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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied how nanoplastic affects aquatic organisms in lakes and rivers. The results are surprising and the researchers are the first to show that some species are being wiped out, while others – such as cyanobacteria that contribute to algal blooms – are completely unaffected. Every year, the amount of plastic in the world’s oceans increases by between

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/grazing-zooplankton-severely-impacted-nanoplastic-particles - 2025-09-30

By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ivory trade routes of the Viking Age. They found that Norse Vikings and Arctic Indigenous peoples were probably meeting and trading ivory in remote parts of High Arctic Greenland, several centuries before Christopher Columbus “discovered” North America. The study is now publish

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/early-interactions-between-europeans-and-indigenous-north-americans-revealed - 2025-09-30

A year has passed since Anne L'Huillier became Lund University's first Nobel laureate. Since then, she has tried to use the attention to revive interest in research. But she has also had to come to terms with the oddity of becoming a science rock star asked for selfies all over town. I thought we would go back in time to the 3rd of October 2023. What do you remember most about that very special da

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/anne-lhuilliers-year-science-rockstar - 2025-09-30

Today, Times Higher Education (THE) published their latest ranking and Lund University has been ranked 95. This is an improvement of 11 places compared to last year. This means that Lund University has made strong progress in all three major rankings this year. “It’s easy to criticise rankings, but they aim to make sense of the complexity of what a university does and how we are working together t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-top-100-ranking - 2025-09-30

For the first time, researchers have linked specific frequent defects in sperm to risk of pregnancy complications and negative impacts on the health of the baby. The study from Lund University in Sweden shows that high proportion of father’s spermatozoa possessing DNA strand breaks is associated with doubled risk of preeclampsia in women who have become pregnant by IVF. It also increases the risk

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/defective-sperm-doubles-risk-preeclampsia - 2025-09-30

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered thirteen new species of extinct brittle stars on the island of Gotland, Sweden. The fossils were dug out of rocks from the Silurian Period (around 444 to 419 million years ago). The species have now been named after several famous hard rock musicians and bands. Ophiuroids are a group of echinoderms closely related to starfish. Their bodies c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/extinct-brittle-stars-named-after-death-metal-bands - 2025-09-30

Despite harsher sentences and increased resources for the criminal justice system, research shows nothing to indicate that this leads to reduced criminality. “We wanted to problematise the notion that punishment is the best option,” says Tova Bennet, researcher in Criminal Law at Lund University. Over the past 15 years, tougher sentencing has been a popular tool in Swedish law and order politics.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/research-offers-no-evidence-support-tougher-sentencing - 2025-09-30

Can AI think? The short answer is no, at least not in the way humans think. AI does not have incentives, opinions, or empathy. Even two-year-olds possess something that our artificial systems lack – the capacity to think in terms of cause and effect, according to Peter Gärdenfors, professor of Cognitive Science at Lund University. Since ChatGPT was introduced to great fanfare in 2022, the debate a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-lacks-common-sense-why-programs-cannot-think - 2025-09-30

Three researchers from Lund University in Sweden have been awarded grants by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation totalling SEK 87 million for research on the semiconductors for the future, our immunological memory and next-generation immunotherapies. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has awarded SEK 835 million in grants to 30 projects in medicine, the natural sciences and engineering

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-lund-researchers-awarded-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation-grants - 2025-09-30

Kári Stefánsson, professor emeritus at the University of Iceland and CEO of deCODE genetics, has been awarded one of the Nordic region’s most prestigious medical awards – Lund University’s Eric K. Fernström Foundation Nordic Prize. His work has revolutionised our understanding of genetic variation and its relationship to health and disease. Award citation: “Kári Stefánsson has revolutionised our u

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eric-k-fernstrom-nordic-prize-genetics-pioneer - 2025-09-30

Scientists have found an alternative way to produce atoms of the superheavy element livermorium. The new method opens up the possibility of creating another element that could be the heaviest in the world so far: number 120. The search for new elements comes from the dream of finding a variant that is sufficiently stable to be long-lived and not prone to immediate decay. There is a theory in nucle

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/successful-experiment-paves-way-new-element - 2025-09-30

