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In 2022, Sweden became the first country in the world to allow body checking in women's ice hockey. Major hockey nations are now following Lund University's research on the consequences of tougher plays on the ice. A first study shows that almost nine out of ten players in the Swedish women's hockey league are in favour of body checking – regardless of their own size. “We found that interesting. T

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/swedish-female-ice-hockey-players-favour-body-checking - 2026-05-21

Even though childhood cancer is rare, it affects around 350 children and adolescents under the age of 18 each year in Sweden. That is almost one child every day. Due to improved treatment, 80 per cent of these children survive their cancer. Why do children develop cancer? That mystery has yet to be solved. Children suffer from other types of cancer than adults and the determining factor is the gen

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/high-survival-rate-after-childhood-cancer-what-cost - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. If you have ever sniffed yourself dizzy at a perfume counter, you have perhaps also come across claims that pH values, fragrance notes and pheromones affect the scent. Are these and other claims true? And what is it that actually makes us smell nice – or nasty? Chemistry Professor Ulf Ellervik separates the scents fro

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/facts-and-fallacies-about-perfumes-and-body-odours - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from institutions including Lund University have taken a step closer to producing solar fuel using artificial photosynthesis. In a new study, they have successfully tracked the electrons’ rapid transit through a light-converting molecule. The ultimate aim of the present study is to find a way to make fuel

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/supersonic-electrons-could-produce-future-solar-fuel - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden are testing a treatment for type 2 diabetes which targets the disease mechanism itself - and not just the symptoms. For the first time, knowledge about the individual patient’s genetic risk profile is being used. The treatment completely restores the capacity to secrete insulin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/personalised-treatment-stress-related-diabetes - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “I am so happy to be here”, says Alvina Erman, this evening’s perhaps newest alumnus. She completed her studies in Lund in Sweden last year and, together with her Canadian friend and former Lund student Jean-François Trinh Tan, she has come to attend Lund University’s very first alumni event in Washington DC. It is a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-holds-its-first-ever-alumni-event-washington-dc - 2026-05-21

By injecting a solution of nanoparticles around the heart, a temporary heart stimulator self-assembles, which can correct heart arrhythmia in emergency situations with the help of an external power source. After treatment, the electrode spontaneously disappears from the body. The study was conducted on animals. Arrhythmia occurs when there are disturbances in the heart’s electrical signals, causin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/injectable-heart-stimulator-emergency-situations-1 - 2026-05-21

The most important mineral in today's electric car batteries is lithium. China completely dominates the market, with no extraction taking place in Europe. However, a new study shows that there is great potential for European lithium production, which would bring improvements in competitiveness, the climate and security. The study also points out that there are complex international trade dependenc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-lithium-mines-could-cut-eu-imports-half - 2026-05-21

In the past, it has been common practice to perform analyses of archaeological sites after excavations have been completed and covered again with soil. But with the revolutionary development of digital technologies, we can now identify archaeological information that was previously invisible to the naked eye. “As I dig, I am also destroying. Archaeologists must document it before. But with 3D docu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/past-comes-alive-3d - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In order to drive a car, you need a good balance between accelerator and brake. The same applies to a part of the brain – the striatum - that controls our movements. Research at Lund University in Sweden has led to new findings on the interaction between the “accelerator” and the “brake” in the striatum. These finding

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/both-accelerator-and-brake-are-required-normal-movement - 2026-05-21

Mikael Akke, Göran Jönsson, Sara Linse and Mathieu Gisselbrecht of Lund University in Sweden have been awarded considerable grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Over a five-year period, they will conduct major projects on allosteric signalling, more effective immunotherapy, secretive helper proteins and quantum entanglement. Mikael Akke, professor of biophysical chemistry, receive

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lund-researchers-receive-sek-120-million-wallenberg-foundation - 2026-05-21

3D-mammography reduces the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period between routine screenings, when compared with traditional mammography, according to a large study from Lund University in Sweden. The results are published in the journal Radiology. “Our results indicate that 3D-mammography, or digital breast tomosynthesis, possibly detects cancers that would otherwise have been diag

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fewer-breast-cancer-cases-between-screening-rounds-3d-mammography - 2026-05-21

Sweden’s industry uses about one third of the country’s entire energy consumption. How can industry convert to a better considered and sustainable circular economy? Researchers at Lund University are working closely with companies to find smarter solutions that focus on improving sustainability in materials recycling. We would like to have an electric car, solar cells on our roof or the latest mod

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/recycling-alpha-and-omega-sustainable-circular-economy - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A risk assessment system developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows which patients, with a certain type of streptococcal bacteria in the blood, need to be examined for a heart valve infection – a serious condition requiring prolonged medical treatment. “Our assessment system can help reduce unnecessar

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-helps-rule-out-heart-valve-infection - 2026-05-21

Join us in highlighting World Water Day on 22 March 2016! World Water Day takes place on 22 March and is an international observance day as well as an opportunity to learn more about water-related issues. It dates back to 1993 and is coordinated by the United Nations. Each year holds a specific theme, related to a current or future challenge. This year’s theme is Better Water, Better Jobs, focusin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-highlights-world-water-day - 2026-05-21

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 - 2026-05-21

Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. A research group from Lund University has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear, using a spinal fluid test. The studies are published in Nature Medicine, where the researchers also demonstrate that reduced sense of smell is strongly linked to Lewy body disease even before ot

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lewy-body-disease-can-be-detected-symptoms - 2026-05-21

If we can understand how and why light and matter behave as they do, we are one step closer to solving some of the most fundamental problems in physics. Finding the answers to these questions drives Ville Maisi, Associate Professor of Solid States Physics at NanoLund. As long as he can remember he has been interested electric circuits and physics. With the support of a new ERC Consolidator Grant,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/understanding-behaviour-light-and-matter-key-future-technologies - 2026-05-21

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future. The findings are published in Nature Medicine. Approximately 20–30% of patients with Alzheimer's disease are wrongly diagnosed within specialist healthcare, and diagnostic work-up

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/simple-diagnostic-tool-predicts-individual-risk-alzheimers - 2026-05-21

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anne L'Huillier and Sara Snogerup Linse chair their respective Nobel Committees at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Anne for Physics and Sara for Chemistry. Both have worked extensively at Lund University and are among the few women who are, or have been, committee chairs. Here they talk about how the work proce

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/they-choose-years-nobel-prize-winners - 2026-05-21