Published 13 May 2016 A new experimental and clinical study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the sleep hormone melatonin impairs insulin secretion in people with a common gene variant. Photo: Agência Brasil Fotografias A new experimental and clinical study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the sleep hormone melatonin impairs insulin secretion in people with a common gene variant.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-explain-connection-between-melatonin-and-type-2-diabetes - 2025-06-09

Published 13 May 2016 The MAX IV Laboratory is being Inaugurated. Photo: ABML4/Felix Gerlach On 21 June, at 13:08:55, when the sun peaks in the sky, it is time for Sweden to inaugurate its biggest ever investment in national research infrastructure – MAX IV Laboratory in Lund. Journalists are very welcome during all parts of the inauguration week to get a unique peek into the laboratory and its re

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/press-invitation-inauguration-max-iv-laboratory-worlds-most-modern-synchrotron-facility-make - 2025-06-09

Published 13 May 2016 When the beetles dance on top of a ball of dung, they simultaneously take a photograph of how celestial bodies are positioned so that they know where to go. Photo: Basil el Jundi The discovery that dung beetles use the light of the Milky Way to navigate in the world has received much praise. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now taken a new step in understanding t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/when-dung-beetles-dance-they-photograph-firmament - 2025-06-09

Published 17 May 2016 New study indicates that changes to the arctic region, imposed by a changing and warming climate, may have inhibiting effect on global warming. Photo: J. Rousk Climate change creates more shrub vegetation in barren, arctic ecosystems. A study at Lund University in Sweden shows that organisms, such as bacteria and fungi, are triggered to break down particularly nutritious dead

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/increased-vegetation-arctic-region-may-counteract-global-warming - 2025-06-09

Published 17 May 2016 We should move towards sharing the city with the ecosystem and design for biodiversity. That is what land-sharing architecture is about, says Wictor Berg about his degree project at LTH. After creating space for biodiversity on street fronts, streets and roofs, it is time for architects and urban planners to utilise the space indoors to increase diversity among plant and anim

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/degree-project-contributes-debate-sustainable-construction-and-biodiversity - 2025-06-09

Published 17 May 2016 New findings could lead to cheaper and more environmentally friendly solar cells Researchers at Lund University have successfully explained how iron-based dyes work on a molecular level in solar cells. The new findings will accelerate the development of inexpensive and environmentally friendly solar cells. The goal is to be able to use iron-based dyes in solar cells in the fu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-solar-cells-future-could-be-based-iron-molecules - 2025-06-09

Published 17 May 2016 Researchers have developed a method to analyse and separate cells from the blood called "iso-acoustic focusing". Researchers at Lund University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States have developed a method to analyse and separate cells from the blood. Ultimately, the method, which goes under the name iso-acoustic focusing, can become significant t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-ultrasound-method-increases-awareness-about-cancer-cells - 2025-06-09

Published 23 May 2016 Study found that fish that ate the zooplankton Daphnia containing nanoplastics experienced a change in their predatory behaviour and poor appetite. Photo: Pixabay Plastic accounts for nearly eighty per cent of all waste found in our oceans, gradually breaking down into smaller and smaller particles. New research from Lund University investigates how nanosized plastic particle

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-finds-nanoplastics-negatively-affect-aquatic-animals - 2025-06-09

Published 24 May 2016 Stephanie Jenny Angerain receives the Global Swede 2016 award. Photo Karin Nylund Congratulations to Stephanie Jenny Angeraini, a student of the Energy-Efficient and Environmental Building Design Master’s programme at Lund University, who was awarded the title Global Swede at a ceremony at the Swedish Institute last week. Stephanie Jenny Angeraini, a student of the Energy-Eff

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lu-student-selected-global-swede-2016 - 2025-06-09

Published 25 May 2016 Rather than spreadable chocolate, future consumers will perhaps be spreading a bean-based paste on their toast. This is thanks to a group of innovative students in Food Technology at Lund University, who recently developed a bean paste called Le Cobean. Healthier, tastier and eco-friendly – these are some of the arguments supporting the bean-based spread. The students came up

