Published 6 April 2017 Scientists at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new understanding of how the first blood cells form during human development as they transition from endothelial cells to form blood cells of different types. Using a laboratory model of human stem cell development and by looking at the expression of blood cell and endothelial cell genes in each individual cell, they f

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Published 15 June 2017 Researchers have identified an antioxidant – richly occurring in broccoli – as a new antidiabetic substance. A patient study shows significantly lower blood sugar levels in participants who ate broccoli extract with high levels of sulforaphane. “There are strong indications that this can become a valuable supplement to existing medication,” says Anders Rosengren, Docent in M

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/broccoli-focus-when-new-substance-against-diabetes-has-been-identified - 2025-08-15

By Pia [dot] romare [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Pia Romare) - published 23 August 2018 How did we end up here? What do we do to get out of it? In climate research, it is important to understand how the world works if we are to change our behaviour and prevent future catastrophes. Researchers use mathematical formulas to try and visualise reality, in order to find out what changes we need to make.

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Published 30 May 2018 The EU biofuel regulation does not guarantee a reduced climate impact – nor does it address the core issue of substantially reducing transport emissions, according to a new doctoral thesis from Lund University in Sweden. “On a smaller scale, biofuels can be a good alternative for public transport, but we cannot solve the climate issue by simply replacing fossil fuels with bio

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eu-biofuel-regulation-not-sustainable-long-term - 2025-08-15

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 9 December 2020 Dolphins use these sounds and echoes to navigate and locate their food, but also for their social contacts. So far, the way dolphins navigate, find food and socialise using sound signals has baffled researchers. Josefin Starkhammar, senior lecturer at the Division for Biomedical Engineering, together

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Published 31 January 2024 Photo: Kennet Ruona During a French state visit to Sweden, President Emmanuel Macron visited Lund University on Wednesday, where he spoke directly with students at Studentafton. The President addressed challenges, possibilities and the future of the European cooperation. It was a long wait for vice-Chancellor Erik Renström and the audience inside the main University build

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Published 14 January 2019 Marianne Bertrand Professor Marianne Bertrand at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business is the first recipient of the Jan Söderberg Family Prize in Economics and Management. Professor Bertrand will receive the prize and hold a lecture on 12 March in Lund, Sweden. “Marianne Bertrand is one of the world’s most prominent applied micro-economists,” says Fredrik An

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/economist-focus-inequality-receives-new-swedish-prize-economics-and-management - 2025-08-15

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 23 August 2018 I-Ju Chen, Yang Chen and Xulu Zeng are all on the track to find better ways of harvesting sunlight using solar cells made of nanowires. Photo: Kennet Ruona Increased use of solar cells in the future requires higher efficiency and lower production costs. Innovative research from the interdisciplinary ce

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Published 17 December 2014 Nearly two out of three countries in the world now participate in a new kind of “virtual land trade”, where not only the goods produced but land ownership itself is traded internationally, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden.   WATCH: Two thirds of world’s countries now part of global land trade This phenomenon of large-scale global land acquisitions is r

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By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 28 August 2023 Using new 3D technology, models of the objects are made and placed in the underwater positions where they are found. It helps Paola Derudas to reflect and test her hypothesis. The screen shows Gribshunden that sank in 1495. Photo: Bodil Malmström In the past, it has been common practice to perform anal

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Published 13 December 2017 Mulatu Biru Shargie The social stigma surrounding HIV is still strong in many parts of the world. Children living with HIV in Ethiopia are at high risk of receiving inadequate treatment – or no treatment at all – on account of deeply rooted prejudice. The most considerable risk can be found among very small children, who do not receive proper treatment right away. Ethiop

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By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 July 2023 Man dances with woman. Photo: Maskot/TT. Despite a widespread and outdated view of older people, and an abundance of stereotypes, awareness of what is known as ageism is limited. A new short guide gives tips for how you can use your communication to counter discrimination against older people. The World He

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Published 23 February 2018 Birgitta Svenningsson and Paul Miller with their collegues at MERGE combine experimental data from local-level studies with advanced ESMs, thereby improving the ability to predict the climate for larger areas in the next 100 years. The climate issue is one of the biggest global societal challenges of our time. Research on where the climate is heading is an important part

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/climate-models-point-way-towards-future - 2025-08-15

By johan [dot] nyman [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Nyman) - published 21 May 2025 Archaeologist Greer Jarrett at Lund University in Sweden has been sailing in the footsteps of Vikings for three years. He can now show that the Vikings sailed farther away from Scandinavia, and took routes farther from land, than was previously believed to have been possible. In his latest study, he has

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Published 29 March 2023 Timothée Parrique (Johan Persson) 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 ye

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Published 6 October 2014 By studying identical twins, researchers from Lund University in Sweden have identified mechanisms that could be behind the development of type 2 diabetes. This may explain cases where one identical twin develops type 2 diabetes while the other remains healthy. The study involved 14 pairs of identical twins in Sweden and Denmark. One twin had type 2 diabetes and the other

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Published 16 December 2020 Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have recorded coughs resolved at high temporal resolution - 8,000 images per second - and high detection sensitivity, using laser light scattering. This enabled them to count the number of droplets as well as measure their speed with high accuracy. The preliminary results show that only 15% of droplets pass through a low-cost surg

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-85-cough-droplets-blocked-surgical-mask-experiment-shows - 2025-08-15

Published 23 February 2024 Lina Eklund is one of the researchers in the international team working to analyse satellite images of the destruction of Gaza. Physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images. Her analyses could be significant if, once the fighting between Israel and Hamas is over, questions of possible war crimes are raised at the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-space - 2025-08-15

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 5 November 2024 “Our goal is to make advances in stem cell therapy by modifying and adapting cells to the patient’s needs", explains Malin Parmar. Photo: Tove Smeds Malin Parmar, professor of cellular neuroscience, along with three researchers in Italy and Denmark, has been awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant worth EUR 1

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-synergy-grant-awarded-development-custom-made-stem-cell-therapies - 2025-08-15

Published 14 April 2014 Paying for a coffee or lunch by simply scanning your palm still sounds like science fiction to most of us. However, an engineering student at Lund University in Sweden has made it happen - making his the first known company in the world to install the vein scanning technique in stores and coffee shops. WATCH VIDEOFredrik Leifland got the idea for his start-up two years ago

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/buy-lunch-pay-your-hand - 2025-08-15