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2 Feb 2023
Genes decide the willow warbler’s migration routes
Since antiquity, humans have been fascinated by birds’ intercontinental migratory journeys. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that two areas in their genome decide w...
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30 Jan 2023
New type of solar cell is being tested in space
Physics researchers at Lund University in Sweden recently succeeded in constructing small solar radiation-collecting antennas – nanowires – using three different materials that are...
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26 Jan 2023
What you do in your garden to help pollinators works
Have you made adjustments to your garden to make it more welcoming for pollinators? If so, you have probably made a valuable contribution, according to a new study from Lund Univer...
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26 Jan 2023
Avatar provides live signing on stage in unique project
With enormous eyes, a huge mouth and defined, prominent eyebrows, an avatar in the form of a ghost using sign language in real time takes the stage. During 2022, Riksteatern Crea –...
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25 Jan 2023
ERC grants for research on diabetes and immunotherapy
Two innovation-driven research projects at Lund University have been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council, ERC. They relate to biomarkers for predictin...
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25 Jan 2023
Learning more about the endocrine system could lead to fewer cases of type 2 diabetes and obesity
How much water do we need to drink to stay healthy? How do different diets affect our metabolism? Studies of various hormones in the body are providing diabetes researchers with ne...
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24 Jan 2023
Stress may trigger male defence against predators
Only males among the fish species crucian carp have developed a strategy to protect themselves from hungry predators, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The e...
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20 Jan 2023
Where do your online shopping returns end up? In the bin, new research finds
For e-commerce companies, it is cheaper to throw away returned items rather than selling them again. In a new study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden interviewed members of...
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13 Jan 2023
Feathered robotic wing paves way for flapping drones
Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study led by Lund University in Sweden. The results could mean that wing-folding is the...
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12 Jan 2023
Digital tools building bridges between local communities and forced migrants
Throughout history and across the globe, individuals have been forced to flee conflicts, natural disasters and political oppression. An experience of trauma and new horizons that i...
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11 Jan 2023
Toward a personalized approach to the study and treatment of bone cancers
Researchers at Lund University have generated human mini bones in the lab which mirror the composition and function of human bone. The results published in Science Translational Me...
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9 Jan 2023
Lund University welcomes 700 new international students for studies during spring 2023
Monday 9 January is Arrival Day. The new students are checked in at the Ingvar Kamprad Design Center by staff and international mentors.
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22 Dec 2022
Expert on American patriotism and welfare researcher awarded honorary doctorates
Professor of Social Work Mimi Abramovitz and Professor of Political Psychology Leonie Huddy have been awarded honorary doctorates by the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund Universi...
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22 Dec 2022
Reprogramming cancer cells into immune defenders
By reprogramming tumour cells to become the body’s defenders, Filipe Pereira and his colleagues hope to improve current cancer treatments.
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22 Dec 2022
Nerve cells could transform the treatment of Parkinson’s
At the end of October 2022, the Swedish Medical Products Agency gave the go-ahead for a clinical trial of the stem cell-based therapy STEM-PD for the treatment of Parkinson’s disea...
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22 Dec 2022
Advanced treatments of the future are soon here
Stem cells programmed to produce insulin in people with type 1 diabetes or to repair the heart muscle after a heart attack. Gene and cell therapies that improve cancer treatments. ...
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22 Dec 2022
Gene therapies raise difficult legal and ethical questions
New advanced therapies can alleviate or cure chronic diseases. But medical progress raises the question of how rights should be protected and balanced, according to Jessica Almqvis...
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22 Dec 2022
Kind methods mean happy cells
Stem cells from umbilical cords in Skåne are improved with nanotubes. By cross-pollinating nanotechnology with stem cell biology, researchers are creating gentle methods to ensure ...
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16 Dec 2022
11 million euros for life science research and innovation infrastructure synergies in Northern Europe
Southern Scandinavia and Northern Germany form a leading life science region with unique research infrastructures that can help transform research into innovation. There is especia...
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12 Dec 2022
Antibody discovery paves way for new therapies against group A streptococcal infections
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered an antibody with the potential to protect against Strep A infection, as well as a rare form of antibody binding, that leads...