Published 12 June 2018 Diadema africanum (Photo: José Carlos Hernández) Sea urchins lack eyes, but can see with their tentacle-like tube feet instead, previous research has indicated. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have tested their vision in a new study, and shown that while sea urchins have fairly low resolution vision - it is good enough to fulfil their basic needs. “Sea urchins

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sea-urchins-see-their-feet - 2025-08-13

Published 14 June 2018 Bombardier beetle (Photo: Swedish Biomimetics 3000) Researchers at Lund University Sweden working in collaboration with Swedish Biomimetics 3000 have developed a new technique that more efficiently removes harmful oxides of nitrogen, NOx, from the exhaust of diesel engines. The new technology applies a more efficient injector into existing emission control systems currently

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/insect-phenomenon-inspires-new-clean-diesel-technology - 2025-08-13

Published 20 June 2018 Carbonised germinated grains found at Uppåkra, Sweden (Photo: Mikael Larsson) Archaeologists at Lund University in Sweden have found carbonised germinated grains showing that malt was produced for beer brewing as early as the Iron Age in the Nordic region. The findings made in Uppåkra in southern Sweden indicate a large-scale production of beer, possibly for feasting and tra

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/swedes-have-been-brewing-beer-iron-age-new-evidence-confirms - 2025-08-13

Published 20 June 2018 Both Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degrees at the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University have been labelled as “success stories” by the European Commission. The Master’s programme in Fire Safety Engineering (IMFSE) already received this label of quality last summer and the Master’s in Food Innovation and Product Design (FIPDes) recently received the same distinction from

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/two-joint-masters-programmes-engineering-are-labelled-success-stories - 2025-08-13

Published 21 June 2018 Bogong moth A major international study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden has proven for the first time that certain nocturnally migrating insects can explore and navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field. Until now, the ability to steer flight using an internal magnetic compass was only known in nocturnally migrating birds. WATCH: The incredible journey of t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-insects-also-migrate-using-earths-magnetic-field - 2025-08-13

Published 25 June 2018 The study provides a clearer idea of how molecules of this type, known as ion transporters, reduce the percentage of cancer stem cells in a cell population. A team of researchers at Lund University in Sweden has developed a fluorescent variant of a molecule that inhibits cancer stem cells. Capturing images of when the molecule enters a cell has enabled the researchers, using

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fluorescent-molecules-reveal-how-cancer-stem-cells-are-selectively-inhibited - 2025-08-13

Published 26 June 2018 Jan and Åsa Söderberg (Photo: Håkan Röjder) A prize worth SEK 1 million for outstanding and groundbreaking research, and a full day dedicated to popular science and interdisciplinary lectures in economics. This is the result of the generous donation from the Jan and Åsa Söderberg family to the School of Economics and Management at Lund University, Sweden. “For several years,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-international-prize-lund-university-school-economics-and-management - 2025-08-13

Published 6 July 2018 Barrels used in the experiment (Photo: Gábor Horváth) Susanne Åkesson, a biologist at Lund University in Sweden, refutes the theory that zebras have striped fur to stay cool in the hot sun. That hypothesis is wrong, she and her colleagues show in a study recently published in Scientific Reports. There has been an ongoing discussion among researchers, dating back to Darwin, on

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stripes-may-be-cool-they-dont-cool-zebras-down - 2025-08-13

Published 12 July 2018 Magnus Lindgren, District physician and researcher at the Centre for Primary Healthcare Research, Lund University/Region Skåne Heart failure is known to be more common in certain families but whether this familial transition is caused by genetic or lifestyle factors. By studying adoptees in relation to both their biological parents and adoptive parents, a new population stud

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-highlights-genetic-risk-heart-failure - 2025-08-13

Published 12 July 2018 Rick Kapur, John W. Semple and Johan Rebetz (Photo: Tove Smeds) Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased in recent years. A study conducted at Lund University in Sweden is now published in one of the leading haematology journals, Blood Advances, and reveals a previously unknown link be

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gastrointestinal-flora-culprit-severe-lung-damage-after-blood-transfusion - 2025-08-13

Published 16 July 2018 Martin L Olsson (Photo: Apelöga) Ever since the blood type was discovered in 1962, no one has been able to explain why some people become Xga positive while others are Xga negative. But now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have finally solved the mystery, and their study is being published in the scientific journal Blood. In case of a blood transfusion, it is import

