Published 23 March 2022 Illustration of a white dwarf ( Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, and G. Bacon (STScI) White dwarfs were once normal stars similar to the Sun but then collapsed after exhausting all their fuel. These interstellar remnants have historically been difficult to study. However, a recent study from Lund University in Sweden reveals new information about the movement patterns of these puzz

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-map-movement-white-dwarfs-milky-way - 2025-08-01

Published 16 December 2019 Illustration: Mostphotos Despite creative efforts to tackle it, belief in conspiracy theories, alternative facts and fake news show no sign of abating. This is clearly a huge problem, as seen when it comes to climate change, vaccines and expertise in general – with anti-scientific attitudes increasingly influencing politics. So why can’t we stop such views from spreading

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/conspiracy-theories-how-belief-rooted-evolution-not-ignorance - 2025-08-01

Published 19 March 2020 The University’s main priority in these difficult times is the safety and well-being of our students, our staff and the community around us. As a centre of education and research in Sweden for more than 350 years, the University has stood through many major events in world history and by working together in solidarity, we will endure through these challenging times as well.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-coronavirus-covid-19 - 2025-08-01

Published 26 September 2019 Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman and Yahia Al-Jebari (Photo: Tove Gilvad) In a new national register study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have studied the link between prostate cancer and infertility. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, includes over one million Swedish men. “Men who seek health care for infertility and assisted reproduction were

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/link-between-assisted-reproduction-and-risk-prostate-cancer - 2025-08-01

Published 13 December 2017 New approach to resistant bacteria. “The aim is for this patented protein to be usable as an anti-bacterial treatment, when ordinary antibiotics don’t work”, says David Ermert, one of the researchers behind the study. As resistance to existing antibiotics increases, new approaches to serious bacterial infections are needed. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden, t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/specially-designed-protein-fights-several-species-bacteria - 2025-08-01

Published 16 December 2022 Erik Renström Southern Scandinavia and Northern Germany form a leading life science region with unique research infrastructures that can help transform research into innovation. There is especially a large unused potential for industrial and clinical researchers to use these unique facilities. The HALRIC consortium led by Lund University has now received EU funding to bu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/11-million-euros-life-science-research-and-innovation-infrastructure-synergies-northern-europe - 2025-08-01

Published 13 March 2023 Illustration: Linnéa Haviland Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have discovered higher levels of immune proteins in the blood before and after an epileptic seizure. The possible biomarkers can be identified using a simple blood test. Diagnosing epilepsy is currently resource intensive, and distinguishing it from other conditions can be challenging. Better diagnosti

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/epilepsy-could-become-easier-pinpoint-blood-test - 2025-08-01

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 22 December 2022 Nanotubes act like a Velcro strip to which the blood stem cell sticks. Photo: Martin Hjort. Stem cells from umbilical cords in Skåne are improved with nanotubes. By cross-pollinating nanotechnology with stem cell biology, researchers are creating gentle methods to ensure that more cells perform better

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/kind-methods-mean-happy-cells - 2025-08-01

Published 5 December 2014 Lund University has entered into a new agreement with the Mexican Government’s Fund for Human Resource Development (FIDERH), which will allow Mexican students to access a Lund University partial scholarship. The Mexican Government’s Fund for Human Resource Development (FIDERH) is a federal trust managed by the Central Bank of Mexico, which has financed graduate studies fo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-funding-options-mexican-students - 2025-08-01

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

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sunhunters-knowledge-collect-light - 2025-08-01

Published 17 April 2015 NASA/JPL-Caltech Researchers can now explain how asteroids are formed. According to a new study led by Lund University in Sweden, our own planet also has its origins in the same process, a cosmic ocean of millimetre-sized particles that orbited the young sun. WATCH VIDEO STORYFragments of asteroids regularly land on Earth as meteorites. If you examine such a find, you can s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-millimetre-sized-stones-formed-our-planet - 2025-08-01

Published 10 November 2023 Photo: Kennet Ruona Six of the most innovative ideas and projects currently within Lund University were spotlighted at the Future Innovations Award, held on November 7th. The contributors shared a total of SEK 500,000 when Lund University's and Sparbanken Skåne's Future Innovations Award was given out. The winning ideas included an energy storage system that makes use of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/most-innovative-lund-university-receive-awards - 2025-08-01

Published 21 January 2016 A special type of sperm analysis can help guide which fertility treatment - ICSI or IVF - involuntary childless couples should undertake for more successful results. in the picture: the ICSI-method where one viable sperm is chosen to fertilize the egg. New research findings from Lund University, Sweden show that a simple analysis of chromosomal breaks in sperms can help g

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/extra-sperm-analysis-could-help-involuntary-childless-couples - 2025-08-01

Published 12 August 2020 A new COVID-19 antibody test developed by scientists at Lund University in Sweden has shown robust performance upon clinical validation and application. The test detects antibodies in the blood targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, and determines in just 15 minutes whether a person has had COVID-19, regardless of whether they have had any symptoms. “Unlike other serol

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-rapid-and-robust-covid-19-antibody-test-developed - 2025-08-01

Published 9 March 2023 Saffron found on Gribshunden (Photo: Mikael Larsson) Marine archaeologists from Lund University in Sweden have found exotic spices such as black pepper, cloves, ginger and saffron on the royal warship Gribshunden, that belonged to the Danish King Hans. The shipwreck is located on the sea floor off the southern coast of Sweden. The findings provide a fascinating insight into

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-spices-found-500-year-old-medieval-shipwreck - 2025-08-01

Published 10 December 2024 Lund University continues its climb towards the top of the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which ranks sustainable development at universities around the world. The University is now ranked 3rd in the world out of approximately 1,750 ranked universities. This places the University second in Europe, and number one in Sweden. QS World University Rankings: Sus

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-third-world-qs-sustainability-ranking - 2025-08-01

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 21 November 2022 What happened to the generation that experienced the Jasmin revolution in Tunisia as young? How are their views different from those who were only small children and do not remember the expectations of more freedom and bread? Studies in focus groups representing both Generation Z and Millennials in the r

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/young-tunisia-value-democracy-choose-otherwise - 2025-08-01

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.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mathematic-visualize-climate-changes - 2025-08-01

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

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/where-does-your-blood-actually-come - 2025-08-01

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 - 2025-08-01