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Biologists at Lund University in Sweden are now able to show that the receptors enabling the primitive moth species, Eriocrania semipurpurella, find an individual of the opposite sex, probably evolved from receptors which help the moth perceive the fragrances of plants. “Love is in the air” is a known expression. And it’s true, at least for moths. The female emits sex pheromones into the air to at

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/plant-odourant-detection-sex-pheromone-communication - 2025-12-19

Brain research is constantly taking new steps forward and currently permeates large parts of the University. Brain research is in a phase of rapid development, not least thanks to the continuous emergence of new technology. During the Science Week The Amazing Brain from 4 to 10 September (link to programme on lunduniversity.lu.se), Lund University will invite the public on an exciting trip into ou

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dizzying-dive-human-brain - 2025-12-19

During Lund University’s 350th anniversary year, the whole of the King’s House will be open to the public for the first time. Starting on 6 September, the art exhibition On the Thresholds of Knowledge will display thirteen works by international and local artists throughout the building. The 16th century edifice is one of the oldest in Lund and housed the University for many years. Through the cen

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/thresholds-knowledge-jubilee-art-exhibition-kings-house-lund - 2025-12-19

Copying the behaviour of others makes us effective learners and allow skills, knowledge and inventions to be passed on from one generation to the next. Imitation is therefore viewed as the key cognitive ability that enabled human culture to grow and create such things as language, technology, art and science. Decades of research has shown that apes, in spite of their proverbial aping abilities, ar

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/both-chimpanzees-and-humans-spontaneously-imitate-each-others-actions - 2025-12-19

Alzheimer’s disease can lead to several widely divergent symptoms and, so far, its various expressions have mainly been observed through the behaviour and actions of patients. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now produced images showing the changes in the brain associated with these symptoms – a development which increases knowledge and could facilitate future diagnostics and treatmen

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-possibility-studying-how-alzheimers-disease-affects-brain-different-ages - 2025-12-19

It began with the inkjet printers in the 1950s but is now rapidly developing in the medical technology industry. It's about the art of controlling and influencing extremely narrow fluid flow, also known as microfluidics, which will lead to more detailed information about our health. An international conference on the subject in Lund will be held on 5-6 September. Microfluidics is a fast-growing re

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/conference-faster-test-response-popular-and-flowing-technology - 2025-12-19

Researchers have now succeeded in formulating a mathematical result that provides an exact answer to the question of how chaos actually behaves. The researchers have analysed chaotic states at the atomic level. What does chaos look like in the smallest of worlds that we can imagine – inside atoms? The world in there behaves a lot differently to the world that we experience; the protons and neutron

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/equation-reveals-characteristics-quantum-chaos - 2025-12-19

Lund University has climbed from #96 to #93 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018. The annual ranking lists the top 1 102 institutions out of the approximately 17 000 internationally recognised universities worldwide. This places Lund in the top 0,5% of the world’s universities.The ranking takes five areas into consideration: teaching, research, citations, international outl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-world-top-100-latest-ranking - 2025-12-19

Lund University invites you to a packed culture week between 11 and 17 September, when the King’s House will take centre stage with a new exhibition and guided tours. The University’s historical documents and papers will be displayed at Arkivcentrum Syd with an opportunity to hear about the University’s 350-year history. The week will conclude with a big party for University staff and students in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/culture-week-offers-art-exhibitions-and-cultural-experiences-whole-family - 2025-12-19

City life is tough for young birds. But if they survive their first year, they are less susceptible to the effects of stress, according to research from Lund University in Sweden. Life in a city constitutes both a threat and an opportunity for wild animals. Researchers at Lund University have now tackled this contradictory state in urban environments. They studied young and adult great tits in Mal

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/young-birds-suffer-city - 2025-12-19

In a new study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers investigated the risk factors for blood clots, i.e. venous thromboembolism (VTE). The results show a strong correlation between height and VTE risk for both women and men. The risk increases with height. Tall people have a higher hydrostatic pressure in the body, i.e. pressure from blood and other fluids, compared to shorter people, which

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/correlation-between-height-and-risk-thrombosis - 2025-12-19

Carbon offsetting can be strongly questioned as an environmental strategy, due to major challenges in reconciling climate benefits with local needs, participation and development. This is the view taken by researchers from Lund University in Sweden, who studied a tree-planting project in Uganda, through which a number of Swedish companies carbon offset their activities. Carbon offsetting is an env

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/planting-trees-africa-dubious-environmental-strategy-study - 2025-12-19

A new method in heart transplantation makes it possible to preserve the heart from a donor for a significantly longer time period than was previously possible. A first human operation was conducted at Skåne University Hospital in Sweden last week. With the new storage method, a mini heart-lung machine supplies the donor heart with vital substances in an oxygenated solution during the transportatio

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/groundbreaking-method-extends-time-frame-when-heart-transplant-possible - 2025-12-19

Physical aggression among people with dementia is not unusual. A study from Lund University in Sweden showed that one-third of patients with the diagnosis Alzheimer’s disease or frontotemporal dementia were physically aggressive towards healthcare staff, other patients, relatives, animals and complete strangers. This manifestation of disease must be both understood and addressed in the right way.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/differences-aggression-among-people-dementia - 2025-12-19

Oskar Hansson is professor of neurology at Lund University and us author of one of the most cited articles in geriatrics in the last 10 years, the The list of “Classic Papers” was produced by Google Scholar. The article, which was published in Lancet Neurology in 2006, came in fourth with nearly 1,400 citations. It is also among the 5–6 most cited Lancet Neurology articles of all time. What is the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/congratulations-oskar-hansson-author-one-most-cited-articles-geriatrics-last-10-years - 2025-12-19

With the help of an artist, a geology professor at Lund University in Sweden has figuratively speaking breathed life into one of science’s most well-known fossil species; Agnostus pisiformis. The trilobite-like arthropod lived in huge numbers in Scandinavia a half-billion years ago. Today, this extinct species provides important clues for science in several ways. Despite its small size, Agnostus p

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/celebrity-fossil-reveals-all-science - 2025-12-19

Hospitals should design premises and adapt their infection control routines to a society that no longer has effective antibiotics, and that is vulnerable to fast-spreading global pandemics. This is argued in a new dissertation from Lund University in Sweden. “Many hospitals in Sweden and the world are becoming old and worn out. Therefore, we now have the chance to build properly from an infection

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hospital-design-and-innovative-cleaning-can-protect-patients-resistant-bacteria - 2025-12-19

People who participated in the Women’s March in Washington DC in January 2017 were motivated by a range of diverse issues that cut across race, gender, and sexuality but shared similar educational backgrounds, a new study finds. It was led by researcher Dana R. Fisher, a Professor at the University of Maryland, and currently a visiting guest professor at Lund University in Sweden. During the march

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/womens-march-mobilised-people-diverse-interests-study - 2025-12-19

A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that plastic particles in water may end up inside fish brains. The plastic can cause brain damage, which is the likely cause of behavioural disorders observed in the fish. Calculations have shown that 10 per cent of all plastic produced around the world ultimately ends up in the oceans. As a result, a large majority of global marine debris is in fac

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/brain-damage-fish-affected-plastic-nanoparticles - 2025-12-19

The Fernström Foundation’s Grand Nordic Prize – one of the largest medical research prizes in Scandinavia – goes this year to the stem cell researcher, Jonas Frisén. His research concerns stem cells, primarily how they are transformed and renewed in mature organs. Jonas Frisén, professor at the Karolinska Institute, has been awarded the 2017 Grand Nordic Prize by the Eric K. Fernström Foundation.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stem-cell-researcher-wins-prestigious-prize - 2025-12-19