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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 is affected by the polarisation direction of light was made when trained zebra finches were trying to find food inside a maze. The birds were only able to use their magnetic compass

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-magnetic-compass-affected-polarised-light-study - 2025-11-03

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 normally found in adults, to help digest food, but in studies with pregnant mice, a research team has found large amounts of bile acids also inside the foetus.“Foetuses produce small amounts of bile a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bile-acid-supports-production-blood-stem-cells - 2025-11-03

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 collaboration with researchers at Karolinska Institutet, in Sweden. The findings are of fundamental biological importance for the understanding of the different functions

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/minority-cancer-cells-affect-growth-and-metastasis-tumours - 2025-11-03

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 programme in Asian Studies at Lund University when she decided to enter the Many Languages, One Wo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/representing-lund-university-un-general-assembly - 2025-11-03

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 leave my bag unattended to take a swim. But while in the water I just couldn’t relax, as I was constantly worrying about my things”, says And

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-students-invent-alarm-protects-your-unattended-bag - 2025-11-03

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 society than previously thought. The unique discovery by osteologist Adam Boethius from Lund University was made when excavating a 9,200 year-old settlement at what was once a lake in Blekinge, Sweden. “Our findings of large-scale fish fer

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/signs-early-settlement-nordic-region-date-back-cradle-civilisation - 2025-11-03

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 cardiovascular disease.  “It is surprising yet promising that choosing the right blend of dietary fibres can -

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-barley-helps-improve-blood-sugar-levels-and-reduce-appetite - 2025-11-03

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 Peace Prize recipient Muhammad Yunus, these small and portable solar cell stations have now been placed across rural Bangladesh. “750 million people lack access to clean water across the globe. To be

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-solar-cells-help-purify-water-remote-areas - 2025-11-03

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 commonly used chemo toxins impair the eyesight in childhood cancer survivors in a way that indicates an impact on the central nervous system.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eye-movement-affected-former-childhood-cancer-patients - 2025-11-03

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. “If sugar replaces metal as a contrast agent in the body, it can also have a positive psychological effect and make patients calmer,” says Linda Knutsson, senior lecturer at Lund University in Sweden.A

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/using-sugar-detect-malignant-tumours - 2025-11-03

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 heat but also cool buildings, while drastically reduce associated carbon emissions. The new design is now being tested by locals in Saint Catherine, Egypt. “In Egypt, fossil fuels account for 94% of all energy. There

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/adapted-trombe-wall-now-used-both-cool-and-heat-buildings-using-renewable-energy-sources - 2025-11-03

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 electrical computers. The research results have now been published in the prestigious publication Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Conventional computers have contributed to

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/using-nanotechnology-create-parallel-computers - 2025-11-03

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 coordinated by Lars-Erik Wernersson, Professor of Nanotechnology at Lund University in Sweden. Once all gadgets in the future have become connected through the so-called “Inte

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nanotechnology-high-performance-radar-and-5g-communication - 2025-11-03

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 midwives, who are the main prescribers in Sweden, lack information about the environmental impact of hormonal birth control methods, which may affect the advice they provide. The hormone ethinyl-e

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/oestrogen-birth-control-pills-has-negative-impact-fish - 2025-11-03

The need for food, animal feed and fuel in the Sahel belt is growing year on year, but supply is not increasing at the same rate. New figures from 22 countries indicate falling availability of resources per capita and a continued risk of famine in areas with low ‘primary production’ from plants. Rising temperatures present an alarming prospect, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/shrinking-resource-margins-sahel-region-africa - 2025-11-03

The following Lund University academics are available for commentary and analysis, in light of recent news coverage regarding alleged activity in the Stockholm archipelago:  Mi LennhagPhD student, Department of Political Science, Lund UniversitySwedish foreign and defence policy, Swedish national security as it relates to post-Soviet region, general post-Soviet area expertise +46 70 950 93 23mi [d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/experts-swedish-and-russian-national-security-policy - 2025-11-03

Bright colours appear on a fruit fly’s transparent wings against a dark background as a result of light refraction. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have now demonstrated that females choose a mate based on the males’ hidden wing colours. “Our experiment shows that this newly-discovered trait is important in female choice in fruit flies, and is the first evidence that wing interference p

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/secret-wing-colours-attract-female-fruit-flies - 2025-11-03

A ’super detector’ that can track the traces of a lump of sugar in the Baltic Sea – that was the starting point for a potentially life-saving technique developed at Lund University in Sweden. The method detects toxic algae blooms in drinking water. WATCH: New technique can trace toxic algae in drinking waterA biosensor recently developed at Lund University can detect substances at 10,000 times low

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/super-detector-tracks-toxic-algae - 2025-11-03

Mapillary, an app developed by Lund University senior lecturer Jan Erik Solem, crowdsources street view images. The company has now joined forces with OpenStreetMap, the world’s biggest free, editable map service. VIDEO: Mapillary – watch how it works  If you live in a small town, or have booked a vacation in a remote location, you’ve probably encountered this problem: there are no street view ima

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mapillary-puts-your-photos-map - 2025-11-03

Why do people slack off at work? Last year it was revealed that 20 workers at a big Swedish mining company had been slacking off at work by taking turns clocking each other in and out. The scheme had been going on for several years - supposedly costing the company millions of dollars. How is such major slacking possible? In his new book “Empty Labor: Idleness and Workplace Resistance” (Cambridge U

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/book-release-empty-labor-idleness-and-workplace-resistance - 2025-11-03