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People with type 2 diabetes tend to have poorer muscle function than others. Now a research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered that in type 2 diabetes, a specific gene is of great importance for the ability of muscle stem cells to create new mature muscle cells. The findings are published in Nature Communications. “In people with type 2 diabetes, the VPS39 gene is significantly less

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/muscle-gene-linked-type-2-diabetes - 2025-10-27

Lundagård is at its most beautiful in May and June. And just when it is at its most beautiful, the University makes sure to pay tribute to science at the Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony. And that is also the case this year. For the University, the Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony is one of the most important occasions for paying tribute to the science and knowledge that we create at the Uni

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/doctoral-degree-conferment-ceremony-even-more-important-troubled-times - 2025-10-26

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have discovered that our drinking water is to a large extent purified by millions of “good bacteria” found in water pipes and purification plants. So far, the knowledge about them has been practically non-existent, but this new research is about to change that. Watch video A glass of water contains millions of bacteria A glass of clean drinking water actu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-our-water-pipes-crawl-millions-bacteria - 2025-10-27

We have spoken to and asked some questions to Andrea Dell’Isola, a physiotherapist and associate Proffesor at Lund University. Andrea trained to become a physiotherapist in Italy and specialized in orthopedic rehabilitation. He worked clinically as a physiotherapist for several years before starting his doctoral studies and his research career in 2015. Andrea's research primarily focuses on osteoa

https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/reportage-andrea-dellisola-physiotherapist-and-associate-professor - 2025-10-27

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new link between gut bacteria and obesity. They found that certain amino acids in our blood can be connected to both obesity and the composition of the gut microbiome. We know less about the significance of our gut bacteria than what many books and magazines on the subject seem to suggest. A lot of the research on the topic is based on ani

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-link-between-gut-bacteria-and-obesity - 2025-10-27

A unique study from Lund University in Sweden has discovered for the first time that there is a genetic sexual conflict in the immune system in animals. In females, the variation in central genes of the immune system is too high, whereas in males, it is too low. The researchers argue that the conflict is linked to differences in the immune responses of females and males. The fact that the strength

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/differences-immune-responses-create-genetic-conflict-between-sexes - 2025-10-27

The LUMES elective course, Sustainability and Inner Transformation, examines if personal sustainability can have a bearing on driving change for sustainability. The course is part of a research initative, The Contemplative Sustainable Futures Program, a platform for related research, education and networking activities. Christine Wamsler explains that:- Inner transformation can simply be understoo

https://www.lumes.lu.se/article/lumes-elective-course-focuses-inner-dimensions-and-transformation-drive-sustainable-change - 2025-10-27

Researchers have discovered minerals from 43 meteorites that landed on Earth 470 million years ago. More than half of the mineral grains are from meteorites completely unknown or very rare in today’s meteorite flow. These findings mean that we will probably need to revise our current understanding of the history and development of the solar system. WATCH VIDEO STORYThe discovery confirms the hypot

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-rare-meteorites-challenge-our-understanding-solar-system - 2025-10-27

“Solar energy has great potential in Sweden. The fact that we use solar energy to a lesser extent than many other European countries is not due to lack of sun, but due to lack of knowledge”, says architect Jouri Kanters who has mapped what politicians, urban planners, builders and architects should be better at in order for Sweden to use more solar energy. A far too rare sight in Sweden: Houses wi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lack-knowledge-explains-low-utilisation-solar-energy - 2025-10-27

Most milk powders you buy have been produced through spray drying. This means that the milk after some preprocessing is injected under high-pressure through a small hole into a warm room. Then almost instantly, the liquid evaporates leaving the powder. The final product now has a longer shelf life, lower transport weight and can be stored in room temperature. However it is a very energy consuming

https://www.combustionphysics.lu.se/article/improving-food-spray-drying-tetra-pak - 2025-10-27

A simple ”smart control” box invented by a PhD student at Lund University in Sweden has made it possible to connect solar panels to your boiler - without making any changes to the existing hot water system. WATCH: How new technology is making domestic solar power use cheaper and easier ”With current technology, if you want to install a solar panel and connect it to your hot water tank, you’d have

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/solar-energy-can-now-heat-your-shower - 2025-10-27

Five questions to Anna Meyer, who just had her thesis defence. What is you research about? My work concerns the changing disease and mortality patterns among the old in Sweden since the 1990s. Using nationwide register data I explore how the occurrence and survival of different diseases has changed in the total population and in different groups (e.g. socioeconomic groups, men and women, or health

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/trends-population-health-era-increasing-longevity-new-sweah-dissertation - 2025-10-27

Researchers have for the first time found a connection between the immune systems of different bird species, and the various climatic conditions in which they live. The researchers at Lund University in Sweden believe that as the climate changes, some birds may be exposed to diseases that they are not equipped to handle. The results of the study indicate that evolution has calibrated the immune sy

https://www.science.lu.se/article/immune-systems-not-prepared-climate-change - 2025-10-27

During two days in October, the Department of Strategic Communication and its senior Lecturer James Pamment hosted the conference Managing Societal Threats in the Digital Age: The Case of Propaganda and Violent Extremism, together with the key note speaker Corneliu Bjola from Oxford University. The aim was to bring top scholars together from the fields of public diplomacy, security, and countering

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/department-brings-top-scholars-together-fields-public-diplomacy-security-and-countering-violent - 2025-10-27

The first evidence was recently presented demonstrating how the immune system can be controlled by directly reprogramming connective tissue cells into immune cells. The discovery provides the opportunity to develop an entirely new strategy for targeted immunotherapy against cancer. One characteristic of cancer is its ability to avoid detection by the body’s immune system. Tumour cells accumulate a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-project-develop-innovative-strategy-cancer-therapy - 2025-10-27

What are AI writing tools and how do they affect our assessments? Three main options for considering AI writing tools in assessment are: 1. to ban their use, 2. to assume that they may be used, and set tasks which incorporate them or 3. require them to be used – to fully incorporate the tools in the assessment. Continue reading and get concrete examples on this current topic! Foto: Deepmind, Domhn

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/potential-impact-ai-tools-assessment - 2025-10-27

Swedish higher education institutions have recently highlighted several problems concerning international students and researchers and their opportunities to enter, stay and work in Sweden. This is not only a considerable concern for individuals, but also affects higher education institutions’ competitiveness and ultimately that of Sweden. I have previously written in the blog about amendments to

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-initiatives-remove-obstacles-international-researchers - 2025-10-25

Is it possible to conduct research on type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and hair loss at the same time? Absolutely, says Pontus Dunér who after many years of secrecy can now lift the lid on and talk about his promising results. The common denominator is a protein that Pontus Dunér and his colleagues have worked on intensively in recent years to modify and break down into smaller active components,

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hair-raising-research-could-lead-diabetes-treatment - 2025-10-27

A surprising behaviour of atoms is giving scientists new insights into one of the most fundamental phenomena in nature: the absorption of light. A new physical phenomenon for light pulses has been discovered. The study, published in the prestigious journal Physical Review Letters, was conducted by physicists at Lund University. In the world of atoms, the laws of nature as we know them do not apply

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/atoms-absorb-energy-unexpected-ways - 2025-10-27

This is five quick questions about water and the Middle East answered by researcher Tareq Emtairah from Lund University. Tareq Emtairah is a researcher in renewable energy and energy efficiency, specialized in water efficiency in the Middle East at International Institute for industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University.He has here answered critical questions about water managemen

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/five-questions-about-water-use-efficiency-and-practices-middle-east - 2025-10-27