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29 Jul 2021
Artificial light disrupts dung beetles’ sense of direction
For the first time, researchers have been able to prove that city lights limit the ability of nocturnal animals to navigate by natural light in the night sky. Instead, they are for...
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6 Jul 2021
Precision medicine is an emerging approach for complex diseases
Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an emerging appro...
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6 Jul 2021
Nobel Prize winning microscopy technique uncovers mechanisms of bacterial antibiotics resistance
To counter the effects of antibiotics, bacteria constantly evolve resistance mechanisms. In order to develop new antibiotics that could overcome the resistance, it´s essential to u...
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1 Jul 2021
Drug dissolved net-like structures in airways of severely ill Covid-19 patients
When researchers at Lund University in Sweden performed advanced analyses of sputum from the airways of severely ill Covid-19 patients, they found high levels of neutrophil extrace...
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1 Jul 2021
Astonishing altitude changes in marathon flights of migratory birds
Extreme differences in flight altitude between day and night may have been an undetected pattern amongst migratory birds – until now. The observation was made by researchers at Lun...
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28 Jun 2021
A soundwalk from the future imagines climate transition
“It’s 2050. Selma is dead. But before she is buried, she wants to talk to a person from 2021 and show them how, in Malmö, everything is possible. That person is you.” That is the d...
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21 Jun 2021
Ten postdocs kick off excellence programme for sustainable development
Three research projects involving a total of 10 postdocs received a total of SEK 23.5 million in the first round of Lund University’s research programme for excellence, focusing on...
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16 Jun 2021
Induced hypothermia after cardiac arrest did not improve survival
Since 2005, the guidelines for the care of unconscious cardiac arrest patients have been to cool the body temperature down to 33 degrees Celsius. A large, randomised clinical trial...
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15 Jun 2021
Computer method to help predict outcomes for heart patients
An international group of clinicians and scientists from MIT and Lund University, among others, have analysed how individual genetic changes affect the heart muscle. The researcher...
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14 Jun 2021
Free and nutritious school lunches help create richer and healthier adults
Universal school lunch programs make students healthier, and increase their lifetime income by 3%, according to a unique study from Lund University in Sweden published in The Revie...
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9 Jun 2021
Lund University climbs in global top 100 ranking
Lund University has been ranked 87th in the world, climbing 10 spots in the QS World University Rankings 2022. This makes Lund the top ranked university in Sweden, and one of two S...
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9 Jun 2021
Study tracks the spread of Covid-19 in Sweden
During the pandemic, the free COVID Symptom Study app has helped researchers understand the complexity and spread of the corona virus better. “The study has exceeded our expecta...
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8 Jun 2021
Earth’s meteorite impacts over past 500 million years tracked
For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years. Contrary to current theories, res...
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4 Jun 2021
Genomics-informed decisions can help save species from extinction
Researchers in Lund, Copenhagen and Norwich have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important – yet neglected – role in the conservation and translocation prog...
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3 Jun 2021
New aspects of the Israel-Palestine conflict
Few conflicts today seem as difficult to resolve as the one between Israel and Palestine – a conflict concerning territory, religion and historical claims reaching back a thousand ...
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1 Jun 2021
Anxiety motivates bystanders to intervene in bullying
Many school pupils are in daily contact with bullying – as victims, bullies or witnesses. We know that the reactions of people around them are very significant, but what determines...
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31 May 2021
Vehicle communication is rushing into the 5G world
For ten years, researchers in communications engineering in Lund have worked in close collaboration with Volvo Cars and other vehicle manufacturers to study communication between v...
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26 May 2021
New findings on benign adrenal tumours could improve care
New research could enable better healthcare for patients with benign tumours of the adrenal glands. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified the levels of cortisol ...
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25 May 2021
New biobank provides insights into Parkinson’s disease
Around 20 000 Swedes are currently suffering from Parkinson’s disease, yet there are still only treatments to alleviate symptoms. Through a new biobank, researchers gain access to ...
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24 May 2021
Simple diagnostic tool predicts individual risk of Alzheimer's
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will dev...