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Can insulin taken as an infant in small doses together with food render the immune system used to insulin and thus prevent type 1 diabetes? Can a gluten-free diet and probiotics prevent celiac disease (so called gluten intolerance)? These questions will be asked by two separate studies that are being planned at Lund University in Sweden. A new comprehensive screening of newborn babies in southern

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/newborn-babies-be-screened-studies-type-1-diabetes-and-celiac-disease-gluten-intolerance - 2025-10-03

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have compared how much energy bats use when flying, depending on whether they have large or small ears. Large ears increase air resistance, meaning that long-eared bats are forced to expend more energy than species with small ears. On the plus side, large ears generate more lift and provide better hearing.Good hearing is a prerequisite for bats’ ability to

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pros-and-cons-large-ears - 2025-10-03

In a unique experiment, researchers have clocked how long it takes for an electron to be emitted from an atom. The result is 0.000 000 000 000 000 02 seconds, or 20 billionths of a billionth of a second. The researchers’ stopwatch consists of extremely short laser pulses. Hopefully, the results will help to provide new insights into some of the most fundamental processes in nature. Researchers fro

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unbelievable-speed-electron-emission-atom - 2025-10-03

Developments in quantum technology and artificial intelligence, AI, are predicted to transform research, as well as business and society as a whole. The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awarding a total of SEK 1.6 billion over ten years to these promising fields, in two separate research projects involving several Swedish higher education institutions. Together with other funding, the budge

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/billions-be-invested-ai-and-quantum-technology - 2025-10-03

70 hospitals in 15 countries, 1 900 patients and three years of study – this is the framework for the world’s largest clinical study of cardiac arrest, TTM2, which is about to begin. The study is run by Niklas Nielsen, researcher at the Centre for Cardiac Arrest at Lund University and medical consultant at the general hospital in Helsingborg, Sweden. The question to be answered once and for all is

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/largest-study-cardiac-arrest-world - 2025-10-03

For the first time, researchers have proposed the hypothesis that animals that live in climate zones at a safe distance from both the poles as well as the tropics have the most to gain from acclimating to changes in climate. The findings contradict previous research in the field. Acclimation means the ability of both animals and plants to adjust their physiology when it gets hotter or colder. In t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/species-north-are-more-vulnerable-climate-change - 2025-10-03

A research group at Lund University in Sweden has found that when the HLF (hepatic leukemia factor) gene –which is expressed in immature blood cells – does not shut down on time, we are unable to develop a functional long-term immune system. This could be a very early stage of leukemia. Blood stem cells give rise to all of our blood cells: the red blood cells that transport oxygen, the platelets t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hlf-gene-controls-generation-our-long-term-immune-system - 2025-10-03

Professor Adam Hitchcock is one of the most renown and experienced researchers in x-ray adsorption microscopy and especially soft X-ray transmission microscopy (STXM). He has been a full professor at the department of Chemistry at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario since 1989.  A major part of his work is the development of new experimental techniques based on X-ray absorption phenomena and

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-guest-researcher-professor-adam-hitchcock - 2025-10-03

On October 31st, representatives from across the globe will gather in Glasgow for two weeks to attend the UN climate change conference COP26. Expectations are high following last year's canceled conference, and the IPCC report released in August. As part of the Paris Agreement in 2015, it was decided that all nations would renew their climate pledges or national climate plans, so-called NDCs (Nati

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/glasgow-climate-summit-what-it-about-and-why-does-it-matter - 2025-10-03

Dear all, We are proud to welcome you to the first national scientific climate conference in Sweden - a unique opportunity for climate scientists to interact, reflect, and identify knowledge gaps and opportunities for the future. The Swedish Climate Symposium will highlight the main conclusions of the 6th Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC and its consequences for Sweden. In a series of topical p

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/welcome-swedish-climate-symposium - 2025-10-03

In February, ClimBEco PhD students gathered for our annual winter meeting. For the second consecutive year – but hopefully for the last time – the meeting was held digitally due to pandemic restrictions, with a small lunch gathering at the conclusion. During this two-day event, participants presented their PhD research to each other in an interdisciplinary setting. They had the option of sharing e

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/climbeco-winter-meeting-2022-summary - 2025-10-03

The BECC Board and the BECC and MERGE steering group at the University of Gothenburg (UGOT) have decided to strengthen the interdisciplinary development of BECC research by announcing funding for up to six 2-year post doc positions. This effort aims to specifically favour BECC’s research development within the field of ecosystem-based climate adaptation in response to actual or expected climatic s

