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13 May 2025
Higher success rate using a simple oral swab test before IVF
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have conducted a clinical study to show how a woman’s genetic profile provides information on which hormone treatment is most effective for...
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8 May 2025
A sustainable relationship with time – is it possible?
Many people wish they had more time – but is there a sustainable approach to time? Historian David Larsson Heidenblad, historian shares his best tips.
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7 May 2025
Unicellular green algae may carry giant virus DNA in their genome
Humans and animals are not the only ones affected by viruses. Unicellular organisms can also be attacked. In a new study, scientists establish that green algae can carry latent gia...
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28 Apr 2025
SEK 60 million for doctoral programme on authoritarian Asian states
A consortium helmed by Lund University in Sweden has been awarded a major EU grant to establish an international doctoral programme on the theme of society and law in authoritarian...
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24 Apr 2025
Living on air: Scientists enlist Arctic bacteria to fight climate change
What if we could fight climate change using bacteria that live on air? That’s the vision behind a newly funded international research project led by scientists from Lund Universi...
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15 Apr 2025
Simple medication can save the lives of cardiac patients
Patients suffering from myocardial infarction who receive early add-on lipid-lowering medication have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive add-on treatment late,...
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11 Apr 2025
Ravensbrück Archive in Lund receives Memory of the World status
Ten years’ work has paid off – UNESCO has added the archive of 500 in-depth interviews with Holocaust survivors to the Memory of the World Register.
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9 Apr 2025
How animal life exploded on Earth
About 540 million years ago, our planet suddenly erupted with life, filling our oceans with a diversity of complex life. This is known as the Cambrian explosion, and for a long tim...
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9 Apr 2025
More opportunities to test for Alzheimer’s using new analytical method
A simpler method of analysing blood samples for Alzheimer’s disease has been tested in a large multicentre study, led by Lund University in Sweden. “This is a major step in bring...
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7 Apr 2025
Reptiles are brightest in open habitats
Reptiles living in open habitats generally have brighter colouration than species living in denser vegetation. This is shown in a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The resu...
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3 Apr 2025
Reduced climate impact of anaesthetic gases – but a worrying trend in middle-income countries
Gases used in anaesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been known. A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health led by Lund Uni...
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3 Apr 2025
Migrating roach have sharper eyesight
Roach that migrate between different lakes and water courses have larger pupils and better eyesight than roach that stay in one place. The adaptation makes it easier for the red-ey...
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1 Apr 2025
Surprising number of environmental pollutants in hedgehogs
Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found w...
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31 Mar 2025
A new reliable blood marker reveals the extent of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain
Researchers at Lund University and Washington University have identified a blood marker that reflects the amount of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain. This discovery may play a ke...
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24 Mar 2025
The Ravensbrück Archive has been nominated as a UNESCO Memory of the World
The unique archive holds 500 in-depth interviews with survivors of the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
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19 Mar 2025
A majority of Swedes are open to boycotting American products
According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, approximately one in five Swedes are already choosing not to buy American brands. The majority would consider boycotting Am...
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18 Mar 2025
Lund University to invest SEK 37 million in new total defence centre
Lund University is taking an active step to meet society’s growing needs for security and crisis management. A new centre is being established at Campus Helsingborg with the aim of...
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14 Mar 2025
Lakes worldwide are changing colour – possibly due to human impact
Over the last 40 years, the majority of the world’s lakes have changed colour, according to a new study. The research team analysed 32 million satellite observations from over 67,0...
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27 Feb 2025
Titanium and mysterious jet streams discovered on extreme exoplanet
Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers have made detailed observations of the mysterious exoplanet WASP-121 b. The discoveries of the ...
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26 Feb 2025
SEK 420 million to cancer research at Lund University
The Mrs Berta Kamprad Foundation is donating SEK 420 million to cancer research at Lund University. This is the largest donation to the university since its foundation in 1666.