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New research from Lund University in Sweden questions the prevailing doctrine on how the brain absorbs and processes information. The idea that the brain has a mechanism to maintain activity at the lowest possible level is incorrect. What happens in the brain when we think and which components make up a thought? Researchers in Lund have taken a major step towards understanding this central issue.S

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-question-what-happens-brain-when-we-think - 2025-10-19

Need some tips for your summer reading list? Kerstin Bergman, a researcher in comparative literature at Lund University, discusses why Scandinavian crime fiction has become such a global success, and recommends a few Swedish authors for this summer. WATCH VIDEO: Summer reading tips and what makes the genre so appealing Kerstin Bergman is a crime fiction scholar, a literary critic, and a member of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/success-nordic-noir-literature - 2025-10-19

Plants and bacteria make use of sunlight with remarkably high efficiency: nine out of ten absorbed light particles are being put to use in an ordinary bacterium. For years it has been a pressing question of modern research whether or not effects from quantum physics are responsible for this outstanding performance of natural light harvesters. A team of European research groups, a collaboration bet

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/quantum-physics-artificial-light-harvesting-0 - 2025-10-19

A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that women with low levels of an anti-stress hormone have an increased risk of getting breast cancer. The study is the first of its kind on humans and confirms previous similar observations from animal experiments. The recent findings on a potential new marker for the risk of developing breast cancer are presented in the renowned Journal of Clinical

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/anti-stress-hormone-may-provide-indication-breast-cancer-risk - 2025-10-19

Teenagers suffering from severe obesity generally feel worse than their peers, but after undergoing gastric bypass nearly all experience improved mental health. One in five, however, still suffers from symptoms of depression – some quite seriously. These are the results of a new study from Lund University in Sweden, published in Obesity. The study is the largest two-year follow-up in the world reg

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/most-adolescents-feel-better-after-gastric-bypass - 2025-10-19

Lack of microinvaginations in the cell membrane, caveolae, can cause serious diseases such as lipodystrophy and muscular dystrophy. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a “main switch” that regulates the formation of these invaginations. Many cells in the body are equipped with small microinvaginations in the cell membrane called caveolae. They are important for the cell’s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/important-regulation-cell-invaginations-discovered - 2025-10-19

Kent Ngo, one of the Lund University students who founded FoPo Food Powder, talks about the product and how their studies have helped them launch their own business. WATCH: Interview with FoPo founder Kent Ngo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fopo-founder-how-studies-helped-us-become-entrepreneurs - 2025-10-19

Linguist Niclas Burenhult has been awarded close to SEK 14 million by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond for his field project Language as key to perceptual diversity: an interdisciplinary approach to the senses. “We like to believe that everyone perceives the world in the same way. But studying small and lesser-known languages and cultures reveals an incredible diversity in how people describe sensory imp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/language-key-understanding-diversity-our-senses - 2025-10-19

An antibody that did not fulfil its purpose against the disease multiple sclerosis, MS, instead made its big break in cancer research and is now starring in southern Sweden’s largest licensing agreement in Life Science history. The “father” of the antibody is Professor Carl Borrebaeck. It is one of the windiest days in late summer, and the wind is blowing especially hard to the north at the Medico

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/successful-antibody-behind-billion-crown-life-science-deal - 2025-10-19

Researchers from Lund University, Sweden, and USA have shown that our understanding of how organic material is decomposed by fungi and bacteria is fundamentally wrong. This means that climate models that include microorganisms to estimate future climate change must be reconsidered. When a plant dies, its leaves and branches fall to the ground. Decomposition of soil organic matter is then mainly ca

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/future-climate-models-greatly-affected-fungi-and-bacteria - 2025-10-19

The Max IV facility, set to become the brightest x-ray source in the world, and the world’s first ‘fourth generation’ particle accelerator, has reached a major milestone. The accelerator group has now succeeded in directing the electron beam all the way around the large 3 GeV ring for the first time. “This is of course fantastically exciting and satisfying,” says Pedro Fernandes Tavares, project m

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/electrons-are-now-spinning-max-iv - 2025-10-19

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden may have discovered one of the keys to understanding how the body develops acute pancreatitis. The results offer hope for the development of drugs that specifically target the disease. Within gastro research it is a well-known fact that the excessive activation of a type of white blood cells, neutrophils, causes the inflammation of the pancreas. Until now,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/false-alarm-body-may-be-responsible-acute-pancreatitis - 2025-10-19

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have shown that well-developed eyes come at a surprising cost to other organ systems. The study involving Mexican cavefish shows that the visual system can require between 5% and 15% of an animal’s total energy budget. Researchers have long associated the presence of a well-developed brain with major energy consumption. This means that animals that develo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/large-eyes-come-high-cost - 2025-10-19

Lund University has once again been ranked as the number one university in Sweden and the 70th best in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2015/16 that was released today. With 17,000 internationally recognised universities in the world, this ranking reinforces Lund University’s place in the global top tier of higher education, among 0.4% of the world’s universities. The QS World Univers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/top-100-qs-world-university-rankings-2015 - 2025-10-19

Regeringen har utsett tre nya ledamöter i Klimatpolitiska rådet. En av dem är Anna Maria Jönsson, professor vid institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemanalys vid Lunds universitet och vice koordinator i BECC. (In English below) Grattis, Anna Maria Jönsson, till det nya uppdraget. Vilken expertis bidrar du med i Klimatpolitiska rådet?– Min forskning handlar om klimateffekter på skogliga ekosy

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/anna-maria-jonsson-utsedd-till-ledamot-i-klimatpolitiska-radet - 2025-10-19

Håkan Wallander was one of the speakers at the Gothenburg Book Fair this weekend. See his talk about his book "Soil". BECC researcher Håkan Wallander talked about his main research interest: soil, at the big book fair in Gothenburg. You can hear him share his knowledge about soil in this talk. Håkan's book "Jord" was recently translated into English, you can find the book "Soil" here. 

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/soil-talk-book-fair-gothenburg - 2025-10-19

Join our team! We are looking for a Research Coordinator with a focus on research grants with appropriate professional experience to support researchers in the application process and disseminate information about opportunities. Work dutiesBECC is looking for a Research Coordinator with a focus on research grants with appropriate professional experience to support researchers in the application pr

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/job-alert-research-coordinator-focus-research-grants - 2025-10-19

Changes in land use have been highlighted as one of the main reasons for the global decline of insects. New research from Lund University, which examined three common Swedish grassland butterflies, shows that changes in land use not only reduce insect numbers. The loss of habitat can also lead to increased inbreeding, especially among specialised species that find it increasingly difficult to move

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/changes-land-use-leads-increased-inbreeding-swedish-butterflies - 2025-10-19

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary naturally between ice ages and interglacial periods. A new study by researchers and BECC-members at the University of Gothenburg and Lund University, among others, shows that an unexpectedly large proportion of carbon dioxide emissions after the ice age may have come from thawing permafrost. For a long time, it was the shifts between ice ages and interg

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/thawing-permafrost-raised-carbon-dioxide-atmosphere - 2025-10-19

PhD student in Environmental Science, Hanna Ekström, shares her experiences from a study visit to Campus Alpin and the Land Use and Climate Change research group in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. From inspiring interdisciplinary exchanges to strengthening future collaborations, the trip offered both academic and personal rewards. Hi Hanna Ekström,You recently returned from study visit to Campus Alpin and

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/exploring-new-research-horizons-alps - 2025-10-19