Swedish higher education institutions excel in patents from academia, with Sweden ranking fifth in Europe. Lund University claims the top spot on the Swedish list. A new report from the European Patent Office (EPO) released today provides a detailed insight into the role of universities in patenting and innovation. According to the study, Sweden ranks fifth in Europe in terms of the total number o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-tops-patent-ranking - 2025-09-30

Elite ice hockey players with a history of concussion report heightened mental health symptoms, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. In addition, one in five female hockey players suffered symptoms of burnout, and both sexes reported an alcohol consumption at a risk-level. The researchers based their study on Sweden’s two highest hockey divisions for men – the SHL and Hockeyall

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/professional-ice-hockey-depressive-symptoms-and-burnout-linked-more-concussions - 2025-09-30

En transplantation ökar överlevnaden för patienter med svår diabetes och njursvikt. Men vad finns det för risker? Och vem kan komma ifråga för en transplantation? Hör överläkaren Alireza Biglarnia vid Skånes universitetssjukhus berätta.  Föredraget ingår i en semniarieserie på temat "hopp" arrangerat av Endokrinologiska kliniken vid Skånes universitetssjukhus.Inspelningen är gjord i oktober 2018.

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/video-gar-det-att-bota-diabetes-kan-transplantationer-ge-hopp - 2025-09-29

Föreläsningar om autoimmun typ 1-diabetes, kost och träning, transplantationer och tekniska hjälpmedel. Så triggas typ 1-diabetes - finns det hopp om bot?Föredrag av professor Åke Lernmark, Lunds universitet Hur lyckas man med blodsockerbalansen när man tränar och har typ 1-diabetes?Föredrag av överläkaren Tore Vigård och dietisten Maria Malmgård från ungdomsmedicinska kliniken vid Skånes universi

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/seminarieserie-pa-temat-hopp - 2025-09-29

Vinter, få soltimmar och brist på vitamin D – sambandet är tydligt och i många studier bevisat. Tillräckligt höga halter D-vitamin är viktigt för hälsan på flera olika sätt men under den här årstiden har många, både barn och vuxna, brist. 80 till 90 procent av D-vitaminet i våra kroppar kommer när solens strålar träffar bar hud. Resten kommer från den mat vi äter. Mest känt är vitaminets betydelse

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/d-vitamin-konditionens-skull - 2025-09-29

- D-vitaminbrist är vanligt i vår del av världen. Solen – vår bästa D-vitaminkälla – räcker inte till under vinterhalvåret, och det är också svårt att få i sig tillräckligt med kosten. Det säger Johan Malm, docent i klinisk kemi vid Lunds universitet och läkare vid Labmedicin Skåne i Malmö.D-vitamin behövs för att vi ska kunna ta upp kalcium i tarmen och därigenom bygga upp och upprätthålla ett st

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/hur-mycket-d-vitamin-behover-vi - 2025-09-29

Personer som har otillräckliga halter av D-vitamin i blodet löper högre risk att drabbas av typ 2 diabetes. Enligt forskarna bakom fyndet kan det bero på att vitaminet har en skyddande verkan mot inflammation. - Om andra studier kan bekräfta våra resultat skulle tillskott av vitamin D kunna reducera diabetesrisken i hela befolkningen, säger huvudförfattaren till undersökningen, Barara Thorand vid

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/vitamin-d-minskar-risken-typ-2-diabetes - 2025-09-29

En studie med över 500 blodgivare visar att hälften av alla friska göteborgare under vinterhalvåret har otillräckliga D-vitaminnivåer i blodet. Resultaten leder forskarna till slutsatsen att minst halva Sveriges befolkning kan behöva öka sina D-vitaminnivåer vintertid. D-vitamin är viktigt för kroppens kalkbalans, skeletthälsa och immunsystem. Även om orsakssambanden inte är helt klarlagda har sen

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/halften-kan-behova-d-vitamintillskott-vintertid - 2025-09-29

Diabetesportalen har fått ny kostym och lite nya funktioner. Vi vill veta vad du tycker, vad som är bra och vad som kan bli bättre. Mejla dina synpunkter till redaktionen@diabetesportalen.se. Vi är glada att kunna börja året med att presentera nya Diabetesportalen!Förutom ny design har nya Diabetesportalen ny struktur. Vi har flyttat om och lagt till, allt för att göra det lättare att hitta det du

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/valkommen-till-nya-diabetesportalen - 2025-09-29