Published 3 October 2024 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 a

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Published 9 October 2024 Photo: Petra Francke 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 uni

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Published 11 October 2024 Illustration: iStock/Rasi Bhadramani 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 wom

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Published 14 October 2024 Brittle stars clinging to mussels. These specimen are about the same size as the Silurian echinoderms named after metal bands. (Photo: LEA D. NUMBERGER-THUY) 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 m

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Published 15 October 2024 Tougher sentencing – a measure put in place when it is already too late, argue Tova Bennet and Sverker Jönsson, researchers in Criminal Law at Lund University. (Photo: Mostphoto/Michael Erhardsson) 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 prob

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Published 14 October 2024 This illustration clearly shows how AI lacks sense. It is an example of the distortions found in the system's background material. DALL·E here illustrates a "human" as a white man in his 30s with symmetrical features. Illustration: DALL·E 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

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Published 17 October 2024 Vanya Darakchieva, Joan Yuan and Filipe Pereira (Photo: Lund University) 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

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Published 23 October 2024 Kári Stefánsson, professor emeritus at the University of Iceland and CEO of deCODE genetics, has been awarded the Eric K. Fernström foundation Nordic Prize, Lund University. Photo: JG/deCODE genetics 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 – Lun

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Published 24 October 2024 SHREC the detector is inspected by Pavel Golubev (Photo: Dirk Rudolph) 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

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Published 24 October 2024 More than two thousand patent applications have been filed by researchers at Lund University between 2000 and 2020. Photo: Kennet Ruona 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

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Published 25 October 2024 Photo: iStock/gilaxia 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

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/professional-ice-hockey-depressive-symptoms-and-burnout-linked-more-concussions - 2025-05-13

Publicerad 20 november 2024 Fredrik Ek, en av forskarna bakom en studie publicerad i Advanced Science, berättar att genom att använda ljus kan forskarna bilda detaljerade bioelektriska strukturer som integreras med kroppens celler. Foto: Ingemar Hultquist. Det pågår febril forskningsutveckling inom fältet bioelektronik och implantat av elektriskt ledande material för behandling av sjukdomar. Men b

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Av tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - publicerad 25 november 2024 – Vi har haft lite för låga tankar om bakterierna: vi såg att många av de här bakterierna från Ukraina är utrustade med gener som gör dem både resistenta och smittsamma, säger Kristian Riesbeck. Foto: Tove Smeds För ett och ett halvt år sedan kartlades bakterier från krigsskadade på sjukhus i Ukraina. Studien

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Av noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - publicerad 26 november 2024 Årets vinnare i Forskar Grand Prix: Luís Oliviera! Foto: Bodil Malmström, Lunds universitet Genom att presentera cancerforskning som en kamp mellan ont och gott – och sig själv som en hacker som attackerar celler för att göra dem snälla, tog doktoranden Luís Oliveira hem vinsten i Forskar Grand Prix. Hans vin

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Av tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - publicerad 27 november 2024 Christopher Rääf leder ett forskningsprojekt vars övergripande syfte är att minska skrämselverkan från terrorattentat med farliga CBRNE-ämnen, särskilt radioaktiva ämnen. Forskningen görs i samarbete med FOI och Örebro universitet. Foto: Kennet Ruona. Christopher Rääf leder ett nytt forskningsprojekt som sk

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Av tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - publicerad 29 november 2024 Magnesium är en livsviktig mineral som påverkar en rad biologiska processer i kroppen. Illustration: iStock/Just_Super Ett internationellt forskarsamarbete lett från Lunds universitet visar hur magnesium tar sig in och ut genom cellmembranet. Magnesium är en livsviktig mineral som påverkar en rad biologiska p

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/sjalvreglerande-kanaler-forser-vara-celler-med-magnesium - 2025-05-14

Av tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - publicerad 2 december 2024 I studien har forskarna hittat en biomarkör, IGFBP7, som hjälper att visa vilka patienter som kan ha nytta av en viss typ av behandling. Foto: iStock/Pradit_Ph En ny studie ledd från Lunds universitet har löst ett flera år gammalt mysterium: vilka patienter med aggressiv bröstcancer som blir hjälpta av en målr

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/lundaforskares-upptackt-vacker-liv-i-cancerlakemedel - 2025-05-14

Av agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - publicerad 2 december 2024 Det nybildade nätverket ENCHE har som mål att utbilda nästa generations läkare om klimatförändringarnas hälsoeffekter och om en hållbar sjukvård. Foto: iStock/Marina Demidiuk. Med Medicinska fakulteten som en av grundarna har nätverket European Network for Climate and Health Education nyligen grund

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nytt-natverk-vill-mota-klimatforandringarnas-hot-mot-folkhalsan - 2025-05-14

Av tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - publicerad 4 december 2024 Att personer med artros även har en ökad risk för hjärt-kärlsjukdom kan bero på gemensamma genetiska faktorer för de båda sjukdomarna. Foto: iStock/MStudioImages Det är sedan tidigare känt att personer med artros har ökad risk för hjärt-kärlsjukdomar, något som till största del förklarats med livsstils- och mi

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Publicerad 4 december 2024 Frontotemporal demenssjukdom med en förlorad förmåga till medkänsla med andra människor kan likna andra tillstånd med empatiproblem inom psykiatrin, till exempel psykopati. Foto: iStock Patienter med frontotemporal demens saknar ofta förmågan till empati. En studie vid Lunds universitet och Karolinska Institutet kan nu visa att de här patienterna inte visar samma aktivit

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/sa-kan-demenssjukdom-paverka-hjarnans-empatiformaga - 2025-05-14