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-masters-students-come-nutritious-chocolate-flavored-bean-spread - 2025-06-09

Published 26 May 2016 Photo: K. Gill Through a computer-simulated study, astronomers at Lund University in Sweden show that it is highly likely that the so-called Planet 9 is an exoplanet. This would make it the first exoplanet to be discovered inside our own solar system. The theory is that our sun, in its youth some 4.5 billion years ago, stole Planet 9 from its original star. Watch video of how

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-theft-behind-planet-9-our-solar-system - 2025-06-09

Published 2 June 2016 The cell images represent cancer cells where the cell nuclei are depicted in light blue and the fat droplets in red. Photo: Belting's Research Group It has been established that not all cancer cells are equally aggressive – most can be neutralised with radiation and chemotherapy. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered that some cancer cells can accumulat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cancer-cells-become-more-aggressive-fat-storage - 2025-06-09

By emma [dot] holm [at] education [dot] lu [dot] se (Emma Holm) - published 2 June 2016 In 2015, over one million people were forced to flee from war and persecution to seek asylum in Europe. More than 160,000 refugees, including over 70,000 children, applied for asylum in Sweden. To ensure that they receive a secure education and future in their new country, the Swedish school system needs to inv

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-arranges-courses-school-staff-new-arrival-reception - 2025-06-09

Published 3 June 2016 Photo: MostPhotos Eight days. That's how long it takes for skin cells to reprogram into red blood cells. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues at Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, have successfully identified the four genetic keys that unlock the genetic code of skin cells and reprogram them to start producing red blood cells instead.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/genetic-code-red-blood-cells-discovered - 2025-06-09

Published 29 October 2016 DNA and RNA molecules. Photo: MostPhotos Through a detailed study of leukaemia cells from more than 200 children, a research group at Lund University in Sweden has discovered two new types of childhood leukaemia. Using next-generation sequencing technology (NGS), the researchers were able to study the genome of cancer cells, which is how they discovered the new types of c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-types-blood-cancer-discovered-children - 2025-06-09

Published 9 June 2016 Researchers behind Nature article on energy policies argue energy independence will not be enough to save the climate. Photo: BrookHaven Nat. Lab Reducing energy imports and mitigating climate change are often portrayed as complementary. However, new research shows that while ambitious climate policies would lower energy imports, energy independence would not bring significan

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/energy-independence-will-not-bring-enough-climate-benefits-study - 2025-06-09

Published 14 June 2016 Researcher Agneta Mallén is studying how citizen journalism, where ordinary citizens document events, can in some cases lead to cyber bullying and viritual shaming. Photo: Wen Tong Neo Citizen journalism is often seen as more democratic form of journalism, where the public contributes to the reporting, analysis and dissemination of news. Sociologist and criminologist Agneta

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-how-citizen-journalism-can-lead-cyber-bullying - 2025-06-09

Published 16 June 2016 The MAX IV Laboratory will soon be Inaugurated! During the week of Midsummer, Sweden will inaugurate its largest investment in research ever made – MAX IV Laboratory. “It has been a long process and it feels amazing that all the electrons and light are now working”, says Pro Vice-Chancellor Stacey Ristinmaa Sörensen, responsible for the University’s infrastructure and Profes

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/getting-ready-inaugurate-swedens-largest-research-investment-max-iv - 2025-06-09

Published 16 June 2016 Scientists have identified a completely new type of meteorite. Photo: B. Schmitz Geologist Birger Schmitz from Lund University in Sweden has found the fossil of an extinct meteorite that collided with Earth about 470 million years ago. The finding is the first of its kind and of a type of meteorite that no longer falls on Earth. The discovery, which could lead to new knowled

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/extinct-meteorite-changes-our-understanding-solar-system - 2025-06-09

Published 16 June 2016 The Malmö Art Academy. Photo: Kennet Ruona In her own words, Dean of the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts Solfrid Söderlind writes about the future of the Malmö Art Academy. In the last few days there has been an intense debate in the media about the Art Academy, which has been described as threatened with shut-down due to an eviction notice from the city of Malmö on its

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/current-and-future-premises-malmo-art-academy - 2025-06-09