In a recent article they sum up the research so far and give their thoughts on challenges to come. There are advantages to

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/starry-sky-shows-nocturnal-animals-way - 2025-01-11

Published 21 February 2018 Illustration: Derek Logan The enzyme that produces DNA building blocks plays an important role when cells divide. In a new study, researchers have discovered for the first time that the so-called master switch of the enzyme can change locations - while still performing the same task. Regardless of whether you are human, a worm or a bacterium, all beings need to create ne

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unexpected-discovery-about-essential-enzyme - 2025-01-11

Published 23 February 2018 Marju Orho-Melander (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new link between gut bacteria and obesity. They found that certain amino acids in our blood can be connected to both obesity and the composition of the gut microbiome. We know less about the significance of our gut bacteria than what many books and magazines on the subjec

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-link-between-gut-bacteria-and-obesity - 2025-01-11

Published 27 February 2018 Flagler Beach, Florida US cities facing sea level rise need to look beyond traditional strategies for managing issues such as critical erosion and coastal squeeze, according to new research from Lund University. Civil society initiatives must now play a crucial role in adapting society to climate change, the study argues. WATCH: Seaside community of Flagler Beach, Florid

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-sea-level-rise-urgently-requires-new-forms-decision-making-study - 2025-01-11

Published 2 March 2018 A completely new classification of diabetes which also predicts the risk of serious complications and provides treatment suggestions. We are now seeing the first results of ANDIS – a study covering all newly diagnosed diabetics in southern Sweden — published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The major difference from today’s classification is that type 2 diabetes actua

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/paradigm-shift-diagnosis-diabetes - 2025-01-11

Published 6 March 2018 On a wild mountain slope of the Peruvian jungle, researcher Dan Metcalfe has strung up his huge plastic curtain. A researcher from Lund University in Sweden has managed to install a huge curtain in a remote cloud forest in South America. The aim is to study how these valuable forests are affected if clouds are elevated due to global warming. The world’s cloud forests are fac

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/giant-curtain-will-help-scientists-study-threats-against-cloud-forests - 2025-01-11

Published 7 March 2018 Gunnar Engström (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found a new marker in the blood that is associated with an increased risk of heart failure. Surprisingly, the marker is not directly involved in how the heart functions, unlike most of the previously known markers. Instead, the new marker affects processes in the lymphatic system. Heart failu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/marker-involved-lymphatic-system-connected-heart-failure - 2025-01-11

Published 9 March 2018 My Andersson Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method that enables them to use donated brain tissue from people with epilepsy for 48 hours. Previously, the researchers only had 12 hours to test new treatments before the structure of the cells started to break down. The research has now been published in the journal Scientific Reports. In about one in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-increases-life-span-donated-brain-tissue - 2025-01-11

Published 12 March 2018 Women’s role in peace processes, and fluid boundaries between male and female in society and popular culture. These are topics researched by the new honorary doctors in social sciences – Jacqui True and Jack Halberstam – whose degrees will be conferred on 25 May in Lund Cathedral. Jacqui True is a professor of political science and international relations at Monash Universi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-experts-women-peace-processes-and-gender-shift - 2025-01-11