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-crack-code-final-blood-group-system - 2025-08-13

Published 18 July 2018 Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best, according to a comprehensive review study from Lund University in Sweden. The researchers looked at thousands of scientific studies, and found that around 30% of cited studies were clustered around only two research stations in the vast Arctic region. The Arctic i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-lack-vital-knowledge-rapid-arctic-climate-change - 2025-08-13

Published 30 July 2018 Great tit (Photo: Johan Nilsson) Biologists at Lund University in Sweden have in a recent study shown that the great tit, a common European songbird, has a tremendous capacity for self-control. Up to now, such impulse control has been primarily associated with larger cognitively advanced animals with far larger brains than the great tit. According to the new results, the gre

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/great-tit-birds-have-much-impulse-control-chimpanzees - 2025-08-13

Publicerad 15 januari 2014 Hur stort får avståndet vara mellan vad som verkar rimligt för vanligt folk och vad domstolarna dömer frågar sig Håkan Hydén, professor i rättssociologi. "Men det är något med den gängse synen på juridiken som gör att den inte tål ifrågasättanden. Den tycks av rädsla för demokratisk dialog försöka bygga sin legitimitet - acceptans bland människor - på att framställa sig

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/nar-sanningen-inte-raknas - 2025-08-13

Publicerad 11 december 2013 Det finns en ovilja hos åklagare och domare att sätta rättsliga prövningar i sitt sammanhang, säger Lena Svenaeus, f d jämställdhetsombudsman, generaldirektör och nu doktorand i rättssociologi och Håkan Hydén, professor i rättssociologi vid Lunds universitet. Jurister har i sin utbildning inte fått några verktyg för att kritiskt bedöma experters sakkunskap när denna anv

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/kritisk-debatt-om-kunskapsnivaer-i-domstol - 2025-08-13

Publicerad 16 januari 2014 Franska och amerikanska fildelares användning av språk jämförs i en studie av rättssociologen Stefan Larsson som nu publicerar en artikel i den franska tidskriften Lexis -E-Journal in English Lexicology. Med hjälp av data mining, en metod som hjälper forskare att hitta mönster i stora mängder data, har Stefan Larsson kunnat analysera svar från cirka 20 000 respondenter u

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/fildelare-paverkas-av-urgamla-traditioner - 2025-08-13

Publicerad 22 januari 2014 Under onsdagen samlades studenter och forskare för den första av terminens två Panoramadagar för studenter som läser rättssociologi inom kriminologiprogrammet eller som fristående kurs. Tanken med Panoramadagarna är att informera om institutionens många rättssociologiska forskningsprojekt samt erbjuda inspiration till kommande uppsatsskrivande i ämnet. Då det var dags fö

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/panorama-pa-rattssociologi-visar-bredden - 2025-08-13

Publicerad 29 januari 2014 Den prestigefulla internationella tidskriften Law & Society Review publicerar Lundarättssociologen Stefan Larssons artikel om hur digital upphovsrättslig utveckling kan förklaras med hjälp av kognitiv teori i kombination med mer klassisk rättssociologisk teoribildning. Artikeln förklarar bland annat hur upphovsrättslig reglering i det digitala har fått delar av sin styrk

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/upphovsrattslig-utveckling-i-det-digitala - 2025-08-13

Publicerad 5 mars 2014 I torsdags disputerade Melissa Hansen framgångsrikt med sin avhandling Struggles over Conservation Space. Avhandlingen diskuterar social rättvisa i naturskyddsområden i Sydafrika med fokus på statsmakten kontra det lokala området.Sedan tillkännagivandet av Wetland parken år 2000, har konflikter uppstått om stängsel, vilket lett till att lokalbefolkningen ignorerat regler för

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/social-rattvisa-i-naturskyddsomraden - 2025-08-13

Publicerad 6 mars 2014 Karnevalen i Rio de Janeiro inleddes i fredags och kriminaliteten och våldet har flyttats utanför staden till fattiga förorter där de inte utgör ett lika påtagligt och synligt problem inför Rio de Janeiros värdskap för VM 2014 och OS 2016. Men många anser att de beväpnade polisposteringarna utgör en ockupation av de fattiga kåkstäderna. Istället måste makthavarna arbeta för

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/kakstaders-utsatthet-i-karnevalens-skugga - 2025-08-13