Published 26 February 2025 Phtoto: Kennet Ruona The Mrs Berta Kamprad Foundation is donating SEK 420 million to cancer research at Lund University. This is the largest donation to the university since its foundation in 1666. The donation is dedicated to translational cancer research, meaning applied cancer research in antibody and cell therapies with the aim of improving prognosis and quality of l

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sek-420-million-cancer-research-lund-university - 2025-07-11

Published 27 February 2025 The ultra-hot exoplanet's atmosphere is so hot that it can melt iron (Illustration: Bibiana Prinoth) Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers have made detailed observations of the mysterious exoplanet WASP-121 b. The discoveries of the element titanium and jet streams challenge our understanding of the winds and chemistry foun

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/titanium-and-mysterious-jet-streams-discovered-extreme-exoplanet - 2025-07-11

Published 14 March 2025 Satellite image of Lake Yamzho Yumco in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China – one of the lakes that, thanks to minimal human impact, has not undergone major colour changes. (Photo: Google Earth) Over the last 40 years, the majority of the world’s lakes have changed colour, according to a new study. The research team analysed 32 million satellite observations from over 67,0

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lakes-worldwide-are-changing-colour-possibly-due-human-impact - 2025-07-11

Published 18 March 2025 Photo: Mika Baumeister Lund University is taking an active step to meet society’s growing needs for security and crisis management. A new centre is being established at Campus Helsingborg with the aim of strengthening education, research and external engagement in total defence and preparedness on a broad front. “Security threats and risks in today’s society are increasingl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-invest-sek-37-million-new-total-defence-centre - 2025-07-11

Published 19 March 2025 Photo: SYDA PRODUCTIONS According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, approximately one in five Swedes are already choosing not to buy American brands. The majority would consider boycotting American products such as Coca-Cola in favour of European or Swedish alternatives. A study conducted by brand researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with No

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/majority-swedes-are-open-boycotting-american-products - 2025-07-11

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 24 March 2025 Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg A unique archive in Lund, Sweden, holds 500 in-depth interviews with survivors of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. The interviews were conducted immediately after the survivors arrived in Sweden in spring 1945. The archive has now been nominated to the UN agency UNESC

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ravensbruck-archive-has-been-nominated-unesco-memory-world - 2025-07-11

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 31 March 2025 Professor Oskar Hansson, professor in neurology at Lund University. Photo: Tove Smeds Researchers at Lund University and Washington University have identified a blood marker that reflects the amount of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain. This discovery may play a key role in determining who is most likely to bene

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-reliable-blood-marker-reveals-extent-alzheimers-pathology-brain - 2025-07-11

Published 1 April 2025 Photo: Istockphoto/Maren Winter Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. Previous research has investigated the presence of heavy me

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/surprising-number-environmental-pollutants-hedgehogs - 2025-07-11

Published 12 October 2023 Johan Holmberg, Olivia Ritsvall, Karl Swärd, Marycarmen Arévalo-Martinez and Sebastian Albinsson. (Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) A research group at Lund University has studied how a molecular sensor located in the blood vessel wall, controls how the vessel compensates for high blood pressure. As we age, the sensor deteriorates, which can worsen vascular damage caused by high bl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-your-blood-vessels-tolerate-high-blood-pressure - 2025-07-11

Published 12 October 2023 A car is refueled with a liquid containing hydrogen. The fuel passes through the catalytic converter, where hydrogen is released into a fuel cell. When the hydrogen runs out, it is drained and filled with new liquid at the gas station. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden are investigating a car fuel comprised of a liquid that is converted to hydrogen by a solid catal

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-catalyst-could-provide-liquid-hydrogen-fuel-future - 2025-07-11

Published 13 October 2023 Photo: iStock/NoSystem images International law supports women’s right to breastfeed in the public. However, women report having been subjected to negative responses and judgmental looks when breastfeeding outside the home. This is according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, based on surveys answered by women living in Sweden, Ireland and Australia. The resea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/negative-attitudes-towards-breastfeeding-public-still-issue - 2025-07-11

Published 20 October 2023 “At the time, I couldn’t imagine that my experiment could create such short pulses of light,” Anne L’Huillier later said of the discovery that paved the way for the Nobel Prize. Photo: ERCEA. This is the science behind the unimaginably quick attosecond pulses. The method can “photograph” electrons, giving us new insights into the inner life of atoms, and is the discovery

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pulses-light-open-door-microcosm - 2025-07-11

Published 23 October 2023 Iryna Tsunovska and Nataliia Kohutyuk in Lund for a training course. Photo: Johan Persson Iryna Tsunovska and Nataliia Kohutyuk from Ukraine are taking home many new insights on how they can contribute to the protection of human rights in their professional roles. They have just completed a training course at Lund University for young policymakers, public servants and civ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/young-ukrainian-civil-servants-explore-human-rights-lund - 2025-07-11

Published 23 October 2023 Photo: Dean Drobot/MostPhotos Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This according to a new report from Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2025-07-11

Published 3 November 2023 The study shows that large herbivores have a positive impact on variation in tree cover in the world’s protected areas. The picture shows Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. (Photo: Wikipedia) Using global satellite data, a research team has mapped the tree cover of the world’s protected areas. The study shows that regions with abundant large herbivores in many settings

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/large-herbivores-such-elephants-bison-and-moose-contribute-tree-diversity - 2025-07-11

Published 8 November 2023 Illustration of phage virus injecting its DNA into a cell (Image: Alex Evilevitch and Ting Liu) Researchers at Lund University, together with colleagues at the NIST Synchrotron Facility in the USA, have mapped on an atomic level what happens in a virus particle when the temperature is raised. "When the temperature rises, the virus's genetic material changes its form and d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/temperature-increase-triggers-viral-infection - 2025-07-11

Published 10 November 2023 Photo: Kennet Ruona Six of the most innovative ideas and projects currently within Lund University were spotlighted at the Future Innovations Award, held on November 7th. The contributors shared a total of SEK 500,000 when Lund University's and Sparbanken Skåne's Future Innovations Award was given out. The winning ideas included an energy storage system that makes use of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/most-innovative-lund-university-receive-awards - 2025-07-11

Published 14 November 2023 Anna Sellgren Engskov (Photo: Ingemar Hultquist) A man who is exposed to physical pain feels less severe pain if he is subjected to pain by a woman compared with a man, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. In addition, men experience less pain after surgery when asked about it by a woman than by a man. “This was true despite the fact that the men and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/men-experience-less-pain-when-woman-charge - 2025-07-11

Published 17 November 2023 Pictured is the male, blue variant of the bluetail damselfly (Photo: Erik Svensson) For over 20 years, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied the common bluetail damselfly. Females occur in three different colour forms – one with a male-like appearance, something that protects them from mating harassment. In a new study, an international research team f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-have-solved-damselfly-colour-mystery - 2025-07-11

Published 20 November 2023 Worldwide, coastal river deltas are home to more than half a billion people, supporting fisheries, agriculture, cities, and fertile ecosystems. In a unique study covering 49 deltas globally, researchers from Lund University and Utrecht University have identified the most critical risks to deltas in the future. The research shows that deltas face multiple risks, and that

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/coastal-river-deltas-threatened-more-climate-change - 2025-07-11