Published 15 July 2020 Carl Borrebaeck (Photo: Apelöga) A new way of identifying cancer biomarkers has been developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The new technology allows very sensitive, quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers. The research is published in Nature Communications Biology. Today, every third person will get cancer in their lifetime, and the curr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/novel-biomarker-technology-cancer-diagnostics - 2025-07-05

Published 15 July 2020 Illustration of the pH-responsive mesoporous silica nanoparticles designed to specifically target lung cancer A new and promising approach for treatment of lung cancer has been developed by researchers at Lund University. The treatment combines a novel surgical approach with smart nanoparticles to specifically target lung tumors. The new study has been published in the July

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-promising-treatment-uses-smart-nanoparticles-target-lung-cancer - 2025-07-05

Published 15 July 2020 Photo: Mostphotos The global coronavirus pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard worldwide. Not only that, but it has exposed a lack of resilience to any type of downturn, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. While the virus may or may not be temporary, the climate crisis is here to stay - and tourism will have to adapt, says Stefan Gössling, professo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-covid-19-can-teach-tourism-about-climate-crisis - 2025-07-05

Published 24 July 2020 Alex Evilevitch (Photo: Tove Smeds) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new method to treat human herpes viruses. The new broad-spectrum method targets physical properties in the genome of the virus rather than viral proteins, which have previously been targeted. The treatment consists of new molecules that penetrate the protein shell of the virus and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/antiviral-method-against-herpes-paves-way-combatting-incurable-viral-infections - 2025-07-05

Published 28 July 2020 Photo: Mostphotos A new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease and in persons at known genetic risk may be able to detect the disease as early as 20 years before the onset of cognitive impairment, according to a large international study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Associati

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-blood-test-shows-great-promise-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2025-07-05

Published 29 July 2020 Image of corona from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory showing features created by magnetic fields. Image credit: NASA Extensive power outages and satellite blackouts that affect air travel and the internet are some of the potential consequences of massive solar storms. These storms are believed to be caused by the release of enormous amounts of stored magnetic energy due to

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-method-predicting-solar-storms - 2025-07-05

Published 12 August 2020 Image: ESO The question of how small, dwarf galaxies have sustained the formation of new stars over the course of the Universe has long confounded the world’s astronomers. An international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has found that dormant small galaxies can slowly accumulate gas over many billions of years. When this gas suddenly collapses under its own

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-stars-form-smallest-galaxies - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

Published 13 August 2020 Nils Wierup and Peter Spégel (Photo: Sara Liedholm) In many studies, bariatric surgery has been highlighted as an almost magical method for weight loss and reversing type 2 diabetes. One question that has remained largely unanswered is how the effect of surgery differs from the effects of a strict low-calorie diet. This question has now been examined by researchers at Lund

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/strict-diet-explains-metabolic-effect-gastric-bypass-surgery - 2025-07-05

Published 17 August 2020 Photo: Mostphotos Osteoarthritis treatment conducted digitally via an app costs around 25% of what conventional care costs, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden published in the research journal PLOS ONE. The researchers have previously shown that osteoarthritis patients were able to halve their pain in just 6 months, using an app to track simple, daily exer

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/major-savings-possible-app-based-osteoarthritis-treatment - 2025-07-05

Published 17 August 2020 Wuqing Huang and Jianguang Ji A new study from Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden indicates that potency-enhancing PDE5 inhibitor drugs have an anti-cancer potential with the ability to improve the prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer. PDE5 inhibitors include a few approved drugs in which sildenafil (Viagra) is the most well-known. The article is published

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/potency-enhancing-drugs-linked-decreased-risks-men-colorectal-cancer - 2025-07-05

Published 19 August 2020 The extremely well-preserved genome from Winstrup’s mummy was a key element in the study (Photo: Gunnar Menander) A genetic study of small calcifications found in the lungs of the Lund 17th century bishop Peder Winstrup shows that tuberculosis is no older than about 6 000 years, as opposed to 70 000 years old as previously thought. The extremely well-preserved genome from

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mummified-bishop-rewrites-history-tuberculosis - 2025-07-05

Published 24 August 2020 Photo: Unsplash A unique study has analyzed in detail how EU agricultural subsidies flow down to the local level. The new data show that most income support payments go to intensively farmed regions already above median EU income, while climate-friendly and biodiverse farming regions, as well as poorer regions, are insufficiently funded. Consequently, the majority of payme

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/revealed-how-billions-eu-farming-subsidies-are-being-misspent - 2025-07-05

Published 24 August 2020 Photo: Unsplash When algae and bacteria with different swimming gaits gather in large groups, their flocking behaviour diminishes, something that may reduce the risk of falling victim to aquatic predators. This finding is presented in an international study led from Lund University in Sweden. When algae and bacteria with different swimming gaits gather in large groups, the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/less-flocking-behaviour-among-microorganisms-reduces-risk-being-eaten - 2025-07-05

Published 25 August 2020 Image: Jorchr, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia Population density, and not the proportion of green spaces, has the biggest impact on species richness of pollinators in residential areas. This is the result of a study from Lund University in Sweden of gardens and residential courtyards in and around Malmö, Sweden. The result surprised the researchers, who had expected that the vege

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/high-human-population-density-negative-pollinators - 2025-07-05

Published 16 October 2019 Gabriel Norevik with a nightjar (Photo: Aron Hejdström) A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the presence or absence of moonlight has a considerable bearing on when migratory birds take flight in the autumn. Together with colleagues at the Department of Biology at Lund University, Gabriel Norevik studied European nightjars (Caprimulgus europaeus) and how

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/moon-determines-when-migratory-birds-head-south - 2025-07-05

Published 17 October 2019 Martin Leijnse (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Martin Leijnse, researcher in solid state physics at Lund University in Sweden, has received a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) synergy grant worth EUR 1.5 million. He shares the total grant amount of EUR 10 million with three researchers from the University of Copenhagen. The four researchers have worked together previously

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/erc-grant-research-unusual-quantum-state - 2025-07-05

Published 23 October 2019 Photo: Mostphotos The jet-setting habits of Bill Gates and Paris Hilton mean that they produce an astonishing 10,000 times more carbon emissions from flying than the average person. This was the conclusion of my research mining their social media accounts (tweets, Instagram and Facebook posts) as well as those of a number of other celebrities for clues as to where they we

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/these-celebrities-cause-10000-times-more-carbon-emissions-flying-average-person - 2025-07-05

Published 28 October 2019 Photo: Mostphotos International sustainability policies set out clear goals for protecting ecosystems and biodiversity, but how to actually achieve these goals remains elusive in practice, as biodiversity loss continues at an alarming rate. A new study published in the journal Nature Sustainability by an international team of 32 scientists identifies key knowledge gaps th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/clear-goals-murky-path-ecosystem-sustainability-key-knowledge-gaps-identified - 2025-07-05

Published 29 October 2019 Olivier Van Aken (Photo: Johan Joelsson) An international study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden and The University of Western Australia shows that the pressure from water droplets on a leaf surface triggers stress hormones like jasmonic acid. These cellular changes become apparent very quickly and can could make plants better equipped to withstand disease

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/impact-water-droplets-leaves-quickly-triggers-stress-responses-plants - 2025-07-05