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In a new study, Lund University economic historian Erik Bengtsson debunks the myth that Sweden was destined to become a social democratic country. Instead, he argues that it was actually against all odds, as Sweden in the early 1900s was one of the western world’s most unequal countries – and the least democratic in western Europe. Has Sweden always flown the flag for equality and welfare? No, tha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-sweden-went-least-democratic-welfare-state - 2025-12-17

Researcher Louise Brunkwall at Lund University explains how three risk factors are involved in obesity. Louise Brunkwall recently defended her PhD thesis Obesity; with a focus on diet quality and gut microbiota. In this clip, she discusses how the three known risk factors for obesity interplay to determine your risk: Contact:Louise Brunkwalllouise [dot] brunkwall [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (louise

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-three-risk-factors-behind-obesity - 2025-12-17

Lund University has once again been ranked as the number one university in Sweden and 92nd in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2020. With 26 000 internationally recognised universities in the world, this ranking reinforces Lund University’s place in the global top tier of higher education, among 0.4% of the world’s universities.The QS World University Rankings 2020 rank the world’s to

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-swedens-top-ranked-university-qs-world-university-rankings-2020 - 2025-12-17

Researchers have shown for the first time that an animal uses different directional sensors to achieve the highest possible navigational precision in different conditions. When the sun is high, dung beetles navigate using the wind. The discovery of the dung beetles’ wind compass and how it complements the sun compass was made by an international research team comprising biologists from Sweden and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dung-beetles-use-wind-compass-when-sun-high - 2025-12-17

Researchers from Lund University, together with the Roche pharmaceutical company, have used a method to develop a new blood marker capable of detecting whether or not a person has Alzheimer’s disease. If the method is approved for clinical use, the researchers hope eventually to see it used as a diagnostic tool in primary healthcare. This autumn, they will start a trial in primary healthcare to te

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-blood-test-detecting-alzheimers-disease - 2025-12-17

New research suggests that green growth climate mitigation policies are not sufficient for reaching the ambitious targets of the Paris Agreement, to limit global warming to well below 2°C by the end of the century. Green growth policies dominate the climate change mitigation discourse, but how much can they contribute to rapid decarbonisation? Jonas Sonnenschein at Lund University has assessed the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/current-green-growth-policies-are-not-enough-reach-paris-agreement-climate-targets - 2025-12-17

Almost 300,000 people worldwide develop malignant melanoma each year. The disease is the most serious form of skin cancer and the number of cases reported annually is increasing, making skin cancer one of Sweden’s most common forms of cancer. A research team at Lund University in Sweden has studied a protein that regulates a gene which is linked to metastasis of malignant melanoma. Over the past t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/protein-linked-aggressive-skin-cancer - 2025-12-17

Researchers at Lund University have contributed to creating a uniquely detailed global climate model that will increase our understanding of climate change. It is the first time that vegetation and land use, at this level of detail, are included in climate modeling within EC-Earth, a global climate and earth system model. Previous calculations have shown that vegetation and land use are important

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-climate-model-includes-vegetation-developed - 2025-12-17

Opioids work against severe pain but the risks of side effects and addiction are high. In the USA alone, 26 people die every day from overdoses. Now researchers in an international collaboration have investigated how common opioid prescriptions are for osteoarthritis patients in Sweden. It emerged that every fourth patient was prescribed opioids at some point between November 2014 and October 2015

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/high-rates-opioid-prescriptions-osteoarthritis - 2025-12-17

Predators are not only a deadly threat to many animals, they also affect potential prey negatively simply by being nearby. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied what happens to the prey’s immune system when they are forced to expend a large amount of their energy on avoiding being eaten. To protect themselves, certain animals switch colour, while others change their body shape. An

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fear-predators-increases-risk-illness - 2025-12-17

There are currently no drugs that stop or inhibit Alzheimer's disease. Despite drug trials showing plaque reduction in the brain, the patients' cognitive function did not improve. Would the results be different if it were possible to design studies that intervene much earlier on in the disease, before cognition is affected? This is what an international study, led by Lund University in Sweden, has

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/larger-drug-trials-intervene-earlier-needed-alzheimers-disease - 2025-12-17

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the link between osteoarthritis and mortality in an epidemiological study. It was shown that the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease was higher for people with osteoarthritis than for the rest of the population. Using population registers, the researchers studied approximately 469 000 people living in Skåne, Sweden, who in 2003 were

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-linked-higher-risk-dying-cardiovascular-disease - 2025-12-17

More than half of our genome consists of transposons, DNA sequences that are reminiscent of ancient, extinct viruses. Transposons are normally silenced by a process known as DNA methylation, but their activation can lead to serious diseases. Very little is known about transposons but researchers in an international collaboration project have now succeeded for the first time in studying what happen

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-sheds-light-darker-parts-our-genetic-heritage - 2025-12-17

An extensive study has confirmed that the risk of developing coeliac disease is connected to the amount of gluten children consume. The new study is observational and therefore does not prove causation; however, it is the most comprehensive of its kind to date. The results are presented in the prestigious journal JAMA. In total, 6 600 children at increased risk of developing coeliac disease were f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/association-between-coeliac-disease-risk-and-gluten-intake-confirmed - 2025-12-17

Eumelanin – a natural pigment found for instance in human eyes – has, for the first time, been identified in the fossilized compound eyes of 54-million-year-old crane-flies. It was previously assumed that melanic screening pigments did not exist in arthropods. “We were surprised by what we found because we were not looking for, or expecting it”, says Johan Lindgren, an Associate Professor at the D

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/composition-fossil-insect-eyes-surprises-researchers - 2025-12-17

The Lund University School of Economics and Management has been accredited for five years by both EQUIS and AMBA, placing the school in the top 1 per cent of business schools globally that hold both accreditations. “This really shows the competitive strength of the school. Being accredited by both EQUIS and AMBA demonstrates our international prominence”, say John Abrahamson, Chair of the faculty

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-school-economics-and-management-receives-double-accreditation - 2025-12-17

The first evidence was recently presented demonstrating how the immune system can be controlled by directly reprogramming connective tissue cells into immune cells. The discovery provides the opportunity to develop an entirely new strategy for targeted immunotherapy against cancer. One characteristic of cancer is its ability to avoid detection by the body’s immune system. Tumour cells accumulate a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/research-project-develop-innovative-strategy-cancer-therapy - 2025-12-17

Over the past 50 years, the water in lakes and watercourses has turned increasingly brown. The so-called browning has a negative impact on both drinking water production and ecosystems. If nothing is done, the water is likely to turn even browner – however, there is hope. Supported by a new study, researchers from Lund University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) are pointi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-changes-land-use-could-reduce-browning-lakes - 2025-12-17

Researchers from Sweden, Germany, Brazil and the USA have developed a financial mechanism to support the protection of the world’s natural heritage. In a recent study, they developed three different design options for an intergovernmental biodiversity financing mechanism. Asking what would happen if money was given to countries for providing protected areas, they simulated where the money would fl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-if-we-paid-countries-protect-biodiversity - 2025-12-17

Ultrasound that detects rare cells in a drop of blood. Business models for a circular economy. Laser technology that can film at almost the speed of light, and another that can map insects from several kilometres away. Four promising researchers from Lund University have been awarded starting grants from the European Research Council (ERC) amounting to a total of approximately seven million euros,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lund-university-researchers-awarded-erc-starting-grants - 2025-12-17