Published 12 July 2017 A new study has identified the four actions that would have the greatest impact on an individual’s greenhouse gas emissions: eating a plant-based diet, avoiding air travel, living car free, and having fewer children. The comprehensive study analysed 39 peer-reviewed articles, carbon calculators and government sources to quantify the most high-impact personal lifestyle choice

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lifestyle-choices-most-reduce-your-carbon-footprint - 2025-05-01

Published 14 July 2017 Photo: Mathias Osvath Research from Lund University in Sweden shows that ravens can plan for different types of future events, while also demonstrating self-control and sensitivity to different lengths of time. Such skills are central to humans, and previous research has indicated that they are unique to humans and great apes. The new findings reveal that complex cognition c

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ravens-parallel-great-apes-their-planning-abilities - 2025-05-01

Published 14 July 2017 Many animal species display flocking behaviour, but the fact that microorganisms do is not as well known. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now shown that algae and bacteria form flocks at very low concentrations of individuals, a finding that could increase our future understanding of how the organisms infect their host animals. Flocking behaviour in animals see

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bacteria-never-swim-alone - 2025-05-01

Published 11 August 2017 Image by: Mostphotos Every year, just over 1000 people are diagnosed with kidney cancer in Sweden. The three most common variants are clear cell, papillary and chromophobe renal cancer. Researchers compare the gene expression in tumour cells from a kidney cancer patient with cells from healthy tissue to figure out in which part of the kidney the cancer began and what went

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Published 11 August 2017 Photo edited by Marco Klein Heerenbrink For the first time, researchers have observed that birds that fly actively and flap their wings save energy. Biologists at Lund University in Sweden have now shown that jackdaws minimise their energy consumption when they lift off and fly, because the feathers on their wing tips create several small vortices instead of a single large

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/jackdaws-flap-their-wings-save-energy - 2025-05-01

Published 16 August 2017 To the left a roach, to the right a bream. In between a hybrid of the two species. Photo: Christian Skov A new study from Lund University in Sweden increases knowledge of how boundaries and barriers are maintained between different species in the animal world. According to theory, crosses between two species, known as hybrids, may not survive encounters with natural predat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/predators-preserve-existing-animal-species - 2025-05-01

Published 25 August 2017 Photo: Wikimedia Commons 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.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/plant-odourant-detection-sex-pheromone-communication - 2025-05-01

Published 29 August 2017 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

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dizzying-dive-human-brain - 2025-05-01

Published 30 August 2017 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 ma

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/thresholds-knowledge-jubilee-art-exhibition-kings-house-lund - 2025-05-01

Published 30 August 2017 Photo: Tomas Persson 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

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/both-chimpanzees-and-humans-spontaneously-imitate-each-others-actions - 2025-05-01

Published 31 August 2017 The picture shows representative patterns of tau protein accumulation as assessed with positron emission tomography in patients with early-onset (<65 years, left) and late-onset (>65 years, right) Alzheimer’s disease. Copyright Annie Hallén/Michael Schöll Alzheimer’s disease can lead to several widely divergent symptoms and, so far, its various expressions have mainly been

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-possibility-studying-how-alzheimers-disease-affects-brain-different-ages - 2025-05-01

Published 1 September 2017 When fluids are handled on a micrometer scale (which is extremely small), they behave differently, which researchers can benefit from (Credit: Jason Beech / Tegenfeldt Group) 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 k

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/conference-faster-test-response-popular-and-flowing-technology - 2025-05-01

Published 4 September 2017 The research study contributes to our basic understanding of random matrices and the theory of quantum chaos. 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

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/equation-reveals-characteristics-quantum-chaos - 2025-05-01

Published 6 September 2017 Photo: Kennet Ruona 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: te

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-world-top-100-latest-ranking - 2025-05-01

Published 7 September 2017 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 Univer

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/culture-week-offers-art-exhibitions-and-cultural-experiences-whole-family - 2025-05-01

Published 8 September 2017 Photo: Pablo Salmón 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.

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Published 11 September 2017 Photo: Kennet Ruona 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

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/correlation-between-height-and-risk-thrombosis - 2025-05-01

Published 11 September 2017 Photo: Elina Andersson 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 o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/planting-trees-africa-dubious-environmental-strategy-study - 2025-05-01

Published 12 September 2017 Johan Nilsson 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 ox

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/groundbreaking-method-extends-time-frame-when-heart-transplant-possible - 2025-05-01

Published 13 September 2017 Madeleine Liljegren (Photo: Olle Dahlbäck) 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 manifestat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/differences-aggression-among-people-dementia - 2025-05-01