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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 - 2025-12-14

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 - 2025-12-14

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 - 2025-12-14

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 - 2025-12-14

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 - 2025-12-14

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 - 2025-12-14

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 - 2025-12-14

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 - 2025-12-14

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 - 2025-12-14

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 - 2025-12-14

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 - 2025-12-14

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 - 2025-12-14

In 2025, children within the TEDDY study will submit their final samples at research clinics in Sweden, Finland, Germany and the United States. The international study has provided a lot of new knowledge about type 1 diabetes and how the disease develops. Analysis of the samples will continue with the aim of preventing the disease. Sweden and Finland are the two top countries for incidence rates o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-type-1-diabetes-large-scale-teddy-study-will-soon-be-completed - 2025-12-14

När en hjärtsjuk patient fått ett nytt hjärta och överlever – då är transplantationen lyckad. Men vården missar hjärtmottagare som dras med långvariga och ofta svåra symtom, till exempel smärta och fatigue. Ny forskning vid Lunds universitet visar att ett enkelt stöd i symtomhantering kan göra stor skillnad för patienternas välbefinnande. Varje år får ett sextiotal svenskar med livshotande hjärtsv

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/hjarttransplanterade-patienter-behover-stod-att-hantera-svara-symtom - 2025-12-14

Två forskare vid medicinska fakulteten får anslag, 61 miljoner, för forskning om immunologiskt långtidsminne och omprogrammering av tumörceller. Forskningen ska leda till effektivare vaccinationsstrategier och immunterapier. Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse har beviljat 835 miljoner kronor till 30 olika projekt inom medicin, naturvetenskap och teknik som bedöms ha potential att bana väg för fr

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/yuan-och-pereira-far-anslag-av-wallenbergstiftelse - 2025-12-14

Joan Yuan, forskare och docent i immunologi får Eric K. Fernströms pris till yngre, särskilt lovande och framgångsrika forskare vid Lunds universitet 2024. Hennes forskning handlar om hur immunförsvaret bildas och hur det påverkar oss genom hela livet. Prismotivering: ”För hennes avgörande upptäckter som har förändrat vår förståelse av blodbildning och immunförsvaret. Hennes forskning kartlägger h

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/eric-k-fernstroms-pris-till-yngre-framgangsrik-forskare-gar-till-joan-yuan - 2025-12-14

Det har tidigare varit svårt att hitta DNA-mutationer i spermier, eftersom förändringarna är ovanliga och de flesta sekvenseringstekniker har stor felmarginal. Nu har forskare vid Lunds universitet gjort en pilotstudie, där de undersökt spermie-DNA och likheten med mutationer hos barn, med hjälp av avancerad duplexsekvensering. Nästan 80 procent av alla nyuppkomna mutationer hos barn kommer från p

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-metod-mojliggor-identifiering-av-mutationer-i-spermier - 2025-12-14

Stamceller, precisionsmedicin och cancer stod i fokus när Mats Paulssons stiftelse delade ut medel vid årets donationsevent på Medicon Village. Stiftelsen delar ut medel till forskningsprojekt med ”hög innovationspotential och relevans för samhället i närtid”. I år gjorde stiftelsen en speciell satsning på internationella projekt där Kristina Långs projekt "Innovativ och lättillgänglig bröstdiagno

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fem-projekt-tilldelas-14-miljoner-fran-mats-paulssons-stiftelse - 2025-12-14

Var femte hockeydam på elitnivå upplever symtom på utmattning. Många, både kvinnliga och manliga hockeyspelare, uppger att de konsumerar alkohol på en risknivå. Men det starkaste sambandet i en ny studie om psykisk hälsa bland svenska elithockeyspelare såg forskarna vid upprepade hjärnskakningar – med tydlig påverkan på måendet, oavsett kön. I en studie har forskare vid Lunds universitet utgått fr

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/svensk-elithockey-vanligare-med-depressiva-symtom-och-utmattning-efter-hjarnskakningar - 2025-12-14

Professor Kári Stefánsson tilldelas ett av Nordens mest prestigefyllda medicinpriser – Eric K. Fernströms nordiska pris vid Lunds universitet. Hans arbete har revolutionerat vår förståelse av genetisk variation och dess samband med hälsa och sjukdomar. Prismotivering: Kári Stefánsson har revolutionerat förståelsen av genetiska variationers inverkan på risken för folksjukdomar och hur dessa variati

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/eric-k-fernstroms-nordiska-pris-till-genetik-gigant - 2025-12-14