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Published 25 January 2016 A research group recently found six statues dating back 3,400 years in two shrines by the sandstone quarry of Gebel el Silsila, Egypt. Photo: The Gebel el Silsila Project 2015. It was just before Christmas when the only Swedish-led archaeological project in Egypt, run by Maria Nilsson from Lund University, made the unique discovery. The research group found six statues da
Published 26 January 2016 New research findings show that the magnetic compass that birds use for orientation is affected by polarised light. In the photo: Zebra finch by R. Muheim The magnetic compass that birds use for orientation is affected by polarised light. This previously unknown phenomenon was discovered by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The discovery that the magnetic compass
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-magnetic-compass-affected-polarised-light-study - 2025-02-23
Published 29 January 2016 Kenichi Miharada's work with his team Department of Laboratory Medicine Lund, on bile acids was recently published in the Cell Stem Cell journal. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter A research group at Lund University has been able to show that bile acid is transferred from the mother to the foetus via the placenta to enable the foetus to produce blood stem cells. Bile acids are normal
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bile-acid-supports-production-blood-stem-cells - 2025-02-23
Published 2 February 2016 New research findings support better understanding of the different types of cancer cells in, and their impact on, tumours. Photo: Kennet Ruona New research shows that a small minority of cancer cells in neuroendocrine tumours of the pancreas contribute to the overall growth and metastasis of the tumour. This discovery was made by a research group at Lund University, in c
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/minority-cancer-cells-affect-growth-and-metastasis-tumours - 2025-02-23
Published 3 February 2016 Likki-Lee speaking in the General Assembly Hall, UN headquarters, NYC Her interest in language took her all the way to the UN headquarters in New York City to take part in the Many Languages, One World Essay Contest. For Likki-Lee Pitzen it was a jaw-dropping experience and now she calls for other students to do the same. Likki-Lee Pitzen had just finished her Master's pr
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/representing-lund-university-un-general-assembly - 2025-02-23
Published 3 February 2016 Industrial Design student Bo Möller shows how easily their new alarm can be attached to the bag. Photo: C. Schubert Leave your bag unsupervised without running the risk of thieves stealing it? That could be the case as a unique idea of a small, high-tech alarm from Master's students at Lund University is now coming to life. “I was by myself on a beach in Mexico and had to
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-students-invent-alarm-protects-your-unattended-bag - 2025-02-23
Published 8 February 2016 Osteologist Adam Boethius (fourth from the left) at his excavation in Blekinge, Sweden. Adam has found the oldest storage of fermentet fish indicating the Nordic prehistory started earlier than previously thought. The discovery of the world’s oldest storage of fermented fish in southern Sweden could rewrite the Nordic prehistory with findings indicating a far more complex
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/signs-early-settlement-nordic-region-date-back-cradle-civilisation - 2025-02-23
Published 8 February 2016 Researcher Anne Nilsson cutting barley bread at her lab. Photo: Kennet Ruona A recent study from Lund University in Sweden shows that barley can rapidly improve people’s health by reducing blood sugar levels and the risk for diabetes. The secret lies in the special mixture of dietary fibres found in barley, which can also help reduce people’s appetite and risk for cardiov
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-barley-helps-improve-blood-sugar-levels-and-reduce-appetite - 2025-02-23
Published 12 February 2016 Thanks to an innovative energy-saving solar-based water purification technology, rural areas in Bangladesh are now able to access safe drinking water. Photo: K. M. Persson Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a water purification plant that provides clean water far beyond the reach of the electrical grid – thanks to solar cells. With the help of Nobel
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-solar-cells-help-purify-water-remote-areas - 2025-02-23
Published 18 February 2016 Research shows former childhood cancer patients’ eye movement is affected by treatment. Photo: B. Brenneman Nowadays, the lives of the majority of all children with cancer can be spared. However, the cure for the disease comes with a price: some of the survivors will suffer long-term injury from the treatment. A study from Lund University in Sweden now shows that commonl
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eye-movement-affected-former-childhood-cancer-patients - 2025-02-23
Published 22 February 2016 Research from Lund University and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine shows that sugar could in the future be used to discover malignant tumours. Photo: Melissa Wiese Ordinary sugar could become a contrast agent of the future for use in magnetic resonance tomography examinations of tumours. Malignant tumours show higher sugar consumption than surrounding tissue.