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/call-6-becc-post-docs-years-2023-2025-and-becc-call-research-funding-prolonged - 2025-10-03

Professor Sprinz will join Lund University as BECC guest researcher during two time periods; from mid-September to the end of October this year, and for another six week period during the spring term 2023. His BECC hosting institution will be the Department of Political Science. Professor Sprinz is a leading expert on climate governance. He is a Senior Scientist with PIK—Potsdam Institute for Clim

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/becc-guest-researcher-professor-detlef-sprinz - 2025-10-03

De senaste 50 åren har vattnet i sjöar och vattendrag blivit mycket brunare. Den så kallade brunifieringen påverkar såväl produktionen av dricksvatten som livet i sjöarna negativt. Dessutom går ekonomiska värden upp i rök när sjöarna inte längre lockar att bada i. Om ingenting görs kommer vattnet sannolikt att bli ännu brunare – men det finns hopp. Mot bakgrund av en ny studie pekar forskare från

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/atgarder-i-skogen-kan-forhindra-att-sjoar-blir-brunare - 2025-10-03

En internationell studie ledd av forskare vid Lunds universitet visar att en kollision i asteroidbältet för 470 miljoner år sedan radikalt förändrade livet på jorden. Solsystemet fylldes med enorma mängder damm varpå en unik istid, följd av en ökad biologisk mångfald, uppstod. Den nya upptäckten kan också bidra till förståelsen för hur vi kan tackla den pågående globala uppvärmningen på jorden om

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/gigantisk-asteroidkollision-skapade-okad-biologisk-mangfald-pa-jorden - 2025-10-03

I en ny studie presenterar forskare vid Lunds universitet en teknik för skridskoåkning som är mer energieffektiv än den traditionella skärtekniken. Genom att åka i bågar kan ishockeyspelare ta sig fram lika fort men göra av med mindre energi. Författarna menar att upptäckten på sikt kan leda till bättre prestationer på isen, genom att spelarna orkar mer. Studien, som nu publiceras i den vetenskapl

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/lundaforskare-har-analyserat-alternativ-akteknik-som-kan-revolutionera-ishockeyn - 2025-10-03

En internationell forskargrupp har upptäckt en ny exoplanet 30 ljusår från jorden. Astronomer från Lunds universitet har spelat en viktig roll i arbetet genom att kartlägga den gåtfulla himlakroppens ursprung. Deras analyser visar att exoplaneten har bildats på ett extremt ovanligt sätt, något som fått forskarvärlden att ompröva vedertagna teorier för planetbildning. Upptäckten, som nu presenteras

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/lundaforskare-har-kartlagt-nyupptackt-exoplanets-unika-ursprung - 2025-10-03

I en ny internationell studie identifierar forskare kritiska marina områden på jorden. Det är första gången som forskarvärlden tar ett globalt grepp på marina konfliktzoner där mänsklig verksamhet påverkar valar, havssköldpaddor, fiskar och fåglar som lever till havs. – Vi vill att studien ska bidra till en global policy för hur vi använder våra hav. Vi har tagit fram ett instrument för att hjälpa

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/forsta-globala-kartlaggningen-av-marina-konfliktzoner - 2025-10-03

Kemiprofessor Kenneth Wärnmark och fysikprofessor Torsten Åkesson får anslag av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse för att driva tunga projekt inom solcellsutveckling och mörk materia. Kenneth Wärnmark, professor vid kemiska institutionen, får 35 miljoner kronor för att undersöka hur järnmolekyler kan användas i utvecklingen av solceller och solbränsle. Forskningen syftar till att ersätta dagens

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/lundaforskare-far-mangmiljonanslag-fran-wallenberg-stiftelse - 2025-10-03

Har trutar och måsar en inbyggd autopilot som kontrollerar deras flygning och avgör höjd och landning? Ja, svarar forskare i en ny studie som involverat universitet i fyra europeiska länder. Nervceller i fåglarnas synorgan och hjärna identifierar och tolkar det optiska flödet. På så vis upplever de hur olika objekt under dem rör sig mot dem och kan avgöra avståndet till marken när de flyger på rel

https://www.naturvetenskap.lu.se/artikel/autopilot-hjalper-faglar-att-landa - 2025-10-03