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Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the body’s own substances, and it is unclear why the immune system allows for the devel

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-self-reactive-immune-cells-are-allowed-develop - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor of Astronomy Melvyn Davies at Lund University discusses the legacy of renowned scientist Stephen Hawking. "He leaves the subject in a vibrant state", says Davies. Tell us about your research - what are you focusing on at the moment?Working with Ross Church and colleagues in the Department of Astronomy and Th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-astrophysicist-legacy-stephen-hawking - 2026-05-23

There is a tiny cyclops among your oldest ancestors, and humans share these remarkable ancestral roots with all other vertebrates. This according to new, surprising research on the evolution of the eye. Researchers from Lund University and University of Sussex have found that all vertebrates evolved from a distant ancestor that had a single eye located at the top of its head. The study also reveal

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/one-eyed-creature-gave-rise-our-modern-eyes - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden believe they have found a method that in the future could help people suffering from epilepsy so severe that all current treatment is ineffective. “In mice studies, we succeeded in reducing seizure activity by intervening in an area of the brain that is not the focus of the epi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hope-new-treatment-severe-epilepsy - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Over 40 billion euro is given annually to European agriculture as direct payments under the Common Agricultural Policy. Yet, the policy fails to deliver on what EU citizens are promised. This is a key message from new research by AgriFood Economics Centre and Centre for Environmental and Climate Research at Lund Unive

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eu-payments-farmers-fail-deliver-competitiveness-and-sustainability - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. All insects use vision to control their position in the air when they fly, but they also integrate information from other senses. Biologists at Lund University have now shown how hawkmoths use mechanosensors in their antennae to control fast flight manoeuvres. When the moths need to rapidly change direction and manoeu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/antennal-sensors-allow-hawkmoths-make-quick-moves - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that orangutans can imagine whether or not a certain juice blend is good or not, based on its ingredients. Predicting an experience of something that has not yet occurred can be done by using so-called affective forecasting – an ability that was previously considered un

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/orangutans-can-predict-future-experiences - 2026-05-23

Through analyzes of ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has found evidence of an extreme solar storm that occurred about 9,200 years ago. What puzzles the researchers is that the storm took place during one of the sun's more quiet phases – during which it is generally believed our planet is less exposed to such events. The sun is a prerequisite

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ancient-ice-reveals-mysterious-solar-storm - 2026-05-23

The media in Russia and Ukraine live different lives. The media in Ukraine is quite free, whereas Russia lies at the bottom of international comparisons of media freedom, says Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, senior lecturer in European Studies at the Centre for Languages and Literature and associate professor of Strategic Communication. Her research has included the study of political communication in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/media-propaganda-contributes-russians-world-view - 2026-05-23

A new international commission will pave the way for a global boost in maternal and newborn health. The project is led by a researcher at Lund University in Sweden, whose motivation stems from a formative experience witnessing a woman bleed to death unnecessarily during childbirth. “The time has come to put maternal and newborn health back at the heart of the global health agenda,” says Mehreen Za

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-global-initiative-maternal-and-newborn-health-be-led-sweden - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Great reed warblers normally migrate by night during its month-long migration from northern Europe to Sub-Saharan Africa. However, researchers have now discovered that during the few occasions when it continues to fly during daytime, it flies at extremely high altitudes (up to 6300 meters). One possible explanation fo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/migratory-songbirds-climb-extreme-altitudes-during-daytime - 2026-05-23

Does green growth exist? Can we achieve a sustainable society with a GDP that grows year after year? Not if you ask Timothée Parrique. He is the economist who defied all the good advice and chose to research degrowth. Now his thesis has been downloaded 27,000 times, and he is a sought-after lecturer worldwide. At the end of February this year, renowned economist Paul Krugman wrote a column in the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-sustainability-award-agenda-2030-goes-degrowth-economist - 2026-05-23

Those teaching about climate change and sustainability report that students learning about these topics often feel disheartened, anxious and helpless. Researchers at Lund University together with international experts have co-created a set of exercises designed to give teachers and students tools to transform climate-related stress and anxiety into action and hope. “We have noticed that many of ou

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/tools-turn-young-peoples-climate-related-stress-hope - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LAUNCH OF BEAt-DKD – 6 FEBRUARY 2017 BEAt-DKD (“Biomarker Enterprise to Attack Diabetic Kidney Disease”), a unique public private partnership funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), member companies from the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), the Juvenile Diabetes R

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/innovative-medicines-initiative-project-precision-medicine-dkd - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with his research team, Lars-Erik Wernersson, professor of nanoelectronics at Lund University in Sweden, has developed a technology for smarter transistors which could be used in electronics that operate on low energy, such as sensors for the Internet of Things. Using the new transistors on a large scale coul

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/smarter-transistors-could-be-three-times-more-energy-efficient - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has found a new way to identify the most malignant tumours in children. The method involves studying genetic ‘micro-variation’, rather than the presence of individual mutations. In adult cancers, the tumour cells are more genetically variable than healthy cells. When a can

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-identifying-most-aggressive-childhood-cancers - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Government has appointed Erik Renström as the vice-chancellor of Lund University for the term of office 2021–2026. Renström, a physician and professor of experimental endocrinology, has extensive academic experience. He is currently the dean of Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine. “It feels very exciting and a l

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erik-renstrom-be-vice-chancellor-lund-university - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hospitals should design premises and adapt their infection control routines to a society that no longer has effective antibiotics, and that is vulnerable to fast-spreading global pandemics. This is argued in a new dissertation from Lund University in Sweden. “Many hospitals in Sweden and the world are becoming old and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hospital-design-and-innovative-cleaning-can-protect-patients-resistant-bacteria - 2026-05-23

Susanne Schötz, Associate Professor in Phonetics at Lund University, was awarded the Ig Nobel prize in biology last week, with the motivation: "Susanne Schötz, Robert Eklund, and Joost van de Weijer, for analyzing variations in purring, chirping, chattering, trilling, tweedling, murmuring, meowing, moaning, squeaking, hissing, yowling, howling, growling, and other modes of cat–human communication.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/i-hope-ig-nobel-helps-spur-peoples-interest-science - 2026-05-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Compared with other migratory birds, the common swift follows a very unusual pattern when it migrates from the breeding areas in Europe to its wintering locations south of the Sahara. This is what researchers have observed in a major eleven-year international study of the birds. “Our study is very significant for unde

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rare-pattern-observed-migrating-common-swifts - 2026-05-23