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/using-sugar-detect-malignant-tumours - 2025-02-23
Published 22 February 2016 The Trombe wall ventilation system (to the left) has through a research project been modified to be used both for heating and cooling using renewable energy sources. Photo: Insaf Ben Othman Researcher Marwa Dabaieh from Lund University in Sweden has come up with a way to adapt the so-called Trombe wall – a passive solar building design from the 19th century – to not only
Published 26 February 2016 Researchers can now show that a parallel computer utilising molecular motors can find correct solutions to a combinatorial problem, rapidly and energy-efficiently. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have utilised nanotechnology to create a biological computer that can solve certain mathematical problems far faster and more energy-efficiently than conventional elect
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/using-nanotechnology-create-parallel-computers - 2025-02-23
Published 29 February 2016 Lars-Erik Wernersson hopes the new research project INSIGHT will help meet the increasing performance demands at millimetre-wave frequencies Improved radar image resolution and faster data transfer within 5G networks. These are some of the results that would be achieved by a new research project called INSIGHT, which is funded by the EU programme Horizon 2020 and coordin
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nanotechnology-high-performance-radar-and-5g-communication - 2025-02-23
Published 3 March 2016 New research finds that the hormone ethinyl-estradiol, an active substance in many birth control pills, affects both fish behaviour and their genetics. Photo: B. Olsen A new doctoral thesis from Lund University in Sweden shows that hormones found in birth control pills alter the genes in fish, which can cause changes in their behaviour. The thesis also shows that nurse midwi
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/oestrogen-birth-control-pills-has-negative-impact-fish - 2025-02-23
Published 11 August 2016 5G world record set by Lund University and Bristol University researchers. Photo: National Instruments Researcher Steffen Malkowsky, together with research colleagues from Lund University, Sweden, and the University of Bristol, UK, has achieved a new world record in 5G technology, thereby surpassing the previous record that he himself contributed to last spring. The succes
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-set-new-5g-world-record-and-earn-multiple-awards - 2025-02-23
Published 15 August 2016 Tuesday 16 August 2016 is "Arrival Day" for over 2,000 new international students at Lund University. Arrival Day is a dedicated day to welcome international students to their new environment at Lund University. Students are greeted by international mentors at Copenhagen Airport and at the Lund train station, before being driven to the Academic Society building to be ‘chec
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-welcomes-students-around-world-arrival-day - 2025-02-23
Published 16 August 2016 Scientists have been able to show that birds fly faster in flocks. Photo: Beninfreo New research at Lund University in Sweden shows that the flight speed of birds is determined by a variety of factors. Among the most sensational is that the size of the flock has a significant impact on how fast the birds can fly. The larger the flock, the higher the speed. Researchers at t
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-fly-faster-large-flocks - 2025-02-23
Published 17 August 2016 An American emperor dragonfly accelerates streaks of smoke down when it flaps its four wings. The photo has been edited. PHOTO: IGOR SIWANOWICZ/HUAI-TI LIN The complicated structure of the dragonfly’s wings makes them sturdier and increases their stability and flexibility in the air, without affecting the aerodynamics. The research results may become applicable in the wind
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dragonflys-flight-technique-uncovered - 2025-02-23
Published 17 August 2016 Abuse of addictive prescription drugs is increasing, and is at risk of becoming a major public health problem in Europe. Photo: MostPhotos The largest study of prescription drug abuse in Europe shows that more than 12 per cent of Swedes over age 12 have abused prescription medication. The results, published in the scientific journal BMC Psychiatry, are based on studies in
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prescription-drug-abuse-europe - 2025-02-23
