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By adopting methods used by activist citizen movements, municipal level politics can become more inclusive and even pave the way for sustainable transformations. Mine Islar, from Lund University, has studied the politics of Barcelona en Comú, an activist citizen platform that came to power in the municipality of Barcelona in 2015. Mine Islar, from Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/citizen-activist-movements-can-invigorate-local-politics - 2025-10-13

At the Furuvik Zoo in Sweden, visitors and chimpanzees imitate each other to an equal degree. This was shown in a study published in the journal Primates in 2017. The researchers – cognitive scientists Tomas Persson, Gabriela-Alina Sauciuc and Elainie Madsen at Lund University in Sweden – are this year awarded the Ig Nobel Prize, which is presented to a handful of researchers each year for “improb

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ig-nobel-prize-awarded-study-how-chimpanzees-and-humans-imitate-one-another - 2025-10-13

Pollinating insects are endangered globally, with a particularly steep decline over the last 40 years. An extensive 3-year study from Lund University in Sweden has found that organic farming methods can contribute to halting the pollinator decline. This beneficial effect is due to both the absence of insecticides and a higher provision of flower resources. Organic farming is known to promote polli

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/organic-farming-methods-favour-pollinators - 2025-10-13

Pancreatic cancer is currently very difficult to detect while it is still resectable. A new blood test developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, Herlev Hospital, Knight Cancer Center and Immunovia AB, can detect pancreatic cancer in the very earliest stages of the disease. The results have been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Due to diffuse symptoms, pancreatic cancer i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-blood-test-detects-early-stage-pancreatic-cancer - 2025-10-13

Intestinal bacteria can create an electric current, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The results are valuable for the development of drugs, but also for the production of bioenergy, for example. It is already known that bacteria can create an electric current outside their own cell, known as extracellular electron transport. This has been demonstrated and analysed in detail

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/intestinal-bacteria-produce-electric-current-sugar - 2025-10-13

Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease can be difficult, as several other conditions can cause similar symptoms. Now a new brain imaging method can show the spread of specific tau protein depositions, which are unique to cases with Alzheimer's. ‟The method works very well. I believe it will be applied clinically all over the world in only a few years”, says Oskar Hansson. Hansson is a professor of clinica

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-enables-accurate-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2025-10-13

This year’s Eric K. Fernström foundation Grand Nordic Prize – one of the largest awards for medicine in Scandinavia – goes to neurology researcher Maiken Nedergaard, who works at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Rochester. She has discovered and investigated how the brain gets rid of harmful products using its own purification system, the glymphatic system – knowledge that is sig

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/neurology-researcher-wins-prestigious-prize-discovery-brains-cleaning-system - 2025-10-13

Using machine learning and optimisation to find refugees’ new homes can significantly improve their chances of finding work within three months, according to new research. The international collaboration, conducted by researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Lund, Sweden as well as the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, involved developing Annie MOORE, an AI-powered software. The tech uses comp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/using-ai-improve-refugee-integration - 2025-10-13

The TEDDY Study has increased our knowledge about what happens prior to the onset of autoimmune diabetes (type 1 diabetes) and has shown that a stomach infection can trigger coeliac disease. Lund University in Sweden has now received just over SEK 40 million from the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the TEDDY Study for another five years. “We have large volumes of data to a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/international-diabetes-study-receives-sek-40-million-continue - 2025-10-13

The complement proteins that circulate in our blood are an important part of our immune system. They help identify bacteria, viruses and other harmful organisms, making it easier for our white blood cells to find and neutralise dangerous microbes. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a previously unknown function of the central complement protein, C3, which describes how C3

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-function-key-component-immune-system-discovered - 2025-10-13

Lund University has received SEK 56 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to finance two research projects. One will aim to find innovative ways of repairing an injured brain, and the other will investigate the crucial effect silicon has on the climate. Malin Parmar, professor of Cellular Neuroscience at Lund University, will lead a five-year project, which has now been granted alm

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/large-grants-awarded-research-brain-repair-and-diatoms - 2025-10-13

The lead author of the IPCC Special Report on 1.5 degrees, released today, is available for comment. Luis Mundaca is a professor at the International Institute for Indutrial Environmental Economics at Lund University. “The assessment indicates that limiting global warming to 1.5 ˚C is not impossible, but the challenges are unprecedented. The feasibility of meeting the target involves multiple dime

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/world-can-still-achieve-ambitious-climate-targets - 2025-10-13

By blocking a protein, VDAC1, in the insulin-producing beta cells, it is possible to restore their normal function in case of type 2 diabetes. In preclinical experiments, the researchers behind a new study have also shown that it is possible to prevent the development of the disease. The findings are published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism. The researchers at Lund University in Sweden

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-discovery-restores-insulin-cell-function-type-2-diabetes - 2025-10-13

Astronomers from Lund University in Sweden have now found the explanation to a recent mystery at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy: the high levels of scandium discovered last spring near the galaxy’s giant black hole were in fact an optical illusion. Last spring, researchers published a study about the apparent presence of astonishing and dramatically high levels of three different elements in r

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-solve-mystery-centre-milky-way - 2025-10-13

After screening 15 000 women over a period of five years, a major clinical study in Sweden has shown that 3D mammography, or breast tomosynthesis, detects over 30% more cancers compared to traditional mammography – with a majority of the detected tumours proving to be invasive cancers. The extensive screening study was conducted by Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Sweden, and the r

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/3d-mammography-detected-34-more-breast-cancers-screening - 2025-10-13

Every year, traffic accidents account for more than 1.3 million deaths worldwide. In an effort to reduce this figure, Lund University offers international courses in road safety management for professionals. In August this year, Lund University was privileged to welcome participants from Botswana, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa. Over the past 35 years, Lund University has developed and ru

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/commissioned-education-lund-university-contributes-reduction-traffic-fatalities - 2025-10-13

For the first time, researchers have measured what is known as the ground effect of flying animals - and it turns out that they save a lot more energy by flying close to the ground than previously believed. The study from Lund University in Sweden supports one of the theories on how birds began to fly. “Our measurements show that the ground effect saves animals twice as much energy as models have

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-may-provide-clues-how-birds-began-fly - 2025-10-13

How does the brain process information that is generated when we touch different things with our hands – the mirror of deeper intelligence? Could that knowledge teach us to better understand and diagnose brain diseases? An EU grant of SEK 32 million will go towards studying what happens in the brain when we interact with the world around us. The SEK 32 million grant is awarded by the EU Future and

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/grant-awarded-visionary-research-how-brain-predicts-outside-world - 2025-10-13

Efforts to combat climate change tend to focus on supply-side changes, such as shifting to renewable or cleaner energy. In a Special Issue in the Energy Efficiency Journal that follows the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ˚C, researchers argue that demand-side approaches can play a crucial role given the aspirational target outlined in the Paris Agreement. “We need to aggressively redu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/can-we-limit-global-warming-15-degc - 2025-10-13

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden, among others, have developed a more effective technique in the search for clues about dark matter in the universe. They can now analyse much larger amounts of the data generated at CERN. At the CERN research facility, a long series of experiments is underway on protons colliding in the LHC accelerator at almost the speed of light. The amount of data is c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-refine-search-dark-matter - 2025-10-13