Published 6 July 2018 Barrels used in the experiment (Photo: Gábor Horváth) Susanne Åkesson, a biologist at Lund University in Sweden, refutes the theory that zebras have striped fur to stay cool in the hot sun. That hypothesis is wrong, she and her colleagues show in a study recently published in Scientific Reports. There has been an ongoing discussion among researchers, dating back to Darwin, on

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/stripes-may-be-cool-they-dont-cool-zebras-down - 2025-07-05

Published 12 July 2018 Magnus Lindgren, District physician and researcher at the Centre for Primary Healthcare Research, Lund University/Region Skåne Heart failure is known to be more common in certain families but whether this familial transition is caused by genetic or lifestyle factors. By studying adoptees in relation to both their biological parents and adoptive parents, a new population stud

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-highlights-genetic-risk-heart-failure - 2025-07-05

Published 12 July 2018 Rick Kapur, John W. Semple and Johan Rebetz (Photo: Tove Smeds) Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased in recent years. A study conducted at Lund University in Sweden is now published in one of the leading haematology journals, Blood Advances, and reveals a previously unknown link be

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gastrointestinal-flora-culprit-severe-lung-damage-after-blood-transfusion - 2025-07-05

Published 16 July 2018 Martin L Olsson (Photo: Apelöga) Ever since the blood type was discovered in 1962, no one has been able to explain why some people become Xga positive while others are Xga negative. But now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have finally solved the mystery, and their study is being published in the scientific journal Blood. In case of a blood transfusion, it is import

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-crack-code-final-blood-group-system - 2025-07-05

Published 18 July 2018 Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best, according to a comprehensive review study from Lund University in Sweden. The researchers looked at thousands of scientific studies, and found that around 30% of cited studies were clustered around only two research stations in the vast Arctic region. The Arctic i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-lack-vital-knowledge-rapid-arctic-climate-change - 2025-07-05

Published 30 July 2018 Great tit (Photo: Johan Nilsson) Biologists at Lund University in Sweden have in a recent study shown that the great tit, a common European songbird, has a tremendous capacity for self-control. Up to now, such impulse control has been primarily associated with larger cognitively advanced animals with far larger brains than the great tit. According to the new results, the gre

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/great-tit-birds-have-much-impulse-control-chimpanzees - 2025-07-05

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 14 June 2022 Is it possible to combine an interest in fashion and at the same time choose sustainable and ethical choices when shopping for clothes? Photo: iStockphoto On-trend clothes that you only wear a few times – in the beginning of the 2000s the fashion industry started speeding up production. Today, it account

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fast-fashion-has-huge-impact-environment - 2025-07-05

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 15 June 2022 Children of immigrants are sorted on the basis of preconceived notions with measures that do not take into account their own perspectives. Photo: iStockphoto How does migration and globalisation shape the lives of individuals in various countries and how does it affect the children of immigrants in terms of

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/other-sides-story-how-immigrants-children-experience-life - 2025-07-05

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 16 June 2022 X-Lab is a makerspace at LTH that offers an innovation environment, workshop and co-working surface. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg A regional project led by Lund University called Make Space för Verkstad has mapped out around 70 creative spaces and labs around Skåne with the aim of highlighting a common infrastr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mosaic-creative-spaces-connects-knowledge-and-innovation - 2025-07-05

Published 16 June 2022 Lund University has been ranked 95th in the world in the QS World University rankings, making it the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. QS has ranked almost 1 500 universities, placing the top 100 within the top 7%. The universities are assessed using five indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, internat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-top-100-global-ranking - 2025-07-05

Published 17 June 2022 Photo: iStock/SciePro When asthmatics’ respiratory tracts are exposed to dust mites, their immune response becomes less effective, which can lead to a weaker immune system. People who suffer from asthma associated with infection may therefore be more susceptible to secondary viral or bacterial infections. According to the researchers, the results suggest that asthmatics shou

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-research-dust-mites-and-respiratory-infections - 2025-07-05

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 22 June 2022 Art and culture can touch us on new levels that provide new perspectives and new issues. Photo: iStockphoto Art and culture have the capacity to make us aware of our relationship to ourselves and others, our world and our time. Using existential sustainability as an umbrella term, we can investigate new angl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/art-and-culture-bring-us-existential-awareness - 2025-07-05

Published 29 June 2022 Photo: Jessika Sellergren When you take a dip in a Swedish lake, it is not unusual to find you cannot see the lake bottom. Lake water coloured brown by organic material can be an inconvenience for swimming tourists, but mainly causes problems for the ecosystem and drinking water. Focusing on Lake Bolmen, researchers, public authorities and local organisations are now joining

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/many-reasons-take-care-lake-water - 2025-07-05

Published 15 August 2022 During Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 August international students are arriving in Lund. The autumn's Arrival Days take place in newly renovated premises in AF-borgen. Arrival Days aim to welcome international students to Lund University, provide them with information and ensure that they are settled in before the start of their studies. For two days, staff from Lund University

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/arrival-days-welcome-international-students-lund-university - 2025-07-05

Published 17 August 2022 Photo: iStock/Paul Campbell Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new method for studying age-related brain disorders. The researchers have focused on the neurodegenerative disorder Huntington’s disease and the results have now been published in the journal Brain. Basic medical research often faces the challenge of developing disease models that corresp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-reprogram-human-skin-cells-aged-neurons-study-neurodegenerative-disorders - 2025-07-05

By Petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 23 August 2022 Children taking part in the TEDDY study in Sweden have an increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes and are screened for the disease. Research nurse Jessica Melin takes a blood sample from one of the participants. Photograph: Kennet Ruona Why do some people develop type 1 diabetes and others do not? World

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-testing-children-leads-better-understanding-type-1-diabetes - 2025-07-05

Published 23 August 2022 Photo: Unsplash By analyzing DNA with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has developed a method that can accurately date up to ten-thousand year-old human remains. Accurately dating ancient humans is key when mapping how people migrated during world history.The standard dating method since the 1950s has

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-develop-first-ai-based-method-dating-archeological-remains - 2025-07-05

Published 24 August 2022 Photo: iStock/andresr Around 80% of people with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer’s disease, often when they are between 40 and 50 years old. A study led by Lund University in Sweden has shown that a simple blood test can detect Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome with a high degree of certainty. The findings are important for several reasons, not least the abil

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-test-detects-alzheimers-people-down-syndrome - 2025-07-05

Published 25 August 2022 The environment in which breast cancer arises –the interplay between the patient’s BMI, tumour size and cancer-specific proteins –is of importance for the prognosis. This is shown in a study from Lund University in Sweden. The knowledge could further enhance precision medicine in breast cancer. Major advances in diagnostics and treatment have improved survival rates among

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/tumour-environment-can-affect-breast-cancer-prognosis - 2025-07-05

Published 30 August 2022 Photo: Unsplash The most common analytical method within population genetics is deeply flawed, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. This may have led to incorrect results and misconceptions about ethnicity and genetic relationships. The method has been used in hundreds of thousands of studies, affecting results within medical genetics and even commercia

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-reveals-flaws-popular-genetic-method - 2025-07-05